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Francis II, Duke of Lorraine 1572–1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Feb 1572

Birth Location: Ducal Palace of Nancy, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France

Death Date: 14 Oct 1632

Death Location: Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France

Father: Charles Lorraine

Mother: Princess France

Spouse(s): Christine Lorraine

Children(s): Nicholas Lorraine, Charles Lorraine, Henry Hattonchatel, Henriette Lorraine, Marguerite Orléans

The story of Francis II, Duke of Lorraine began in 1572 in Ducal Palace of Nancy, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France. Francis II, Duke of Lorraine married Christine Katharine Grafin Von Salm Duchess Consort Of Lorraine, and had children including Charles Iv Duke Of Lorraine, Henriette Of Lorraine, Henry Of Lorraine Marquis Of Hattonchatel, Marguerite Of Lorraine Duchess Consort Of Orleans, Nicholas Francis Ii Duke Of Lorraine. Francis II, Duke of Lorraine passed away in 1632 in Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France.

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Biography

  • The story of Francis II, Duke of Lorraine began in 1572 in Ducal Palace of Nancy, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France.
  • Francis II, Duke of Lorraine married Christine Katharine Grafin Von Salm Duchess Consort Of Lorraine, and had children including Charles Iv Duke Of Lorraine, Henriette Of Lorraine, Henry Of Lorraine Marquis Of Hattonchatel, Marguerite Of Lorraine Duchess Consort Of Orleans, Nicholas Francis Ii Duke Of Lorraine.
  • Francis II, Duke of Lorraine passed away in 1632 in Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France.

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Francis Lorraine's Ancestors

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Francis Lorraine
1572–1632
Birth Place: Ducal Palace of Nancy, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France
Parents
Charles III 'The Great' Lotharingen Duke of Lorraine
1543–1608
Ducal Palace, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France
Princess (Claude of) France
1547–1575
Fontainebleau, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
Grandparents
Francis (I de Lorraine (Lotharingen) 2nd Duke of) Guise
1517–1545
Chateau de Joinville, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Christina (Oldenburg, Princess of) Denmark
1521–1590
Kobenhaven, Kobenhaven, Denmark
Great-Grandparents
Claude D'Aumale
1496–1550
Antoinette Guise
1493–1583
Christian Sweden
1481–1559
Isabella Sweden
1501–1526
2nd-Great-Grandparents
René Vaudémont
1451–1508
Philippa Gueldres
1467–1547
François Vendôme
1470–1495
Marguerite Pol
1466–1547
John Sweden
1455–1513
Christina Saxony
1461–1521
Philippe León
1478–1506
Juanna Queen
1479–1555

Francis Lorraine's Descendants

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Francis (II, Duke of) Lorraine (27 Feb 1572–14 Oct 1632) m. Christine (Katharine Grafin Von Salm, Duchess consort of) Lorraine (May 1575–31 Dec 1627)
  1. 1. Nicholas (Francis II, Duke of) Lorraine 1612–1670 m. Claude (Françoise of Lorraine, Duchess consort of) Lorraine 1612–1648
    1. 1. Charles (Leopold V House of Habsburg (Lorraine Dynasty), Duc De) Lorraine 1643–1690 m. Eleanore (Maria Josefa Habsburg of) Austria 1654–1689
      1. 1. Leopold (Joseph 'The Good' Habsburg, Duke of) Lorraine 1679–1729 m. Elizabeth (Charlotte House de'Orleans of Bourbon,) Princess 1676–1744
        1. 1. Francis (I (Franz) Stefan, Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, Ruler Austrian) Netherlands 1708–1765 m. Maria (Theresa (Marie-Thérèse) Habsburg, Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Germany, Hungary &) Bohemia 1717–1780
        2. 2. Anna (Charlotte de) Lorraine 1714–1774
        3. 3. Charles (Alexander Emanuel of) Lorraine 1712–1780
        4. 4. Elizabeth (de) Lorraine 1711–1741
      2. 2. Charles (Joseph DeLorraine, Bishop of) Olomouc 1680–1715
      3. 3. Charles (Ferdinand De) Lorraine 1683–1685
      4. 4. Joseph (of) Lorraine 1685–1705
      5. 5. Francois (of Lorraine, Abbot of Malmedy and) Stablo 1689–1715
    2. 2. Ferdinand (Philippe, Hereditary Prince of) Lorraine 1639–1659
  2. 2. Charles (IV, Duke of) Lorraine 1604–1675
  3. 3. Henry (of Lorraine, Marquis of) Hattonchatel 1602–1611
  4. 4. Henriette (of) Lorraine 1605–1660
  5. 5. Marguerite (of Lorraine, Duchess consort of) Orléans 1615–1672

Francis Lorraine's Timeline

2 Records

1572
27 Feb 1572
Birth of Francis II, Duke of Lorraine in Ducal Palace of Nancy, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France
Ducal Palace of Nancy, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France
1632
14 Oct 1632
Age 60
Death of Francis II, Duke of Lorraine in Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France
Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Feb 1572
    Event Place: Ducal Palace of Nancy, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1632
    Event Place: Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, Kingdom of France

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