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| 1424 | Battle of Verneuil |  |
| 17th Aug Verneuil Alencon is captured in battle |
| 1428 | Arrest | |
| April Released by Bedford after his capture at Verneuil |
| 1428 | Siege of Orleans | |
| April Orleans Commands the French forces against the English |
| 30th April Orleans Enters the city of Orleans |
| 4th May Orleans The whole of Alencon's army arrives within the city of Orleans |
| 1519 | Birth | |
| 17th Feb Bar le Duc Birth of Francis II, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Duke of Aumale |
| 1527 | Peerage | |
| Created Duc de Guise |
| 1548 | Marriage | |
| Marries Anne d'Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara and his French princess, a daughter of Louis XII |
| 1551 | Grand Chamberlain | |
| Created Grand Chamberlain of France |
| 1552 | Siege of Metz | |
| Metz Defends the city of Metz from the forces of Emperor Charles V |
| 1554 | Battle of Renty | |
| Renty Defeats the Imperial troops again at the battle of Renty |
| 1554 | Birth | |
| Birth of Francis of Alencon, youngest son of Catherine de Medici |
| 1557 | Battle of St Quentin | |
| St Quentin Leads an army into Italy to aid Pope Paul IV (and further his family's pretensions to the Angevin inheritance), but is recalled to France and made Lieutenant-General of France after victory the battle of St. Quentin |
| 1557 | Invasion of Italy | |
| Leads an army into Italy to aid Pope Paul IV (and further his family's pretensions to the Angevin inheritance), but is recalled to France and made Lieutenant-General of France after victory the battle of St. Quentin |
| 1557 | Lieutenant | |
| Leads an army into Italy to aid Pope Paul IV (and further his family's pretensions to the Angevin inheritance), but is recalled to France and made Lieutenant-General of France after victory the battle of St. Quentin |
| 1558 | Captue | |
| 7th Jan Arlon Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France |
| 7th Jan Calais Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France |
| 1558 | Captue of Thionville | |
| 7th Jan Thionville Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France |
| 1558 | Siege of Arlon | |
| 7th Jan Arlon Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France |
| 1558 | Siege of Calais | |
| 7th Jan Calais Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France |
| 1558 | Siege of Thionville | |
| 7th Jan Thionville Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France |
| 1559 | Succession | |
| 10th July The accession of Francis II and his consort, Mary Stuart, niece of Fran‡ois de Guise, is a triumph for the Guise family |
| 1560 | Succession | |
| Dec After the accession of Charles IX, Fran‡ois de Guise lives in retirement on his estates |
| 1561 | Catholic League | |
| April Opposed to the policy of concessions which Catherine de' Medici attempted to inaugurate in favour of the Protestants |
| April The plan of the Triumvirate is to treat with Habsburg Spain and the Holy See, and also to come to an understanding with the Lutheran princes of Germany to induce them to abandon the idea of relieving the French Protestants |
| April To defend the Catholic cause, Fran‡ois de Guise forms with his old enemy, the Constable de Montmorency and the Mar‚chal de Saint-Andr‚ the so-called triumvirate at the head of the Catholic League |
| 1561 | Triumvirate | |
| April The plan of the Triumvirate is to treat with Habsburg Spain and the Holy See, and also to come to an understanding with the Lutheran princes of Germany to induce them to abandon the idea of relieving the French Protestants |
| 1562 | Captue | |
| Oct Rouen Rouen is retaken from the Protestants by Guise after a month's siege |
| 1562 | Massacre | |
| April Wassy sur Blaise As Guise passes through Wassy-sur-Blaise on his way to Paris a massacre of Protestants takes place kindling open military conflict in the French Wars of Religion |
| 1562 | Siege of Bourges | |
| Sep Bourges The siege of Bourges is the opening episode, the French Wars of Religion |
| 1562 | Siege of Rouen | |
| Oct Rouen Rouen is retaken from the Protestants by Guise after a month's siege |
| 1572 | Marriage | |
| Negotiations begin for Alencon's marriage to Elizabeth I |
| 1574 | Peerage | |
| Created Duke of Anjou |
| 1578 | Marriage | |
| Negotiations begin for a 2nd time for Alencon's marriage to Elizabeth I |
| 1578 | Protector | |
| Appointed Protector of the Netherlands |
