Career
One of the leaders of the Catholic League, he was at times governor of Picardy and Grand Veneur of France. He led a rebellion in Picardy in 1587, a prelude to open war between the House of Guise and Henry III of France. He was defeated at the Battle of Senlis on 17 May 1589 by the allied forces of Henry III and Henry of Navarre.
Captured by Henry of Navarre at the Battle of Ivry, he died in exile.
The couple married at the Château de Joinville on 10 November 1576, by whom he had five children:
Charles (b December 1580), daughter young
Henri, daughter young
Marguerite, daughter young
Anne (1600 – 10 February 1638), Duchess of Aumale, married on 18 April 1618 Henry I Duke de Nemours
Marie, married Ambrosio, Marquis of Spinola in 1615.
