Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (born 1524)

Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine

French cardinal (1524–1574)

Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise. He was known at first as the Cardinal of Guise, and then as the second Cardinal of Lorraine, after the death of his uncle, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1550). He was the…