Submitted by Leo
van de Pas
(corrections/additions are welcome)
The Descendants of Rene II
Duke of Lorraine
(3 generations)
Rene II
Duke of Lorraine 1473-1477
Born 2 May 1451
Died 10 December 1508 Chateau
de Fains
Married (1) 9 September
1471 Div.1485
Jeanne d'Harcourt, Comtesse de
Tankarville, daughter of
Guillaume d'Harcourt, Baron de
Montgommery and Yolande de
Laval
Died 8 November 1488
Married (2) 1 September
1485 Nancy
Philippa van Egmond, daughter
of Adolf van Egmond, Duke of
Gelre 1473-1477 and Catherine
de Bourbon
Born circa 1465 Bruxelles
Died 28 February 1547 Nancy
Children, Generation I
Generation I
(2) 1 Charles de Lorraine
Born 17 August 1486
Died young
2 Francois de Lorraine
Born 7 July 1487
Died 1489
3 Antoine II "le Bon"
Duc de Lorraine et Bar 1508-1544
Born 4 June 1489 Bar-le-Duc
Died 14 June 1544 Bar-le-Duc
Married 26 June 1515 Chateau d'Amboise
Renee de Bourbon, Dame de Mercoeur, daughter of Gilbert de
Bourbon, Comte de Montpensier and Clara Gonzaga
Died 26 May 1539
Buried St.Georges, Nancy
Child by (a) NN
Children, Generation II-1
4 Anne de Lorraine
Born 19 December 1490
Died young
5 Nicolas de Lorraine
Born 9 April 1493
Died young
6 Isabelle de Lorraine
Born 2 November 1494
Died young
7 Claude de Lorraine
Duc de Guise
Born 20 October 1496 Chateau de Conde-sur-Moselle
Died 12 April 1550 Chateau de Joinville
Married 9 June 1513 Paris
Antoinette de Bourbon, daughter of Francois de Bourbon,
Comte de Vendome, Comte de St.Pol and Marie de Luxembourg,
Comtesse de St.Pol, Ligny et Enghien
Born 25 December 1493 Chateau de Ham
Died 22 January 1583 Chateau de Joinville
Child by (a) NN
Children, Generation II-2
8 Jean de Lorraine
Cardinal, Archbishop of Narbonne, Reims and Lyon
Born 9 April 1498 Bar-le-Duc
Died 10 May 1550
Buried Cordeliers de Nancy
9 Louis de Lorraine
Comte de Vaudemont, Seigneur de Lambesc
Born 27 April 1500 Bar-le-Duc
Died 23 August 1528 Naples
10 Catherine de Lorraine
Born 24 November 1502
Died young
11 Claude de Lorraine
Born 24 November 1502
Died young
12 Francois de Lorraine
Seigneur de Lambesc
Born 24 June 1506 Bar-le-Duc
Died 24 February 1525 Pavia (in battle)
II-1
(I-3)
1 Francois I
Duc de Lorraine et Bar 1544-1545
Born 1517 Nancy
Died 12 June 1545 Remiremont
Buried Nancy, Convent des Cordeliers
Married 10 July 1541 Bruxelles
Princess Christine of Denmark, Regent of Lorraine
1545-1552, daughter of Christian II, King of Denmark,
Norway and Sweden 1513-1523 and Archduchess Isabella of
Austria
Born 1521
Died 10 December 1590 Tortona, Italy
Buried Nancy, Convent des Cordeliers
Children, Generation III-1
2 Anne de Lorraine
Born 25 July 1522
Died 15 May 1568 Diest
Married (1) 22 August 1540 Bar-le-Duc
Rene de Chalon, Prince of Orange 1530-1544, son of Heinrich
III, Count von Nassau and Claude de Chalon
Born 5 February 1519 Breda
Died 18 July 1544 St.Dizier (in battle)
Married (2) 9 July 1548
Philippe II de Croy, 1.Duc d'Aerschot, 1.Marquis de Renty,
son of Henri de Croy, Seigneur de Croy, d'Araines and
Charlotte de Chateaubriant des Roches Baritaud, Dame de
Loigny
Born 1496
Died April 1549 Bruxelles
Buried Avesnes
Children, Generation III-2
3 Nicolas de Lorraine
Duc de Mercoeur, Comte de Vaudemont
Born 16 October 1524 Chateau de Bar-le-Duc
Died 23 January 1577
Buried Cordeliers de Nancy
Married (1) 1 May 1549 Bruxelles
Margaretha van Egmond, daughter of Jan van Egmond, 2.Count
van Egmond and Francoise de Luxembourg, Comtesse de Gavre,
Dame de Fiennes
Born circa 1517
Died 10 March 1554
Married (2) 24 February 1555 Fontainebleau
Jeanne de Savoie, daughter of Philippe de Savoie, Duc de
Nemours and Charlotte d'Orleans-Longueville
Born 1532
Died 5 July 1568
Married (3) 11 May 1569 Reims
Catherine de Lorraine, daughter of Claude de Lorraine, Duc
d'Aumale and Louise de Breze, Dame d'Anet
Born 8 November 1550 Chateau de St.Germain
Died 25 June 1606
Children, Generation III-3
4 Jean de Lorraine
Born 1526
Died 1532
5 Antoine de Lorraine
Born 1528
Died young
6 Elisabeth de Lorraine
Born 1530
Died young
(a) 7 Frederic de
Calabria
Married Isabelle d'Angevins
S.P.
II-2
(I-7)
1 Marie de Lorraine
Born 22 November 1515 Bar-le-Duc
Died 10 June 1560 Edinburgh Castle
Married (1) 4 August 1534
Louis II d'Orleans, Duc de Longueville, son of Louis I
d'Orleans, Duc de Longueville, Marquis de Rothelin and
Johanna von Baden
Born 5 June 1510
Died 9 June 1537
Married (2) 12 June 1538 St.Andrews
James V, King of Scots 1513-1542, son of James IV, King of
Scots 1488-1513 and Margaret Tudor, Princess of England
Born 10 April 1512 Linlithgow Palace
Died 14 December 1542 Falkland Castle
Children, Generation III-4
2 Francois de Lorraine
2.Duc de Guise
Born 16 February 1519 Chateau Bar-le-Duc
Died 24 February 1563 Chateau de Corney nr Orleans
Married 4 December 1548 St.Germain-en-Laye
Anne d'Este, Comtesse de Gisors, Dame de Montargis,
daughter of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara
and Renee de France
Born 16 November 1531
Died 15 May 1607 Paris
Buried Notre Dame d'Annecy
Children, Generation III-5
3 Louise de Lorraine
Born 10 January 1521 Chateau de Bar-le-Duc
Died 18 October 1542
Married 20 February 1542
Charles de Croy, 2.Duc d'Aerschot, Prince de Chimay, son of
Philippe II de Croy, 1.Duc d'Aerschot, 1.Marquis de Renty,
and Anne de Croy, Princesse de Chimay
Born 31 July 1522
Died 24 June 1551 Chateau Quievraing (murdered)
S.P.
4 Renee de Lorraine
Abbesse de Saint Pierre Reims
Born 2 September 1522 Chateau de Joinville
Died 3 April 1602
5 Charles de Lorraine
Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims
Born 17 February 1524 Chateau de Joinville
Died 26 December 1574 Avignon
6 Claude de Lorraine
Duc d'Aumale
Born 1 August 1526 Chateau de Joinville
Died 3 March 1573 La Rochelle
Buried Aumale
Married 1 August 1547
Louise de Breze, Dame d'Anet, daughter of Louis de Breze,
Comte de Maulevrier, Baron du Bec-Crespin and Diane de
Poitiers, Duchesse de Valentinois
Born circa 1518
Died January 1577
Children, Generation III-6
7 Louis de Lorraine
Cardinal, Bishop of Troyes, Albi, Metz
Born 21 October 1527 Chateau de Joinville
Died 29 March 1579 Paris
8 Philippe de Lorraine
Born 3 September 1529 Joinville
Died 24 September 1529
9 Pierre de Lorraine
Born 3 September 1529 Joinville
Died young
10 Antoinette de Lorraine
Abbess of Faremoutier
Born 31 August 1531
Died 24 March 1561
11 Francois de Lorraine
Born 18 April 1534 Chateau de Joinville
Died 6 March 1563
12 Rene de Lorraine
Marquis d'Elboeuf
Born 14 August 1536 Chateau de Joinville
Died after 15 December 1566
Married 3 February 1554
Louise de Rieux, Comtesse d'Harcourt, daughter of Claude I
de Rieux, Seigneur de Rieux et de Rochefort and Suzanne de
Bourbon
Born 1531
Children, Generation III-7
(a) 13 Claude batard de
Guise
Abbe de Cluny
Died 23 February 1512
III-1 (II-1-1)
1 Charles II
Duc de Lorraine 1552-1608
Born February 1543 Nancy
Died 14 May 1608 Nancy
Buried Nancy, Convent des Cordeliers
Married 22 January 1559 Paris, Notre Dame
Claude de France, daughter of Henri II, King of France
1547-1559 and Catharina de' Medici
Born 12 November 1547 Fontainebleau
Died 21 February 1575 Nancy
Child by (a) NN
2 Renee de Lorraine
Born 20 April 1544 Nancy
Died 22 May 1602 Muenchen
Buried Muenchen, Jesuit Church
Married 22 February 1568 Wien
Wilhelm V, Duke von Bayern 1579-1597, son of Albrecht V,
Duke von Bayern 1550-1579 and Archduchess Anna of Austria
Born 29 September 1548
Died 17 February 1626
3 Dorothee de Lorraine
Born 24 May 1545 Chateau de Deneuvre
Died 2 June 1621 Nancy
Buried Cordeliers de Nancy
III-2 (II-1-2)
(1) 1 Marie de Chalon
Born 1544
Died 1544 3 weeks old
(2) 2 Charles Philippe
de Croy
Marquis de Havre
Born 1 September 1549 Bruxelles
Died 25 November 1613 Bourgogne
Buried Fenestrange
Married 1580
Diane de Dompmartin-Fontenay, Comtesse de Fontenay,
daughter of Louis de Dompmartin-Fontenay, Baron de
Fontenay-le-Chateau and Countess Philippa von der Marck
Born October 1552
Died after 14 October 1625
III-3 (II-1-3)
(1) 1 Marguerite de
Lorraine
Born 9 February 1550
Died young
2 Catherine de Lorraine
Born 26 February 1551
Died young
3 Henri de Lorraine
Born 9 April 1552
Died young
4 Louise de Lorraine
Born 30 April 1553 Nomeny
Died 29 January 1601 Moulins
Buried Paris, Capucins
Married 15 February 1575 Reims
Henri III, King of France 1574-1589, son of Henri II, King
of France 1547-1559 and Catharina de' Medici
Born 19 September 1551
Died 2 August 1589 St.Cloud (murdered)
Buried St.Denis
S.P.
(2) 5 Philippe Emmanuel
de Lorraine
Duc de Mercoeur
Born 9 September 1558 Nancy
Died 19 February 1602 Nuernberg
Married 12 July 1576 Paris
Marie de Luxembourg, Duchesse de Penthievre et d'Etampes,
daughter of Sebastien de Luxembourg, Duc de Penthievre, Duc
d'Etampes and Marie de Beaucaire, Dame de Puy-Guillon
Born 12 February 1562 Lamballe
Died 6 September 1623
Buried Capucins de Paris
6 Charles de Lorraine
Cardinal, Bishop of Verdun and Toul
Born 20 April 1561
Died 29 October 1587 Paris
Buried Cordeliers de Nancy
7 Jean de Lorraine
Born 14 September 1563 Deneuvre
Died young
8 Marguerite de Lorraine
Born 14 May 1564 Chateau de Nomeny
Died 20 September 1625
Married (1) 24 September 1581 Paris
Anne, 1.Duc de Joyeuse, son of Guillaume II de Joyeuse,
8.Vicomte de Joyeuse and Marie de Batarnay
Born 1561
Died 20 October 1587 Coutras (in battle)
Married (2) 31 March 1599
Francois de Luxembourg, Duc de Piney-Luxembourg, son of
Antoine de Luxembourg, Comte de Ligny and Marguerite de
Savoie
Died 20 September 1613
S.P.
9 Claude de Lorraine
Born 12 April 1566
Died young
10 Francois de Lorraine
Marquis de Chaussin
Born 15 September 1567
Died 1592 (or 1596)
(3) 11 Henri de Lorraine
Comte de Chaligny, Prince du St.Empire
Born 31 July 1570 Nancy
Died 26 November 1600 Wien
Married 19 September 1585 * Reims
Claude de Moy, Marquise de Moy, Comtesse de Cerny, daughter
of Charles, 1.Marquis de Moy and Catherine de Suzanne,
Comtesse de Cerny
Born 1572 Chateau de Thugny
Died 3 November 1627 Charleville (Convent)
12 Christine de Lorraine
Born 24 September 1571
Died young
13 Antoine de Lorraine
Bishop of Toul, Abbe de Beaulieu
Born 27 August 1572
Died 1587 Mayence
14 Louise de Lorraine
Born 27 March 1575 Nancy
Died young
15 Eric de Lorraine
Abbe de Moyenmoutier et de St.Vanne
Born 14 March 1576 Nancy
Died 27 April 1623 Nancy
Buried Capucins de St.Nicolas de Port
Married circa 1605
NN de Vatam
S.P.
III-4 (II-2-1)
(1) 1 Francois III
d'Orleans
Duc de Longueville
Born 30 October 1535
Died 22 September 1551
2 Louis de Longueville d'Orleans
Born 4 August 1536
Died 7 December 1536
(2) 3 James Stewart
Duke of Rothesay
Born 22 May 1540 St.Andrew
Died April 1541 St.Andrews
4 Arthur Stewart
Duke of Albany
Born April 1541 Falkland Castle
Died April 1541 eight days old
5 Mary Stewart
Queen of Scots
Born 7 December 1542 Linlithgow Palace
Died 8 February 1587 Fotheringay Castle (beheaded)
Married (1) 24 April 1558 Paris, Notre Dame
Francois II, King of France 1559-1560, son of Henri II,
King of France 1547-1559 and Catharina de' Medici
Born 19 January 1544 Fontainebleau
Died 5 December 1560 Orleans
Married (2) 29 July 1565 Holyrood
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, son of Matthew Stuart, 13th
Earl of Lennox, Regent of Scotland and Lady Margaret
Douglas
Born 7 December 1545 Temple Newsome
Died 10 February 1567 Kirk O'Field (murdered)
Married (3) 15 May 1567 Holyrood
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney, son of
Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell and Agnes Sinclair
Born 1536
Died 14 April 1578 Malmoe, Sweden
III-5 (II-2-2)
1 Henri I de Lorraine
Duc de Guise, Prince de Joinville
Born 31 December 1550
Died 23 December 1588 Chateau de Blois (murdered)
Married 4 October 1570 Paris
Catherine of Cleves, Comtesse d'Eu, daughter of Francois de
Cleves, Duc de Nevers and Marguerite de Bourbon
Born circa 1548
Died 11 May 1633 Paris
Buried d'Eu
2 Catherine de Lorraine
Born 18 July 1552 Joinville
Died 6 May 1596 Paris
Buried Reims, St.Pierre
Married 4 February 1570
Louis III de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier, son of Louis de
Bourbon, Prince de La Roche-sur-Yon and Louise de Bourbon,
Comtesse de Montpensier
Born 10 June 1513
Died 23 September 1582 Chateau de Champagny
S.P.
3 Charles de Lorraine
Duc de Mayenne, pair de France
Born 26 March 1554
Died 4 October 1611
Married 6 August 1576
Henriette de Savoie, Marquise de Villars, daughter of
Honor‚ II de Savoie, Marquis de Villars, Comte de Tende et
de Sommerive and Jeanne Francoise de Foix
Died 14 November 1611 Soissons
Buried Soissons Cathedral
4 Louis de Lorraine
Cardinal, Archbishop-Duke of Reims
Born 6 July 1555 Dampierre
Died 24 December 1588 Chateau de Blois (murdered)
Child by Marie de Loscherenne
5 Antoine de Lorraine
Born 25 April 1557
Died 16 January 1560
6 Francois de Lorraine
Born 31 December 1559
Died 24 October 1573
7 Maximilien de Lorraine
Born 25 October 1562
Died 1567
III-6 (II-2-6)
1 Henri de Lorraine
Comte de Saint Vallier
Born 21 September 1549
Died August 1559
2 Catherine de Lorraine
Born 8 November 1550 Chateau de St.Germain
Died 25 June 1606
Married 11 May 1569 Reims
Nicolas de Lorraine, Duc de Mercoeur, Comte de Vaudemont,
son of Antoine II "le Bon", Duc de Lorraine et Bar
1508-1544 and Renee de Bourbon, Dame de Mercoeur
Born 16 October 1524 Chateau de Bar-le-Duc
Died 23 January 1577
Buried Cordeliers de Nancy
3 Madeleine Diane de Lorraine
Born 10 February 1554
Died in infancy
4 Charles de Lorraine
Duc d'Aumale
Born 25 January 1555
Died 1631 Bruxelles, in exile
Married 10 November 1576 Chateau de Joinville
Marie de Lorraine, daughter of Ren‚ de Lorraine, Marquis
d'Elboeuf and Louise de Rieux, Comtesse d'Harcourt
Born 21 August 1555
Died circa 1603
5 Diane de Lorraine
Born November 1558
Died before 1599
Married 13 November 1576
Francois de Luxembourg, Duc de Piney-Luxembourg, son of
Antoine de Luxembourg, Comte de Ligny and Marguerite de
Savoie
Died 20 September 1613
6 Antoinette de Lorraine
Born 9 June 1560 Nancy
Died young
7 Antoinette Louise de Lorraine
Abbesse at Soissons
Born 29 September 1561
Died 24 August 1643
8 Antoine de Lorriane
Comte de Saint Vallier
Born 1 November 1562
Died young
9 Claude de Lorraine
Abbe de St. Pere Chartres
Born 13 February 1564
Died 3 January 1591
10 Marie de Lorraine
Abbesse at Chelles
Born June 1565
Died 27 January 1627
11 Charles de Lorraine
Born 24 December 1566
Died 7 May 1568 Paris
Buried Paris, Church des Filles-Dieu
III-7 (II-2-12)
1 Marie de Lorraine
Born 21 August 1555
Died circa 1603
Married 10 November 1576 Chateau de Joinville
Charles de Lorraine, Duc d'Aumale, son of Claude de
Lorraine, Duc d'Aumale and Louise de Breze, Dame d'Anet
Born 25 January 1555
Died 1631 Bruxelles, in exile
2 Charles I de Lorraine
1.Duc d'Elboeuf, pair de France
Born circa 18 October 1556 Chateau de Joinville
Died 4 August 1605 Moulins
Buried St.Louis de La Saussaye
Married 5 February 1583 *
Marguerite de Chabot, Dame et Comtesse de Charny, daughter
of Leonor Chabot, Comte de Charny et de Buzancais and
Francoise de Rye, Dame de Longvy et de Rye
Born 1565
Died 29 September 1652 Paris, Hotel d'Elboeuf
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