# Francis, Duke of Guise

> A French general who commanded armies through Italy and then turned those skills inward when his own country fractured along religious lines — until someone with a pistol ended the question at Orléans.

*French soldier and politician (1519–1563)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/francis-duke-of-guise

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1519-02-17
- **Died:** 1563-02-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

François de Lorraine became the 2nd Duke of Guise on 17 February 1519, inheriting a name that would carry weight through two decades of war. He led French forces during the Italian War of 1551–1559, earning a reputation that made him unavoidable when the throne needed a military mind. When the French Wars of Religion opened the country's seams, he stepped into the center as both general and statesman, a man whose presence shaped which way the violence would break. He was at the siege of Orléans in 1563 when an assassin found him, dying on 24 February at forty-four.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 14.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #France, #Europe, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Guise)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28495)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Francis%2C%20Duke%20of%20Guise)
- [Франсуа дэ Гіз](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D1%8D_%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B7)
- [Франсоа I дьо Гиз](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B0_I_%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B7)
- [Frañsez Loren, dug Guise](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra%C3%B1sez_Loren%2C_dug_Guise)
- [František de Guise](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_de_Guise)
- [François de Lorraine, duc de Guise](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Lorraine%2C_duc_de_Guise)
- [Φραγκίσκος του Γκιζ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B6)
- [François, Duke of Guise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%2C_Duke_of_Guise)
- [Francisco de Guisa](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Guisa)
- [François, Guise'i hertsog](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%2C_Guise'i_hertsog)
- [Frantzisko I.a Lorrenakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantzisko_I.a_Lorrenakoa)
- [فرانسیس، دوک گیز](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2)
- [François Guise](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Guise)
- [François de Guise](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Guise)
- [פרנסואה, דוכס גיז](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94%2C_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A1_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%96)
- [François de Guise](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Guise)
- [Ֆրանսուա դը Գիզ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1_%D5%A4%D5%A8_%D4%B3%D5%AB%D5%A6)
- [François dari Guise](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_dari_Guise)
- [Francesco I di Guisa](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_I_di_Guisa)
- [フランソワ (ギーズ公)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AF_(%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E5%85%AC))
- [ფრანსუა დე გიზი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94_%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%98)
- [프랑수아 드 기즈 공작](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%EC%88%98%EC%95%84_%EB%93%9C_%EA%B8%B0%EC%A6%88_%EA%B3%B5%EC%9E%91)
- [Frans van Guise](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_van_Guise)
- [Francés de Guisa](https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc%C3%A9s_de_Guisa)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francesco_I_di_Guisa)
- [فرانسوا، دوق غيز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B2)
- [فرانسوا (سياسى من فرنسا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7))

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