Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine

French duke
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench duke
PlacesFrance
wasMonarch
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth30 June 1448, Nancy
Death27 July 1473Nancy (aged 25 years)
Star signCancer
Family
Mother:Marie de Bourbon
Father:John II, Duke of Lorraine
The details

Biography

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

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