- Antoine of Vaudémont
Antoine of Vaudémont (c. 1400-
22 March 1458 ) wasCount of Vaudémont andsieur de Joinville from 1418 to 1458. By marriage, he was alsoCount of Aumale andBaron of Elbeuf from 1452 to 1458.Life
His uncle
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine had only daughters. Antoine didn't conceal his wish to inherit theDuchy of Lorraine , and quarrelled with Charles. Charles attacked Antoine, but Antoine hadPhilip the Good of Burgundy as ally.After Charles II died in 1431, Antoine attacked the new Duke,
René of Anjou , defeating and capturing him at theBattle of Bulgnéville , on1 July ,1431 . [Richard Vaughan, "Philip the Good" (2002 edition), p. 26.] A decade of negotiation followed, sinceSigismund, Holy Roman Emperor was unwilling to recognise Antoine as Duke, pronouncing for René in 1434 [Vaughan p. 70.] .Ultimately, Antoine gave up his claim on the Duchy of Lorraine, by a treaty of 27 March, 1441. In return, Antoine's County of Vaudémont was recognised as independent, and his son Frederick became engaged to the Duke's daughter
Yolande of Lorraine . The dynastic consequence was that Antoine's grandson became Duke.Antoine also took part in several local armed conflicts.
Family
He was son of
Frederick of Lorraine andMarguerite de Joinville .He married Marie of Harcourt (1398-1476), on 12 August 1416. She was countess of
Harcourt , and of Aumale, and baroness of Elbeuf. Her father wasJean VII of Harcourt , her motherMarie of Alençon . Their children were:
*Ferry II of Vaudémont (1428-1470), count of Vaudémont and sire of Joinville
*Jean VIII of Harcourt-Lorraine (died 1473), count of Aumale and baron of Elbeuf
*Henri of Lorraine (died 1505) ,bishop of Thérouanne (1447-1484), thenbishop of Metz (1484-1505),
* Marie (died 1455), who married en 1450Alain IX of Rohan (died 1462)Notes
External links
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p477.htm#i4768 At thepeerage.com]
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