Charles II, Duke of Lorraine

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Not to be confused with Charles III, Duke of Lorraine.
Charles II "the Bold"
Ardennes-Metz
FatherJohn I, Duke of Lorraine
MotherSophie of Württemberg

Charles II (11 September 1365 – 25 January 1431), called the Bold (

Duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and Constable of France
from 1418 to 1425.

Charles joined the Barbary Crusade, fought at Nicopolis, and aided the Teutonic knights in Livonia. During the Hundred Years War, he sought closer ties to the French royal family, even being made Constable by Queen Isabella. Following an indecisive war against his nephew, he died in 1431.

Biography

Born 11 September 1365,

Rupert III, Count Palatine of the Rhine
, Charles's father-in-law.

Charles was also a major participant in some late

Teutonic Knights in Livonia.[3]

Hundred Years War

France broke down into two parties: the

Charles of Orléans, and the Burgundians of John the Fearless, Philip's successor, who was supported by Charles of Lorraine. Charles did not, however, enter the Anglo-French conflict then raging—the Hundred Years' War—but his brother, Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont, got involved and died in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Nevertheless, the queen, Isabeau of Bavaria, appointed Charles constable in 1418.[4] In 1425, he asserted that the load was too large for him and renounced it.[5]

Charles adopted a new stance vis-à-vis France after the assassination of

king of Naples
.

Charles's final years were rife with conflict and unhappiness. His nephew,

Anthony of Vaudémont demanded a part of the inheritance and Charles had to war against him in 1425, without much success. Early in 1429, Joan of Arc came on a pilgrimage to Saint-Nicolas-de-Port. She counselled the duke to abandon his mistress, Alison du May.[6] Ignoring this advice, Charles gave her an escort and sent her on to Chinon. He died two years later at his capital of Nancy on 25 January.[7]

Family

Charles married

Rupert of Germany and Elisabeth of Nuremberg
, in 1393, only two daughters survived childhood:

With his mistress, the aforementioned Alison du May (murdered in Nancy, 25 January 1431), he had five children:

See also

  • Dukes of Lorraine family tree

Notes

  1. ^ Henry Bogdan, Regine Pernoud and Marie-Veronique Clin indicate Charles was born in 1365[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bogdan 2007, p. 284.
  2. ^ Pernoud & Clin 1998, p. 191.
  3. ^ Bogdan 2007, p. 64.
  4. ^ Sumption 2015, p. 552.
  5. ^ Davidson & Oosterwijk 2021, p. 229.
  6. ^ Pernoud 1982, p. 38.
  7. ^ Kekewich 2008, p. 27.
  8. ^ Bogdan 2007, p. 76.

Sources

  • Bogdan, Henry (2007). La Lorraine des Ducs (in French). Perrin.
  • Davidson, Clifford; Oosterwijk, Sophie, eds. (2021). John Lydgate, The Dance of Death, and its model, the French Danse Macabre. Brill.
  • Kekewich, Margaret L. (2008). The Good King: René of Anjou and Fifteenth Century Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Pernoud, Régine (1982). Joan of Arc by Herself and Her Witnesses. Translated by Hyams, Edward. Scarborough House.
  • Pernoud, Regine; Clin, Marie-Veronique (1998). Wheeler, Bonnie (ed.). Joan of Arc: Her Story. Translated by Adams, Jeremy duQuesnay. St. Martin's Griffin.
  • Sumption, Jonathan (2015). The Hundred Years War. Vol. 4: Cursed Kings. Faber & Faber.
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
House of Metz
Born: 1364 Died: 25 January 1431
Preceded by
Duke of Lorraine

1390–1431 		Succeeded by
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