Claude, Duke of Aumale

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.[1] He was a prince of Lorraine by birth.

Claude, Duke of Aumale
Coat of arms of the Dukes of Aumale

Biography

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.[2] 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.[3] He wrote from Edinburgh on 18 May that he would view the strong places of the realm.[4] Regent Arran gave him three horses and organised a banquet for him in Edinburgh on 21 May.[5] In 1550, Claude inherited the title of Duke of Aumale, when his brother Francis succeeded their father as Duke of Guise.

During the Italian War of 1551–1559, Claude was captured at the siege of Metz in 1553 and had to pay an exorbitant ransom.[6] He was killed at the siege of La Rochelle in 1573.[7]

Marriage & issue

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.[8] They had:

  • 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 Mercœur[9]
  • Madeleine Diane (b. February 5, 1554), d. young
  • Charles, Duke of Aumale (1555–1631)[9]
  • 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
  • Marie (June 10, 1565 – January 27, 1627), Abbess of Chelles
  • Charles (January 25, 1566 – May 7, 1568, Paris)

References
  1. Wellman 2013, p. 236.
  2. Jordan 1966, p. 22,24,26,27,29.
  3. Ritchie 2002, p. 65.
  4. Michaud & Poujoulat 1839, p. 39.
  5. Paul 1911, p. 408-410.
  6. Marshall 2006, p. 66.
  7. Carroll 1998, p. 73.
  8. Carroll 1998, p. 20.
  9. George 1875, p. table XXX.

Sources
  • Carroll, Stuart (1998). Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion: The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy. Cambridge University Press.
  • George, Hereford Brooke (1875). Genealogical Tables Illustrative of Modern History. Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
  • Jordan, W.K., ed. (1966). Chronicle of Edward VI. Folger Shakespeare Library.
  • Marshall, Rosalind Kay (2006). Queen Mary's Women: Female Relatives, Servants, Friends and Enemies of Mary, Queen of Scots. John Donald.
  • Michaud, Joseph François; Poujoulat, Jean Joseph François (1839). Nouvelle Collection des Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de France (in French). 6. Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Freres.
  • Paul, James Balfour (1911). Accounts of the Treasurer. 9. HM Register House.
  • Ritchie, Pamela E. (2002). Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548-1560: A Political Career. Tuckwell Press.
  • Wellman, Kathleen (2013). Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France. Yale University Press.
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