Anna d'Este
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Anna d'Este was an important princess with considerable influence at the court of France and a central figure in the French Wars of Religion. In her first marriage, she was Duchess of Aumale, then of
Portrait by an unknown artist, 2nd half of the 16th century, oil on wood. Versailles, Musée du Château
Renée of France, Anna d'Este's mother
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
Jacques of Savoy, Anna's second husband
Catherine-Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Montpensier, was a French princess from the house of Guise who played a leading political role in the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion.
Anna d'Este
…Henry, prince of Joinville, then Duke of Guise (1550–1588) Catherine, Duchess of Montpensier (1551–1596), married Louis, Duke of Montpensier Charles, Marquis, then Duke of Mayenne (1554–1611…
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Henry III with his foot on the corpse of Henry I of Guise