Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine
Noble person
1320 – 1346
Who was Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine?
Rudolph, called the Valiant, was the Duke of Lorraine from 1329 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick IV and Elisabeth, daughter of Albert I of Germany, a Habsburg, whence his name. Though he was but nine years of age when his father died and he succeeded to the duchy under the regency of his mother, he was a warrior prince, taking part in four separate wars in Lorraine, France, Brittany, and Iberia. He was killed at the Battle of Crécy.
In 1337, Count Henry IV of Bar refused to do homage for a few seignories he held of the duke. Rudolph was forced to devastate Pont-à-Mousson and its environs. In a series of reprisals, Henry ravaged the west of Lorraine and Rudolph attacked the Barrois. Only by the intervention of Philip VI of France was the war ended. By that time, the ties of Lorraine to France had become very strong. They were to become stronger under the half-Habsburg Rudolph. His second marriage was to the daughter of a French lord, Guy I of Blois, and niece of the king of France. He also assisted Philip with troops to lift Edward III of England's Siege of Tournai in the opening phase of the Hundred Years' War.
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- Born
- 1320
- Parents
- Spouses
- Marie of Blois
(1334 - 1346) - Eleanor of Bar
(1330 - 1332)
- Marie of Blois
- Children
- Died
- Aug 26, 1346
Calais
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on July 23, 2013
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