Claude, Duke of Aumale
Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Aumale (18 August 1526, Joinville – 3 March 1573, La Rochelle) was the third son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon.[1] He was a prince of Lorraine by birth.
Biography
As part of the Treaty of Boulogne which ended the war of the Rough Wooing, Claude, Marquis of Mayenne and François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres, were among six French hostages sent to England.[2] After his father died on 12 April 1550, Claude was allowed to come to Scotland, with a passport from Edward VI dated 11 May, to see his sister Mary of Guise.[3] He wrote from Edinburgh on 18 May that he would view the strong places of the realm.[4] Regent Arran gave him three horses and organised a banquet for him in Edinburgh on 21 May.[5] In 1550, Claude inherited the title of Duke of Aumale, when his brother Francis succeeded their father as Duke of Guise. That year he was also appointed royal governor of Burgundy.[6]
During the Italian War of 1551–1559, Claude was captured at the siege of Metz in 1553 and had to pay an exorbitant ransom.[7] He was killed at the siege of La Rochelle in 1573.[8]
Marriage & issue
On 1 August 1547 he married Louise de Brézé (c. 1518 – January 1577), dame d'Anet, the daughter of Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, and Diane de Poitiers.[9] They had:
- Henri (21 October 1549, Château de Saint-Germain – August 1559), Count of Valentinois
- Catherine Romula (8 November 1550, Saint-Germain – 25 June 1606), married on 11 May 1569 Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur[10]
- Madeleine Diane (b. 5 February 1554), d. young
- Charles, Duke of Aumale (1555–1631)[10]
- Diane (10 November 1558 – 25 June 1586, Ligny), married on 13 November 1576 François, Duke of Piney-Luxemburg
- Antoinette (b. 9 June 1560, Nancy), d. young
- Antoinette Louise (29 September 1561, Joinville – 24 August 1643, Soissons), Abbess of Soissons
- Antoine (b. 12 November 1562), d. young
- Claude (13 December 1564 – 3 January 1591, Saint-Denis), called the "Chevalier d'Aumale", Abbot of St.-Pere-en-Valle, Chartres, Knight of the Order of Malta, General of the Galleys
- Marie (10 June 1565 – 27 January 1627), Abbess of Chelles
- Charles (25 January 1566 – 7 May 1568, Paris)
References
- ^ Wellman 2013, p. 236.
- ^ Jordan 1966, p. 22,24,26,27,29.
- ^ Ritchie 2002, p. 65.
- ^ Michaud & Poujoulat 1839, p. 39.
- ^ Paul 1911, p. 408-410.
- ^ Holt 2018, p. 33.
- ^ Marshall 2006, p. 66.
- ^ Carroll 1998, p. 73.
- ^ Carroll 1998, p. 20.
- ^ a b George 1875, p. table XXX.
Sources
- Carroll, Stuart (1998). Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion: The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy. Cambridge University Press.
- George, Hereford Brooke (1875). Genealogical Tables Illustrative of Modern History. Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
- Holt, Mack P. (2018). The Politics of Wine in Early Modern France: Religion and Popular Culture in Burgundy, 1477-1630. Cambridge University Press.
- Jordan, W.K., ed. (1966). Chronicle of Edward VI. Folger Shakespeare Library.
- Marshall, Rosalind Kay (2006). Queen Mary's Women: Female Relatives, Servants, Friends and Enemies of Mary, Queen of Scots. John Donald.
- Michaud, Joseph François; Poujoulat, Jean Joseph François (1839). Nouvelle Collection des Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de France (in French). Vol. 6. Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Freres.
- Paul, James Balfour (1911). Accounts of the Treasurer. Vol. 9. HM Register House.
- Ritchie, Pamela E. (2002). Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548-1560: A Political Career. Tuckwell Press.
- Wellman, Kathleen (2013). Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France. Yale University Press.
