Francis II, Duke of Lorraine
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| Died | 14 October 1632 (aged 60) Badonviller, France | ||||
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| House | Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Charles III, Duke of Lorraine | ||||
| Mother | Princess Claude of France | ||||
Francis II (François de Lorraine; 27 February 1572 – 14 October 1632) was the son of
Biography
The youngest son of
That same year he was Lieutenant General of the French king in
In 1621 he fell out with his brother Henry II, who had become duke in 1608, and went to Germany for the emperor to fight the Protestants. The reason for the rift was Henry's intention to have Francis's son Charles marry Henry II's daughter
After Francis' brother died on 31 July 1624, the situation became complicated; Henry's final rules specified that Charles could only be the Duke of Lorraine as Nicolette's husband.
In November 1625, however, it was Francis himself who became the ruler of Lorraine. Having claimed the duchy for himself, he got it on 21 November 1625 from the duchy's States General.
After he had paid the duchy's debt out of its treasury five days later, he abdicated in favour of his son, who by then had pushed aside his wife and who then ruled in his own right.
In his will, Francis stated that he "never had ambitions to wear a crown in this world". After his abdication, Francis II took on the management of the county of Vaudémont. He died less than a year later.
Family
He married Christina of Salm and had the following issue:
- Henri de Lorraine, Marquis of Hattonchâtel (1602–1611) died young;
- Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine (1604–1675) married Nicolette of Lorraine, no issue; married (bigamously) Béatrix de Cusance and had issue (he also remarried Beatrix after the death of Nicolette); married Marie Louise d'Aspremont, no issue;
- Henriette de Lorraine (1605–1660), married Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, no issue;
- Claude de Lorraineand had issue;
- Marguerite de Lorraine (1615–1672), married Gaston de France, Duke of Orléans and had issue;
- Christine de Lorraine (1621–1622) died in infancy.
Ancestry
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See also
References
- ^ Tenace 2012, p. 286.
- ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), pp. 99-100: Michael Brennan, Noel Kinnamon, Margaret Hannay, Letters of Rowland Whyte to Sir Robert Sidney (Philadelphia, 2013), pp. 566-7.
- ^ Horatio Brown, Calendar State Papers, Venice: 1603-1607, vol. 10 (London, 1900), pp. 413 no. 596, 416 no. 599.
- ^ M. S. Giuseppi, HMC Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Salisbury, 18 (London, 1940), p. 375.
Sources
- Tenace, Edward Shannon (2012). "Messianic Imperialism or Traditional Dynasticism? The Grand Strategy of Philip II and the Spanish Failure in the Wars of the 1590s". In Andrade, Tonio; Reger, William (eds.). The Limits of Empire: European Imperial Formations in Early Modern World History: Essays in Honor of Geoffrey Parker. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 281–308.
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