Claude-Françoise of Lorraine

Claude
Duchess of Lorraine
Born	(1612-10-06)6 October 1612 Ducal Palace of Nancy, Lorraine
Died	2 August 1648(1648-08-02) (aged 35) Vienna, Austria
Burial	Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers, Nancy
Spouse	Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine ​ ​ (m. 1634)​
Issue Details...	Charles V, Duke of Lorraine Anne Marie Thérèse, Abbess of Remiremont
Names Claude Françoise de Lorraine
House	Lorraine
Father	Henry II, Duke of Lorraine
Mother	Margerita Gonzaga

Claude of 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 married her first cousin and was the Duchess of Lorraine by marriage.

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, jure matris 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 July 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

Ancestors of Claude-Françoise of 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)