Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont

Who was Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont?

Frederick II of Vaudémont, also known as Frederick II of Lorraine, was Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville from 1458 to 1470. He was son of Antoine of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville and Marie, Countess of Aumale and Baroness of Elbeuf. He is sometimes numbered Frederick V by continuity with the Dukes of Lorraine.

In 1445, he married his cousin Yolande of Anjou, daughter of René I of Anjou, and of Isabelle, Duchess of Lorraine. This marriage put an end to the litigation which existed between the fathers of the bride and groom, in connection with the succession of the Duchy of Lorraine. They had six children:

Peter, d.1451

René II of Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine

Nicholas, Lord of Joinville and Bauffremont, died about 1476

Joan, married Charles IV, Duke of Anjou in 1474

Yolande, married William II, Landgrave of Hesse in 1497

Margaret, married René of Alençon in 1488

In 1453 his father-in-law honoured him with the command of the troops that he sent to the Dauphin Louis to help him to fight the Duke of Savoy.