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Guillaume-Robert de la Marck
Duc de Bouillon
(1562–88)


Biographical


Duc de Bouillon 1574–88†
Prince ed Sedan
1574–88†

Guillaume-Robert was a minor at the time of his father's death, and the regency of his domains was entrusted to his mother.
A Calvinist, he commanded an army to assist his cousin, King Henry of Navarre, in France in support of the Protestant cause, but was ultimately defeated by the Catholics led by the Duke of Guise. He never married, and his principality passed to his sister Charlotte.

Place of birth: Sedan

Place of death: Geneva


Son of Robert de la Marck and Françoise de Brezé.