Claude Françoise de Lorraine

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

See also

Princesses of Lorraine
The generations start from the children of Réné II
1st Generation	Princess Anne* Princess Isabelle* Princess Claude* Princess Catherine*
2nd Generation	Anne, Princess of Orange Princess Élisabeth
3rd Generation	Reneta, Duchess of Bavaria Dorothea, Duchess of Calenberg* Princess Marguerite Princess Catherine Princess Marguerite Princess Christine Princess Louise Marie, Queen of Scotland Princess Louise Renée, Abbess of St. Pierre Antoinette, Abbess of Faremoutier Louise, Queen of France*
4th Generation	Christine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Antoinette, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.* Princess Anne* Catherine, Duchess of Nevers Élisabeth, Electress Palatine Princess Claude* Françoise, Duchess of Vendôme Catherine, Abbess of Remiremont* Princess Catherine* Princess Marie* Princess Christine* Princess Renée* Princess Jeanne* Louise Marguerite, Princess of Conti*
5th Generation	Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine* Claude Françoise, Duchess of Lorraine Henriette, Princess of Lixheim* Marguerite, Duchess of Orléans* Princess Christine* Marie, Duchess of Guise* Françoise Renée, Abbess of Montmartre*
6th Generation	Princess Marie Anne* Princess Anne Eléonore* Anne Marie Thérèse, Abbess of Remiremont* Princess Anne Marie* Princess Catherine Henriette* Béatrice Hiéronyme, Abbess of Remiremont* Élisabeth, Princess of Epinoy* Marie, Princess of Monaco Charlotte, Mademoiselle d'Armagnac Marguerite, Duchess of Cadaval Anne Élisabeth, Princess of Vaudémont Marie Eléonore, Abbess of Saint Jacques Marie Françoise, Abbess of Saint Germaine Suzanne Henriette, Duchess of Mantua Louise Anne, Princess of Navailles
7th Generation	Princess Eléonore*
8th Generation	Élisabeth Charlotte, Abbess of Remiremont* Princess Louise Christine* Princess Marie Gabrièle* Princess Joséphine Gabrièle* Princess Gabrièle Louise* Princess Eléonore* Élisabeth Thérèse, Queen of Sardinia* Anne Charlotte, Abbess of Remiremont* Louise Henriette Françoise, Duchess of Bouillon Élisabeth Sophie, Duchess of Richelieu Louise, Duchess of Bouillon
9th Generation	Joséphine, Princess of Carignan Anne Charlotte, Abbess of Remiremont*
*died without issue