Charles, Duke of Mayenne (born 1554)

Charles, Duke of Mayenne

16th-century French nobleman and military leader in the Wars of Religion

Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. Born in 1554, the second son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise and Anne d'Este, Mayenne inherited his fathers' position of Grand…