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Christine of Lorraine (c. 1571–1637) Grand duchess of Tuscany. Name variations: Christina of Lorraine; Christine de Medici. Born around 1571; died in 1637 (some sources cite 1636); daughter of Claude de France (1547–1575) and Charles II, duke of Lorraine (r. 1545–1608); granddaughter of Catherine de Medici (1519–1589); married Ferdinand I de Medici (1549–1609), grand duke of Tuscany ...
Charles III (or IV) (born April 5, 1604, Nancy, Lorraine [Germany; now in France]—died September 18, 1675, Allenbach, near Trier [Germany]) was the duke of Lorraine whose resentment against encroaching French power led to a lifelong fight against France. Charles was the son of Francis, brother of Duke Henry II of Lorraine.
The prospect haunted French foreign policy for two decades and catalysed two pan-European conflicts: the 1733 War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession that followed in 1740. Francis Stephen (pictured) succeeded as Duke of Lorraine in 1729 and was courted by France and other European powers, including Britain.
In 1475, the Burgundian duke Charles the Bold campaigned for the Duchy of Lorraine, but was finally defeated and killed at the 1477 Battle of Nancy. In the 1552 Treaty of Chambord , a number of insurgent Protestant Imperial princes around Maurice, Elector of Saxony ceded the Three Bishoprics to King Henry II of France in turn for his support.
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. Mother. Claude of Valois. Christina of Lorraine ( French: Christine de Lorraine, Italian: Cristina di Lorena) (16 August 1565 – 19 December 1637) was a French noblewoman of the House of Lorraine who became a Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage. She served as Regent of Tuscany jointly with her daughter-in-law ...
Nicholas Francis (French; 6 December 1609 – 25 January 1670), also known as Nicholas II, was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, spanning the time between the abdication of his older brother and his own resignation. He was therefore duke during the invasion of Lorraine by the French in the Thirty Years War. He is the direct male ancestor of all rulers of the ...
