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21 October 1527 Louis I Cardinal of Guise

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Louis de Lorraine was born on October 21st. 1527 in Joinville, Champagne in France. Family He was the fourth son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon. He was the younger brother of Charles of Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine and Mary of Guise, Queen consort of King James V of Scotland. Duty On May 11th. 1545, at the age of 18, Louis de Lorraine was made Bishop of Troyes. On 27th June 1550 he was transferred to the see of Albi. On December 22nd. 1553 he was created cardinal by Pope Julius III. On May 9th. 1561 he received the archbishopric of Sens but he resigned it in 1562 to Cardinal de Pellevée. On February 13th. 1575 he crowned Henry III of France at Reims. He had a illegitimate daughter: Anne d' Arne. Death Louis de Lorraine died on March 29th. 1578 in Paris. Source picture: Wikipedia

Royal Art: Hans Memling - painter for the Burgundians and the Habsburgs

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Hans Memling (sometimes referred as Memlinc) was born around 1430 in Selingenstadt near Frankfurt in the Middle Main region. Memling - Shine of St. Ursula - Own Picture Memling obtained his apprenticeship at Mains or Cologne. Later the painter moved to the Low Countries. There, Memling worked with Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels, Duchy of Brabant and at Bruges, County of Flanders. Memling -  Shrine of St. Ursula - Own picture In 1477, Memling was wounded at the Battle of Nancy. Afterwards the Hospitallers of Bruges took care about him. In 1479 and 1480 he painted this Hospitallers as a thank you. Memling - Shrine of St. Ursula - Own picture Memling worked for the Burgundian court and later for Archduke Maximilian of Austria (Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I). Memling died on August 11th. 1494 in Bruges.  Nowadays a lot of his work stays at the St. John Hospital in Bruges. Famous works like: Shrine of St. Ursula (see above), and the portrait of Siby