Title

'Assassination of Henry, Duke of Guise'

Caption

'Assassination of Henry, Duke of Guise', (December 1588), 1890. Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550-1588) founded the Catholic League and was a key figure in the French Wars of Religion, as an opponent of Catherine de' Medici, he was assassinated by the Forty-five guards (bodyguards) of her son, King Henry III at the Chateau de Blois. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F24_404

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,5Mb (2,2Mb) / 19,8in x 11,7in / 5938 x 3504 (300dpi)

Keywords

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