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Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine

Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine (1448-1473)


Nicholas of Anjou (July 1448 27 July 1473) was the son of John II, Duke of Lorraine and Marie de Bourbon.

Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine

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.

See also

Preceded by Duke of Lorraine
1470–1473
Succeeded by
Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson
1470–1473
Vacant

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