Claude Duke Of AUMALE

1526 - 1573  (47 years)

• Name	Claude Duke Of AUMALE  [1]
  	Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Aumale (August 18, 1526, Joinville - March 3, 1573, La Rochelle) was the third son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon. He was a prince of Lorraine by birth. As part of the Treaty of Boulogne which ended the war of the Rough Wooing, Claude, Marquis of Mayenne and François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres, were among six French hostages sent to England.[1] After his father died on 12 April 1550, Claude was allowed to come to Scotland, with a passport from Edward VI dated 11 May, to see his sister Mary of Guise and wrote from Edinburgh on 18 May that he would view the strong places of the realm. On August 1, 1547, he married Louise de Brézé (c. 1518 ? January 1577), dame d'Anet, the daughter of Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, and Diane de Poitiers.[2] They had eleven children: Henri (October 21, 1549, Château de Saint-Germain ? August 1559), Count of Valentinois Catherine Romula (November 8, 1550, Saint-Germain ? June 25, 1606), married on May 11, 1569 Nicholas, Duke of Merc?ur Madeleine Diane (b. February 5, 1554), d. young Charles, Duke of Aumale (1555?1631) Diane (November 10, 1558 ? June 25, 1586, Ligny), married on November 13, 1576 François, Duke of Piney-Luxemburg Antoinette (b. June 9, 1560, Nancy), d. young Antoinette Louise (September 29, 1561, Joinville ? August 24, 1643, Soissons), Abbess of Soissons Antoine (b. November 12, 1562), d. young Claude (December 13, 1564 ? January 3, 1591, Saint-Denis), called the "Chevalier d'Aumale", Abbot of St.-Pere-en-Valle, Chartres, Knight of the Order of Malta, General of the Galleys Charles (January 25, 1566 ? May 7, 1568, Paris) Marie (June 10, 1565 ? January 27, 1627), Abbess of Chelles When his brother Francis acceded as Duke of Guise in 1550 he ceded to Claude the title of Duke of Aumale. He was killed by a culverin shot while besieging La Rochelle. [1]
  Birth	1526  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1573  [1]
  Person ID	I02827	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Claude Duke Of GUISE,   b. 20 Oct 1496, Chateau de Conde-sur-Moselle d. 12 Apr 1550, Chateau de Joinville (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Antoinette Of BOURBON,   b. 25 Dec 1493   d. 22 Jan 1583 (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	09 Jun 1513  [1]
  Family ID	F18499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louise DE BREZE,   b. Abt 1518   d. Jan 1577 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1547  [1]
  Children	1. Catherine of LORRAINE,   b. 1550   d. 1606 (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F1665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.