Count of Guise and Duke of Guise (/ɡwiːz/ GWEEZ, French: [ɡ(ɥ)iz]) were titles in the French nobility.
Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected into a county for René, a younger son of Louis II of Anjou.
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Louis II of Anjou in the context of Charles, Count of Maine
Charles IV of Maine (1414–1472) was a French prince of blood and an advisor to Charles VII of France, his brother-in-law, during the Hundred Years' War. He was the third son of Louis II, Duke of Anjou and King of Naples, and Yolande of Aragon.
In 1434, he married Covella Ruffo (d. 1442), Countess of Montalto and Corigliano. They had one son, named Jean Louis Marin, who died as an infant.
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