Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine
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Rudolph (1320 – 26 August 1346), called the Valiant (le Vaillant), was the
Life
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In 1337, Count
During a brief Anglo-French peace, he journeyed to the Iberian Peninsula to aid King Alfonso XI of Castile in the Reconquista.[5] He battled the Moors of Granada and shone in the Battle of Gibraltar on 3 November 1340.[5]
On his return to France, he came to the aid of his French brother-in-law, Charles, Duke of Brittany, in the War of the Breton Succession. He returned to King Philip's side at the Battle of Crécy and was killed there, along with many illustrious French cavaliers on 26 August 1346.
Family
His first wife was Eleanor (Aliénor), daughter of Edward I, Count of Bar and Mary of Burgundy.[1] Their marriage took place at Pont-à-Mousson in 1329, but they had no children before Eleanor's death in 1332. He then remarried to Marie of Blois (1323–1380), the daughter of the aforementioned Guy of Blois and Margaret of Valois, sister of King Philip VI.[1] They had three children:
- twins (died before 31 July 1343)
- John I, Duke of Lorraine (1346–1390), his successor[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Bogdan 2007, p. 56.
- ISBN 978-0-521-59673-2.
- ^ Bogdan 2007, p. 55.
- ^ Scott-Stokes & Given-Wilson 2008, p. 11.
- ^ a b c Bogdan 2007, p. 57.
- ^ Bogdan 2007, p. 58.
Sources
- Bogdan, Henry (2007). La Lorraine des Ducs (in French). Perrin.
- Scott-Stokes, Charity; Given-Wilson, Chris, eds. (2008). Chronicon Anonymi Cantuariensis: The Chronicle of Anonymous of Canterbury, 1346-1365. Oxford University Press.