Claude, Duke of Guise

Claude de Lorraine
Duke of Guise
Portrait by Jean Clouet
Count / Duke of Guise
Reign	10 December 1508 – 12 April 1550
Successor	Francis
Born	(1496-10-20)20 October 1496 Château de Custines
Died	12 April 1550(1550-04-12) (aged 53) Château de Joinville
Noble family	Guise
Spouse(s)	Antoinette de Bourbon ​ ​ (m. 1513)​
Issue	Marie, Queen of Scotland Francis, Duke of Guise Renée, Abbess of St. Pierre Charles, Archbishop of Reims Claude, Duke of Aumale Louis I, Cardinal of Guise Antoinette, Abbess of Faremoutier Francis, Grand Prior of the Order of Malta René, Marquis of Elbeuf
Father	René II, Duke of Lorraine
Mother	Philippa of Guelders

Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (20 October 1496 – 12 April 1550) was a French aristocrat and general. He became the first Duke of Guise in 1528.

He was a highly effective general for the French crown. His children and grandchildren were to lead the Catholic party in the French Wars of Religion.