Charles, Duke of Mayenne
Charles, Duke of Mayenne was born on March 26, 1554. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Charles, Duke of Mayenne
Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne (26 March 1554 – 3 October 1611) was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. Born in 1554, the second son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise and Anne d'Este, Mayenne inherited his fathers' position of Grand Chambellan in 1563 upon his death. He fought at the siege of Poitiers for the crown in 1569, and crusaded against the Ottomans in 1572. He served under the command of the king's brother Anjou during the siege of La Rochelle in the fourth war of religion, during which he was wounded. While the…