This article is about Claude of Valois. For the Duchess of Brittany, see Claude of France.
Duchess consort of Lorraine
Claude of Valois
Portrait by François Clouet
Duchess consort of Lorraine
Tenure
19 January 1559 – 21 February 1575
Born
12 November 1547 Fontainebleau, France
Died
21 February 1575(1575-02-21) (aged 27) Nancy, France
Spouse
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
(m. 1559)
Issue
Henry II, Duke of Lorraine
Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Charles, Bishop of Metz and Strasbourg
Antoinette, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Anne of Lorraine
Francis II, Duke of Lorraine
Catherine, Abbess of Remiremont
Elisabeth, Electress of Bavaria
Claude of Lorraine
House
Valois-Angoulême
Father
Henry II of France
Mother
Catherine de' Medici
Claude of Valois (12 November 1547 – 21 February 1575) was a French princess as the second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici,[1] and Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine.
ClaudeofValois (12 November 1547 – 21 February 1575) was a French princess as the second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici...
heir, cancelled Claude's engagement to Charles in the Estates Generals of Tours, in favor of his heir, the young Duke ofValois. Louise of Savoy had obtained...
The Capetian house ofValois (UK: /ˈvælwɑː/ VAL-wah, also US: /vælˈwɑː, vɑːlˈwɑː/ va(h)l-WAH, French: [valwa]) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty...
Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth ofValois (Spanish: Isabel de Valois; French: Élisabeth de Valois) (2 April 1546 – 3 October 1568), was Queen of Spain as...
ofValois (c. 19 August 1515 – 21 September 1518), was the first child and first daughter of King Francis I of France and his first wife, Claudeof France...
King of France, and as such represented, as the only extant line of the House ofValois, the descent of Charles, Count ofValois, fourth son of King Philip...
king of France Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572–1632), son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, and ClaudeofValois Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena...
daughters, to the royal family of Spain through Elisabeth ofValois, and the House of Lorraine through ClaudeofValois.[citation needed] In 1534, following...
of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine in his marriage to ClaudeofValois. On 9 February 1595, in Nancy, she married her cousin Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria...
Born in Nancy, she was the daughter of Charles III of Lorraine and his wife ClaudeofValois, and granddaughter of Catherine de' Medici. She was named...
Margaret ofValois (French: Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), popularly known as La Reine Margot, was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who...
1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claudeof Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon...
Madeleine ofValois (10 August 1520 – 7 July 1537) was a French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland in 1537 as the first wife of King James V...
daughter-in-law Claude preferred to spend her time at the French court, which she often visited. However, she was worried over the influence of the French...
Charlotte of France (23 October 1516 – 18 September 1524) was the second child and second daughter of King Francis I and his wife Claude. Charlotte was...