Reign 1544–1545 Name Francis Duke | ||
Born 23 August 1517Nancy ( 1517-08-23 ) Issue Charles III, Duke of LorraineRenata, Duchess of BavariaDorothea of Lorraine Mother Renee of Bourbon-Montpensier Children Renata of Lorraine, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Dorothea of Lorraine Parents Renee of Bourbon, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine Similar People Renata of Lorraine, Charles III - Duke of Lorraine, Christina of Denmark, William V - Duke of Bavaria, Isabella of Austria | ||
Francis I (French: François Ier de Lorraine) (23 August 1517 – 12 June 1545) was Duke of Lorraine from 1544–1545.
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History
Born in Nancy, he was the eldest son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier, daughter of Gilbert, Count of Montpensier. He was briefly engaged in the mid-1530s to Anne of Cleves, who in 1540 would become the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
Francis married the princess of Denmark, Christina of Denmark. The princess was a daughter of King Christian II and Isabella of Burgundy (who had herself been a potential bride of Henry VIII). Francis died at Remiremont in 1545, leaving Christina as the Regent of Lorraine and as the guardian of their young children.
Children
By Christina of Denmark (c.1521 – 1590; married in 1541)