Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
| Antoine | |
|---|---|
Duke of Lorraine and Bar | |
| Reign | 10 December 1508 – 14 June 1544 |
| Predecessor | René II |
| Successor | Francis I |
| Born | 4 June 1489 Bar-le-Duc |
| Died | 14 June 1544 (aged 55) Bar-le-Duc |
| Spouse |
Renée de Bourbon (m. 1515; died 1539) |
Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur Anna, Princess of Orange | |
| House | Lorraine |
| Father | René II, Duke of Lorraine |
| Mother | Philippa of Guelders |
Antoine (4 June 1489 – 14 June 1544), known as the Good,
Biography
Antoine was born, 4 June 1489, at
In 1509 he entrusted the reins of the Duchy to his mother and Hugues des Hazards,
Peasant war
In Lorraine, Antoine had to face the spreading of
Duchy legal status
Despite remaining neutral in the wars between France and the Holy Roman Empire, Antoine sent his son Francis to the French court and by 1527 was attempting to marry him to Anne of Cleves.[13] In an effort to improve his relations with German lords, Antoine sent a few hundred soldiers to fight against the Ottomans at the Siege of Vienna in 1529.[13] Antoine dispatched legal envoys to the Imperial diet, in 1532, seeking clarification of the duchy of Lorraine's legal status within the Holy Roman Empire to no avail.[14]
In 1538, Antoine claimed the titles of
Death and aftermath
In May 1544, Charles V's army marched into Lorraine as part of a plan to invade France, while
Antoine's oldest son Francis succeeded him as Duke of Lorraine and ruled for only one year, dying in 1545.
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Family
On 26 June 1515, he married Renée of Bourbon, daughter of Gilbert de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Clara Gonzaga.[8]
They had:
- Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517–1545), married Christina of Denmark[2]
- Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur (1524–1577)[2]
- Philip II, Duke of Aerschot (1496–1549)[27]
See also
- Dukes of Lorraine family tree
References
- ^ Bogdan 2013, p. 285.
- ^ a b c Carroll 2009, p. 310.
- ^ Bietenholz 2003, p. 349.
- ^ Monter 2007, p. 38.
- ^ a b Bogdan 2013, p. 108.
- ^ Copenhaver 1978, p. 58.
- ^ Carroll 2009, p. 24.
- ^ a b c Bogdan 2013, p. 109.
- ^ Bogdan 2013, p. 110.
- ^ Blickle 1981, p. 165.
- ^ Bercé 1987, p. 156.
- ^ von Greyerz 1980, p. 45.
- ^ a b Monter 2007, p. 45.
- ^ Monter 2007, p. 46.
- ^ Warnicke 2000, p. 82.
- ^ Monter 2007, p. 45–46.
- ^ Lipp 2011, p. 20.
- ^ Monter 2007, p. 47.
- ^ Wood 1923, p. 33–34.
- ^ Tucker 2010, p. 511–512.
- ^ Bogdan 2013, p. 117.
- ^ Bogdan 2013, p. 119.
- ^ a b Carroll 2009, p. 69.
- ^ Knecht 1999, p. 45.
- ^ Knecht 1999, p. 49.
- ^ Braye 1924, p. 7.
- ^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 34.
Sources
- ISBN 978-0719019678.
- Bietenholz, Peter G. (2003). "Antoine, duke of Lorraine". In Bietenholz, Peter G.; Deutscher, Thomas Brian (eds.). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. Vol. A–Z. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0802025074.
- Blickle, Peter (1981). The Revolution of 1525: The German Peasants War from a New Perspective. Translated by Brady, Thomas A. Jr; Midelfort, H. C. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801824722.
- Bogdan, Henry (2013). La Lorraine des ducs (in French). Tempus. ISBN 978-2262042752.
- Braye, Lucien (1924). René de Chalon et le mausolée du Cœur. Imprimerie Contant-Laguerre.
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- von Greyerz, Kaspar (1980). The Late City Reformation in Germany: the case of Colmar, 1522-1628. Steiner. ISBN 978-3515029971.
- Knecht, R.J. (1999). Catherine de' Medici (2nd ed.). Longman.
- Lipp, Charles T. (2011). Noble Strategies in an Early Modern Small State: The Mahuet of Lorraine. University of Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1580463966.
- Monter, E. William (2007). A Bewitched Duchy: Lorraine and Its Dukes, 1477–1736. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2600011655.
- ISBN 978-1851096671.
- Ward, Adolphus William; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. 13. The Macmillan Co.
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- ISBN 978-1332183470.
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