  francis de lorraine ii, prince of joinville, duke of guise, duke of aumale, (originally franÃ§ois de lorraine, duc de guise; 17 february 1519 â 24 february 1563), was a french soldier and politician. ==early life== born at bar-le-duc (lorraine), guise was the son of claude, duke of guise (created duke of guise in 1527), and his wife antoinette de bourbon. his sister, mary of guise, was the wife of james v of scotland and mother of mary, queen of scots. his younger brother was charles, cardinal of lorraine. he was the youthful cousin of henry ii of france, with whom he was raised and by birth a prominent individual in france, though his detractors emphasised his "foreign" origin (he is a prince Ã©tranger), namely the duchy of lorraine.eric durot, franÃ§ois de lorraine, duc de guise entre dieu et le roi, paris, classiques garnier, 2012. in 1545, he was seriously wounded at the second siege of boulogne, but recovered. he was struck with a lance through the bars of his helmet. the steel head pierced both cheeks, and six inches of the shaft were snapped off by the violence of the blow. he sat firm in his saddle, and rode back unassisted to his tent ; and when the surgeon thought he would die of pain, when the iron was extracted, ' he bore it as easily as if it had been but the plucking of a hair out of his head.'* francis of lorraine bore the scar of that wound to his grave; but he lived to repay the stroke by waving the fleurs-de-lys on the battlements of calais, while the remnants of the last english garrison were taking leave forever of the soil of france.froude, james anthony, history of england, v. 4, p. 440 in 1548 he was magnificently wedded to anna d'este, daughter of the duke of ferrara, ercole ii d'este and french princess, renÃ©e, the daughter of louis xii. ==military career== thumb|an engraving of the duke of guise  in 1551, he was created grand chamberlain of france. he won international renown in 1552 when he successfully defended the city of metz from the forces of charles v, holy roman emperor, and defeated the imperial troops again at the battle of renty in 1554,the siege of metz is described in detail in ambroise parÃ©'s "journey in diverse places" (written around 1580). but the truce of vaucelles temporarily curtailed his military activity. he led an army into italy in 1557 to aid pope paul iv (and probably to further his family's pretensions to the angevin inheritance),
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