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Charles de Lorraine , 4th Duke of Guise ( 2 August 1571  30 September 1640 ) was the son of Henry I , Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves . The Viscounty of Joyeuse was elevated to a Duchy in 1581 by King Henry III of France for his favourite Anne de Joyeuse . Henry III ( 19 September 1551  2 August 1589 ; born " Alexandre Édouard de France ", ) was a monarch of the ___MASK41___ who was elected the monarch of the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1575 and ruled as King of France from 1574 until his death . He was the last French monarch of the Valois dynasty . Louis de Lorraine , Duke of Joyeuse ( 11 January 1622 -- 27 September 1654 , Paris ) was a younger son of Charles , Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse . Catherine de Clèves ( or de Nevers ) ( 1548  11 May 1633 ) was the wife of Henry , Duke of Guise , and matriarch of the numerous and influential ___MASK4___ . By marriage she was Duchess of Guise from 1570 to 1588 , and Dowager Duchess of Guise thereafter . She was Countess of Eu in her own right from 1564 .