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...

daughter-in-law of Henry IV of France. Sometimes known as Françoise de Mercœur, she belonged to the Mercœur cadet branch of the sovereign Dukes of Lorraine and was...

Mercœur, was a Duchess consort of Lorraine. She was a daughter of Gilbert de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier by Clara Gonzaga, and sister of Charles de...

state funeral. François was the second son of César de Vendôme and Françoise of Lorrain-Mercoeur. His father was an illegitimate son of King Henry IV...

well son of Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur. Louis Maïeul Chaudon, Antoine-François Delandine. Nouveau dictionnaire historique, ou, Histoire abrégée de tous les...

of Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur and his wife Margaret of Egmont. He was the younger brother of Louise of Lorraine and the uncle of Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont...

Henry III's favorite the Duke de Joyeuse married Marguerite de Lorraine (1564–1625), daughter of Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur and sister of the queen consort...

Louis de Bourbon (October 1612 – 6 August 1669), was Duke of Mercœur and later the second Duke of Vendôme, and the grandson of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle...

of the province duc de Mercœur. He initially had advantage against the ligue in the province, but this was reversed when Mercœur invited a large Spanish...

1608, at the Château de Fontainebleau, Cesar married Françoise de Lorraine, the wealthy heiress of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur. Françoise was the...

Jean de Lorraine (9 April 1498 – c. 18 May 1550) was the third son of the ruling Duke of Lorraine, and a French cardinal, who was (at one time or another)...

Warry de Dommartin 1508–1522: Louis de Lorraine 1523–1544: Jean de Lorraine (1498–1550), brother of predecessor 1544–1547: Nicolas de Mercœur (1524–1577)...

Warry de Dommartin 1508–1522: Louis de Lorraine 1523–1544: Jean de Lorraine (1498–1550), brother of predecessor 1544–1547: Nicolas de Mercœur (1524–1577)...

Longueville. They had two children: Joanna (1532–1568), who married Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur as his second wife, and had 6 children with him, and Jacques, Duke...

Piney remarried to Marguerite de Lorraine in 1599, the daughter of Nicolas de Lorraine, duke of Mercœur and Joanne de Savoie. Marguerite would outlive...

priest around 1585. In 1591 he came under the protection of the Duke of Mercœur (he became his librarian) and participated in the civil wars on the side...

jardin sacré de l'âme solitaire (Paris, 1602) Lettre consolatoire envoyee à Mme la duchesse de Mercœur sur le trespas de Mgr le duc de Mercœur (1602) Les...

great-grandmother, the duchesse de Mercœur et Penthièvre. Prior to succeeding his father in 1669, he was known as the duc de Penthièvre. He was raised by...

cream of the French nobility, among them the duke of Guise and duke of Mercœur representing the brides family and the duke of Montpensier and Cardinal...

Renée of Bourbon, sister of the Constable. Nicolas of Lorraine, son of Duke Antoine, was created Duke of Mercœur and a peer of France in 1569. His son Philippe...

of Religion. He was born at Nancy on 31 July 1570, the son of Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur, and his third wife, Catherine of Lorraine (1550-1606). Henri began...

Mercœur (French pronunciation: [mɛʁkœʁ]; Occitan: Mercuèr) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Communes of the Haute-Loire...

Poitou in the hopes he could lead the opposition to the ligueur the duke of Mercœur. Despite some royalist successes, the king felt obliged by July to capitulate...

third daughter and youngest child born to Nicholas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur, and his first wife, Countess Margaret of Egmont (1517–1554). She was the...

Marguerite de Vaudemont, also known as Marguerite of Lorraine, was the queen's half-sister, daughter of the queen's father Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur, and his...

League. At the time, the governor of Brittany, Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, a Catholic, was in revolt against the new Protestant king Henry IV, and...

representative. His daughter and heiress Marie de Luxembourg married Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duc de Mercœur, a prominent member of the Ligue in Brittany...

1042 there was a serious fire. Durand de Bredons, bishop of Toulouse, appointed the abbot of Cluny Odilon de Mercœur to bring in a sweeping reform to counter...

half heartedly, and only the forces directly loyal to the Ligue under Mercœur conducted the war with any vigour. Biron secretly negotiated with Navarre...

de Gramont, Comte de Guiche. There were also rumors at court that Philippe in fact had a mistress and had shown an interest in the Duchess of Mercœur...