guise

  • 91guise — n 1. external appearance, aspect, look, semblance, outward form, exterior, image, likeness; figure, visage, face, countenance, features; mien, air, cast, character, presence, attitude; demeanor, bearing, carriage, deportment, conduct, behavior;… …

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  • 92Guise — [[t]giz[/t]] n. 1) big François de Lorraine, 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman 2) big his son, Henri I de Lorraine, Duc de, 1550–88, French leader of opposition to the Huguenots …

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  • 93guise — see GEEZER …

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  • 95GUISE, HENRY I —    third Duke of, son of Francis; the murder of his father added fresh zeal to his inborn hatred of the Protestants, and throughout his life he persecuted them with merciless rigour; he was a party to the massacre of St. Bartholomew (1572); his… …

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  • 96GUISE, HENRY II —    fifth Duke of, grandson of preceding; at 15 he became archbishop of Rheims, but the death of his brother placed him in the dukedom (1640); he opposed Richelieu, was condemned to death, but fled to Flanders; with Masaniello he made a fruitless… …

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  • 97Guise, Captain —    D His voyage to North West Coast for sea otter, 22 …

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  • 98House of Guise —     House of Guise     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► House of Guise     The House of Guise, a branch of the ducal family of Lorraine, played an important part in the religious troubles of France during the seventeenth century. By reason of descent… …

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  • 99Mary of Guise — Queen consort of Scotland Regent of Scotland Tenure 18 May 1538 – 14 December 1542 12 April 1554 – 11 June 1560 Coronation 22 February 1540 …

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  • 100Comte de Guise — Die Grafschaft Guise bzw. das Herzogtum Guise waren Herrschaften im Norden Frankreichs. Ursprünglich eine Seigneurie, wurde Guise 1417 für René von Anjou, den jüngeren Sohn von Ludwig II., Titularkönig von Neapel zur Grafschaft erhoben. Um den… …

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