- Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick II (died
October 10 1213 ) was theduke of Lorraine from 1206 to his death, son of Frederick I and Ludmilla, daughter ofMieszko III the Old , of thePiast Dynasty .In 1179, a three-year civil war ended in Lorraine and Duke Simon II was forced to agree to the
Treaty of Ribemont , whereby Lorrain was divided: the northern,germanophone half going to Simon's brother Frederick and the southern,francophone half to Simon, who had tried to appease Frederick by giving him the county ofBitche . Simon designated Frederick's son, Frederick, as his heir and abdicated in 1205. Nonetheless, Frederick was acclaimed duke, but died the next year. His son succeeded him and the duchy was completely reunited.By his 1188 marriage to Agnes of Bar (d.
19 June 1226 ), he received the lands ofAmance ,Longwy , andStenay . He entered into a war with his father-in-law,Theobald I of Bar , and was defeated in 1208, being captured and imprisoned for seven months. To obtain his freedom, he relinquished the cities.In 1197, he had supported Duke
Philip of Swabia 's candidature for the kingship of Germany and theHoly Roman Empire , but, after Philip's death in 1208, he moved over to the side of DukeOtto of Brunswick , upon whoseexcommunication in 1211, he finally transferred his support to theHohenstaufen heir,Frederick I of Sicily .Family
By his marriage to the daughter of the
count of Bar and Laurette de Looz, he had:*Theobald (d.1220), his successor in Lorraine
*Matthias (d.1251), his brother successor in Lorraine
*Reginald (d.1274), count ofBlieskastel
*Alice, countess ofOrmes , married firstly Werner (d.1228), count ofKirbourg , and secondly, in 1229, Walter, lord ofVignory
*Lauretta, marriedSimon III, Count of Saarbrücken , in 1226
*Jacob (d.1260),bishop of Metz Enumeration
His name in French is "Ferry" or "Ferri", the diminutive of Frederick ( _fr. Frédéric). The name Frederick was held by three dukes of a different house in the tenth and eleventh centuries. This, and the confusing succession to his uncle, has caused much confusion over his proper ordinal. If only the dukes of his house, those named "Ferry", are counted, he is:
*Frederick I, as the first rightful ruler of his line, by his uncle's designation
*Frederick II, as the successor, in fact, to his father, Frederick IIf the previous dukes are counted, he could be:
*Frederick III, as the other Frederick II was only a co-ruler
*Frederick IV, if his father is counted
*Frederick V, if all dukes, reigning and acclaimed, are counted, including both Frederick II of the older house and his fatherTo most historians, he is Frederick II, because to French historians, he is Ferry II.
ee also
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Dukes of Lorraine family tree
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