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Full Name: | Claude Françoise de Lorraine |
Succession: | Duchess consort of Lorraine |
Reign: | 17 February 1634 – 2 August 1648 |
Issue: | Charles V, Duke of Lorraine Anne Marie Thérèse, Abbess of Remiremont |
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House: | Lorraine |
Father: | Henry II, Duke of Lorraine |
Mother: | Margherita Gonzaga |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1612 |
Birth Place: | Ducal Palace of Nancy, Lorraine |
Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Burial Place: | Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers, Nancy |
Claude of Lorraine (6 October 1612 - 2 August 1648) was the Duchess of Lorraine by marriage.
Born into an illustrious House of Lorraine, she was the younger daughter of Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, and his wife, Princess Margherita Gonzaga. Her elder sister was Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine.
She married her first cousin Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine, at Lunéville on 18 February 1634 and had the following children:
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.
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