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Francis I de Lorraine
(1517-1545)
Christina of Denmark Oldenburg
(1521-1590)
Henry II of France de Valois
(1519-1559)
Catherine of Florence de Medici
(1519-1589)
Charles III the Great de Lorraine
(1543-1608)
Claude de France
(1547-1575)
Henry II de Lorraine
(1563-1624)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catherine de Bourbon
2. Margarita Gonzaga

Henry II de Lorraine 1 2

  • Born: 8 Nov 1563
  • Marriage (1): Catherine de Bourbon in 1599
  • Marriage (2): Margarita Gonzaga in 1606
  • Died: 31 Jul 1624 aged 60

   Another name for Henry was Henry I.

  General Notes:

Henry I was Duke of Lorraine from 1608 until his death. He married first to princess Catherine of Navarre, Duchess of Albret and sister of king Henry IV of France. With no issue from this union, he married for the second time to Margerita Gonzaga, with whom he had two daughters, both married to cousins:
- Nicoletta of Lorraine (1608-1657), married Charles III, Duke of Lorraine;
- Claudia of Lorraine (1612-1648), married Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine.

Henry was succeeded by his younger brother.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Duke of Lorraine, 1608.


Henry married Catherine de Bourbon, daughter of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d' Albret, in 1599. (Catherine de Bourbon was born in 1559 and died in 1604.)


Henry next married Margarita Gonzaga in 1606. (Margarita Gonzaga was born in 1591 and died in 1632.)


Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

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