Claude Françoise de Lorraine

Claude
Duchess of Lorraine
Born	(1612-10-06)6 October 1612 Ducal Palace of Nancy, Lorraine
Died	Vienna, Austria
Issue	Charles V, Duke of Lorraine Anne Marie Thérèse, Abbess of Remiremont
Full name Claude Françoise de Lorraine
House	House of Lorraine
Father	Henry II, Duke of Lorraine
Mother	Margerita Gonzaga

Claude de Lorraine (6 October 1612 – 2 August 1648) was a daughter of Henry II, Duke of Lorraine and Margerita Gonzaga, her sister was Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine. She is also known as Claude Françoise de Lorraine, she married her first cousin and was the Duchess of Lorraine by marriage. Her maternal grandparents were, Vincenzo I Gonzaga and Eleonora de' Medici. Her paternal grandparents were Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Valois.

Marriage

She married her first cousin Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine, at Lunéville on 18 February 1634 and had the following children:

• Ferdinand Philippe, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine, suo jure Duke of Bar (29 December 1639 – 1 April 1659)
• Charles Léopold, Duke of Lorraine (3 April 1643 – 18 April 1690) married Eleonora Maria of Austria and had issue;
• Anne Eléanore de Lorraine (12 May 1645 – 28 February 1648) died in infancy;
• Anne Marie Thérèse de Lorraine (30 July 1648 – 17 June 1661) Abbess of Remiremont, no issue;
• Marie Anne de Lorraine (born 30 Jul 1648, date of death unknown).

Claude Françoise died in Vienna aged 35 having given birth to twins Marie Anne and Anne Marie. She was buried at the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers, Nancy, Lorraine.

Ancestry

Family of Claude Françoise de Lorraine

16. Antoine, Duke of Lorraine               8. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine                       17. Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier               4. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine                             18. Christian II of Denmark               9. Christina of Denmark                       19. Isabella of Austria               2. Henry II, Duke of Lorraine                                   20. Francis I of France               10. Henry II of France                       21. Claude of France               5. Claude of France                             22. Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino               11. Catherine de' Medici                       23. Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne               1. Claude Françoise de Lorraine                                         24. Federico II, Duke of Mantua               12. Guglielmo X Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua                       25. Margaret Palaeologina               6. Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua                             26. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (=#30)               13. Archduchess Eleanor of Austria                       27. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (=#31)               3. Margerita Gonzaga                                   28. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany               14. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany                       29. Eleanor of Toledo               7. Eleonora de' Medici                             30. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (=#26)               15. Archduchess Joanna of Austria                       31. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (=#27)

See also

Preceded by Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine

Duchess of Lorraine 1634–1648

Succeeded by Béatrix de Cusance