# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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name: "Francis, Duke of Guise"
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description: "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."
tagline: "French soldier and politician (1519–1563)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1519-02-17"
deathDate: "1563-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.