List of consorts of Guise explained

See also: Counts and Dukes of Guise.

Lady of Guise

Elder House of Guise, ?–1185

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathHusband
Ada of RoucyHildouin IV de Montdidier, Count of Roucy
(Montdidier)
-Geoffrey
Adelinde de MontmorencyBouchard III, Lord of Montmorency
(Montmorency)
-Guy I
Adélaïde de Soupir?-Bouchard II

House of Châtillon, 1244–1404

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathHusband
Alix of BrittanyJohn I, Duke of Brittany
(Dreux)
6 June 124311 December 125428 June 1279
husband's death
2 August 1288John I
Beatrice of FlandersGuy, Count of Flanders
(Dampierre)
1270128719/29 January 1291
husband's accession
1307
husband's death
after 1307Hugh
Margaret of ValoisCharles of Valois
(Valois)
12956 October 1310July 1342Guy II
Joan, Duchess of BrittanyGuy de Dreux, Count of Penthièvre
(Dreux)
13194 June 133712 August 1342
husband's accession
1360
titles passed to daughter and son-in-law
10 September 1384Charles

House of Valois-Anjou, 1404–1417

Countess of Guise

House of Luxembourg, 1425–1472

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathHusband
Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of MeauxRobert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of Meaux
(Béthune)
139723 November 14181425
husband's ascension
5 January 1441
husband's death
end of 1449Charles I
Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and SoissonsRobert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons
(Scarponnois)
141516 July 14355 January 1441
husband's ascension
1444
Taken by the Crown and given back to the Valois-Anjou on the conditions that Louis' sister will marry Charles I as his consort.
14 May 1462Louis I

House of Valois-Anjou, 1444–1481

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathHusband
Isabelle of LuxembourgPeter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol
(Luxembourg)
1458May 144410 April 1472
husband's death
1472, or afterCharles I
Jeanne de LorraineFrederick II of Vaudémont
(Vaudémont)
145821 January 147425 January 1480Charles II

Reverted to the Crown 1481–1491

House of Armagnac, 1491–1520

None, although its only Count was betrothed to Françoise of Alençon

House of Guise, 1520–1528

Duchess of Guise

House of Guise, 1528–1688

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathHusband
Antoinette de BourbonFrancis, Count of Vendôme
(Bourbon-La Marche)
25 December 14939 June 15131528
Became Duchess
12 April 1550
husband's death
22 January 1583Claude
Anna d'EsteErcole II d'Este
(Este)
16 November 153129 April 154812 April 1550
husband's accession
24 February 1563
husband's death
17 May 1607Francis
Catherine of Cleves, Countess of EuFrancis I, Duke of Nevers
(De la Marck)
15484 October 157023 December 1588
husband's assassination
11 May 1633Henry I
Henriette Catherine, Duchess of JoyeuseHenri de Joyeuse
(Joyeuse)
8 January 15856 January 161130 September 1640
husband's death
25 February 1656Charles
Anna Maria GonzagaCharles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
(Gonzaga-Nevers)
1616163930 September 1640
husband's accession
1641
divorce
6 July 1684Henry II
Honorée de Berghes, Countess of BossutGodefroy de Glymes, Comte de Grimberghe
(Glymes)
-11 November 16411643
divorce
August 1679
Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, Duchess of Alençon and AngoulêmeGaston de France, Duke of Orléans
(Bourbon)
26 December 164615 June 166730 July 1671
husband's death
17 March 1696Louis Joseph

House of Wittelsbach, 1688–1723

None

House of Bourbon, 1709–1830

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathHusband
Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Légitimée de FranceLouis XIV of France
(Bourbon)
1 June 167325 May 16851 April 1709
husband's accession
4 March 1710
husband's death
16 June 1743Louis
Marie Anne de BourbonFrançois Louis, Prince of Conti
(Bourbon-Conti)
18 April 16899 August 171321 March 1720Louis Henri
Caroline of Hesse-RotenburgErnest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
(Hesse-Rotenburg)
18 August 171424 July 172827 January 1740
husband's death
14 June 1741
Charlotte de RohanCharles, Prince of Soubise
(Rohan)
7 October 17373 May 17534 March 1760Louis Joseph
Maria-Caterina di Brignole-SaleGiuseppe Maria Brignole-Sale, Marquis of Groppoli
(Brignole-Sale)
7 October 173724 October 179813 May 1818
husband's death
18 March 1813
Bathilde d'OrléansLouis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
(House of Orléans)
9 July 175024 April 177013 May 1818
husband's accession
10 January 1822Louis Henri Joseph

Afterwards, the title was extinguished and no longer bestowed. It returned to the royal domain. Louis Henry though left his estate to his godson, Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale. He was bestowed with the personal title of Duke of Guise by Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, his grandfather, in 1847.

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