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    Antoine (4 June 1489 – 14 June 1544), known as the Good, was Duke of Lorraine from 1508 until his death in 1544. Raised at the French court, Antoine would...
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    Lorraine) (23 August 1517 – 12 June 1545) was Duke of Lorraine from 1544–1545. Born in Nancy, Francis was the eldest son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine...
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    1508) was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the...
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    Good (le Bon)", was Duke of Lorraine from 1608 until his death. Leaving no sons, both of his daughters became Duchesses of Lorraine by marriage. He was...
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    before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar, son and heir of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, although their marriage did not proceed. In March...
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    the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death. He was the eldest surviving son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and Christina of Denmark. In 1545...
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    Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur (16 October 1524 – 23 January 1577), was the second son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, and Renée de Bourbon. He was...
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    I, Duke of Lorraine and Christina of Denmark. Her paternal grandparents were Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier and her maternal...
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    Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (French: Charles Léopold Nicolas Sixte; German: Karl V Leopold; 3 April 1643 – 18 April 1690) succeeded his uncle Charles...
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    Charles IV, Duke of Anjou 1481–1493 René II, Duke of Lorraine 1493–1544 Antoine, Duke of Lorraine 1544–1545 Francis I, Duke of Lorraine 1545–1608 Charles...
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    the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. By the marriage of Francis of Lorraine to Maria Theresa of Austria in 1736, and with the...
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    1515 she married Antoine, Duke of Lorraine in Amboise. The marriage was arranged by the French King, Francis. Francis had promised Antoine marriage to the...
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    Maximilian I was born in Munich, the eldest son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine to survive infancy. He was educated by the Jesuits...
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  • Antoine of Navarre (also known as Anthony of Navarre, 1518–1562), King of Navarre and Duke of Bourbon Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489–1544) Anton of Saxony...
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    Duchy of Bar, Louise was the third daughter and youngest child born to Nicholas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur, and his first wife, Countess Margaret of Egmont...
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    Grand Duke of Tuscany. Seeking a marriage that would preserve his political independence, Ferdinando chose his distant cousin, Christine of Lorraine, the...
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    Harcourt, Count of Aumale, and Baron of Elbeuf from 1452 to 1458. His uncle Charles II, Duke of Lorraine had only daughters. Antoine did not conceal his...
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    Duchess of Aarschot by her second marriage to Philippe II of Croÿ. Anna was the daughter of Antoine the Good, Duke of Lorraine and Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier...
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    Isabella was the eldest daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine and Margaret of the Palatinate. By the death of her brothers, it was made apparent...
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    Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (20 October 1496 – 12 April 1550) was a French aristocrat and general. He became the first Duke of Guise in 1528. He...
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    primarily worked in the churches of his native Saint-Mihiel. Starting in 1530, he enjoyed the patronage of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, who commissioned his work...
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    Francis I of Lorraine, 2nd Duke of Guise, 1st Prince of Joinville, and 1st Duke of Aumale (French: François de Lorraine; 17 February 1519 – 24 February...
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  • 1033–1044) (also duke of Lower Lorraine). Godfrey, the Bearded (r. 1044–1046) (later duke of Lower Lorraine) Junior branch of the previous rulers of Ardennes–Metz...
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    either Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, or Charles III, Duke of Savoy. On 26 June 1515, the Duke of Lorraine married Renée of Bourbon, daughter of Gilbert...
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    Siege of Rouen. He was the father of Henry IV of France. Antoine was born at La Fère, Picardy, France, the second son of Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme...
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    February 1584 – 5 July 1666) son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine, born and died in Munich. Albert was 1651–1654 the regent for his young...
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    daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. On 23 April 1600, Maria Anna married her first cousin Ferdinand, Archduke of Inner Austria...
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    death of his father. Louis was the son of César de Bourbon, Légitimé de France, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise de Lorraine (1592–1669), daughter of Philippe...
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    Louis Joseph de Lorraine Duke of Guise and Duke of Angoulême, (7 August 1650 – 30 July 1671) was the only son of Louis, Duke of Joyeuse and Marie Françoise...
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  • 1564) June 2 – Charles, Duke of Vendôme, French noble (d. 1537) June 4 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544) June 16 – Sibylle of Bavaria, Electress Palatine...
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