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Claude, Duke of Chevreuse (1578 - January 24 1657), also called Claude de Guise or Claude de Lorraine, was a French noble and husband of Marie de Rohan.
He was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine de Clèves.
Prince of Joinville, he is made Duc de Chevreuse and peer of France by Louis XIII in 1611 and Grand Falconer of France in 1622. In 1625 Charles I of England makes him a knight in the Order of the Garter.
In 1622, he married Marie de Rohan, who was 22 years younger than himself.
They had 3 daughters:
- Anne Marie (1624-1652), abbesse of Pont-aux-Dames.
- Charlotte-Marie (1627-1652), lover of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz.
- Henriette (1631-1693), abbesse of Jouarre.
He lived with his family in the château de Dampierre, near Chevreuse.
Living an inconspicuous life, Claude succeeded in distancing himself from his wife's complots.
He dies without a male heir in 1657.
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