Name Nicholas Duke | ||
Died July 27, 1473, Nancy, France Grandparents Rene of Anjou, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine Great-grandparents Yolande of Aragon, Louis II of Naples, Margaret of the Palatinate, Charles II, Duke of Lorraine People also search for John II, Duke of Lorraine, Rene of Anjou, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine | ||
Parents John II, Duke of Lorraine | ||
Nicholas of Anjou (1448–1473) was the son of John II, Duke of Lorraine and Marie de Bourbon.
Nicholas was born and died in Nancy. He succeeded his father in 1470 as Duke of Lorraine, and assumed the titles of Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson, Duke of Calabria, and Prince of Girona, as heir apparent of Bar, Naples, and Aragon respectively.
He was engaged to Anne of France, Viscountess of Thouars, and used her title, but he did not marry her and had only one illegitimate daughter, Marguerite, wife of John IV of Chabannes, Count of Dammartin (d. 1503).
Some said he had been poisoned by agents of King Louis XI of France.
On his death the Duchy of Lorraine went to his aunt Yolande.
References
Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA