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| He was the third son of [[Henry I, Duke of Guise]] and [[Catherine de Clèves]]. First known as the Prince of Joinville, he was made [[Duke of Chevreuse]] and [[peer of France]] by [[Louis XIII]] in 1611, [[Grand Chamberlain of France]] in 1621, and [[Grand Falconer of France]] in 1622. | He was the third son of [[Henry I, Duke of Guise]] and [[Catherine de Clèves]]. First known as the Prince of Joinville, he was made [[Duke of Chevreuse]] and [[peer of France]] by [[Louis XIII]] in 1611, [[Grand Chamberlain of France]] in 1621, and [[Grand Falconer of France]] in 1622. |
| Claude visited England in May and June 1607, and was welcomed by the court of [[James VI and I]].<ref>John Nichols, ''Progresses, Processions and Magnificent Festivities of King James'', 2 (London, 1828), pp. 126, 128, who identifies him as his older brother "Charles, Duke of Guise".</ref><ref>Horatio Brown, ''Calendar State Papers, Venice: 1617-1619'', vol. 11 (London, 1904), p. 2 no. 2.</ref> The French ambassador [[Antoine Lefèvre de la Boderie]] described his reception. Claude was entertained by [[Anne of Denmark]] with a musical evening on the river by [[Greenwich Palace]]. On another day, there was a tournament. A feast and a play, ''The Tragedy of Aeneas and Dido'', was hosted and produced by the [[Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel|Earl of Arundel]]. Claude visited [[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales|Prince Henry]] and gave him a pair of horses. He also gave the Prince a diamond ring and Anne of Demark a huge pearl for an earring.<ref>''Ambassades de Monsieur de La Boderie'', 2 (Paris, 1750), pp. 263–65: [https://lostplays.folger.edu/Aeneas_and_Dido Aeneas and Dido: Lost Plays Database]</ref><ref>T. S. Graves, ''A Tragedy of Dido and Aeneas Acted in 1607'', ''The Modern Language Review'', 9:4 (October 1914), pp. 525–526.</ref> | Claude visited England in May and June 1607, and was welcomed by the court of [[James VI and I]].<ref>John Nichols, ''Progresses, Processions and Magnificent Festivities of King James'', 2 (London, 1828), pp. 126, 128, who identifies him as his older brother "Charles, Duke of Guise".</ref><ref>Horatio Brown, ''Calendar State Papers, Venice: 1617-1619'', vol. 11 (London, 1904), p. 2 no. 2.</ref> The French ambassador [[Antoine Lefèvre de la Boderie]] described his reception. Claude was entertained by [[Anne of Denmark]] with a musical evening on the river by [[Greenwich Palace]]. On another day, there was a tournament. A feast and a play, ''The Tragedy of Aeneas and Dido'', was hosted and produced by the [[Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel|Earl of Arundel]]. Claude visited [[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales|Prince Henry]] and gave him a pair of horses. He also gave the Prince a diamond ring and Anne of Demark a huge pearl for an earring.<ref>''Ambassades de Monsieur de La Boderie'', 2 (Paris, 1750), pp. 263–65: [https://lostplays.folger.edu/Aeneas_and_Dido Aeneas and Dido: Lost Plays Database]</ref><ref>T. S. Graves, ''A Tragedy of Dido and Aeneas Acted in 1607'', ''The Modern Language Review'', 9:4 (October 1914), pp. 525–526.</ref> Claude subsequently sent Prince Henry a suit of armour, which survives in the [[Royal Collection]].<ref>[https://www.rct.uk/collection/72832/cuirassier-armour-of-henry-future-prince-of-wales Cuirassier armour of Henry, future Prince of Wales about 1607, RCIN 72832]</ref> |
| Claude's visit to [[Theobalds House|Theobalds]] on 22 May was included in the script of the [[The Entertainment of the Kings of Great Britain and Denmark|entertainment]] by [[Ben Jonson]].<ref>Gabriel Heaton, ''Writing and Reading Royal Entertainments: From George Gascoigne to Ben Jonson'' (Oxford, 2010), pp. 178–85.</ref><ref>''Ambassades de Monsieur de La Boderie'', 2 (Paris, 1750), p. 253.</ref> James gave him jewels made by [[Abraham der Kinderen]] and Philip Jacobson, which were presented to Claude by [[James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle]]. English records refer to him as the "Prince de Joinville, brother of the Duke of Guise".<ref>Frederick Devon, ''Issues of the Exchequer'' (London, 1836), p. 66: ''Ambassades de Monsieur de La Boderie'', 2 (Paris, 1750), p. 265.</ref> | Claude's visit to [[Theobalds House|Theobalds]] on 22 May was included in the script of the [[The Entertainment of the Kings of Great Britain and Denmark|entertainment]] by [[Ben Jonson]].<ref>Gabriel Heaton, ''Writing and Reading Royal Entertainments: From George Gascoigne to Ben Jonson'' (Oxford, 2010), pp. 178–85.</ref><ref>''Ambassades de Monsieur de La Boderie'', 2 (Paris, 1750), p. 253.</ref> James gave him jewels made by [[Abraham der Kinderen]] and Philip Jacobson, which were presented to Claude by [[James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle]]. English records refer to him as the "Prince de Joinville, brother of the Duke of Guise".<ref>Frederick Devon, ''Issues of the Exchequer'' (London, 1836), p. 66: ''Ambassades de Monsieur de La Boderie'', 2 (Paris, 1750), p. 265.</ref> |
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