Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont
Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont | |
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 Coat of arms of Lorraine-Vaudémont | |
| Born | c. 1428 |
| Died | 31 August 1470 (aged 41–42) Joinville |
| Noble family | House of Lorraine |
| Spouse(s) | Yolande of Anjou |
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| Father | Antoine of Lorraine |
| Mother | Marie of Harcourt |
Frederick (Ferry) II of Lorraine-Vaudémont (c. 1428 – 31 August 1470), was Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville from 1458 to 1470. He was a son of Antoine of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville and Marie of Harcourt, Countess of Harcourt and Aumale, as well as Baroness of Elbeuf.[1] He is sometimes numbered Frederick V by continuity with the Dukes of Lorraine.
In 1445, he married his cousin Yolande of Anjou (1428–1483),[2] daughter of René I of Anjou, (King of Naples, Duke of Anjou, of Bar and of Lorraine, Count of Provence), and of Isabelle, Duchess of Lorraine. This marriage put an end to the litigation which existed between the fathers of the bride and groom, in connection with the succession of the Duchy of Lorraine. They had six children:
- Peter (died 1451)
- René II of Lorraine (1451–1508), Duke of Lorraine[2]
- Nicholas, Lord of Joinville and Bauffremont (died about 1476)
- Joan (1458–01.25.1480), married Charles IV, Duke of Anjou in 1474[3]
- Yolande, married William II, Landgrave of Hesse in 1497
- Margaret (1463–1521), married René of Alençon in 1488
In 1453 his father-in-law honoured him with the command of the troops that he sent to the Dauphin Louis to help him to fight the Duke of Savoy.
In 1456 René entrusted the government of the Duchy of Bar to Frederick, and in 1459 granted him the honorary title of Lieutenant-General of Sicily.
References[]
- ^ Guenee 1987, p. 334-335.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Munns, Richards & Spangler 2016, p. 10.
- ^ Potter 1995, p. 374.
Sources[]
- Guenee, Bernard (1987). Between Church and State: The Lives of Four French Prelates in the Late Middle Ages. The University of Chicago Press.
- Munns, Jessica; Richards, Penny; Spangler, Jonathan W., eds. (2016). Aspiration, Representation and Memory: The Guise in Europe, 1506–1688. Routledge.
- Potter, David (1995). A History of France, 1460-1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. St. Martin's Press.
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- 1420s births
- 1470 deaths
- Counts of Vaudémont
- House of Vaudémont