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Biography of Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France 1553-1601

Paternal Family Tree: Metx

On 1st May 1549 [her father] Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 24) and [her mother] Marguerite Egmont (age 32) were married in Brussels [Map]. He the son of [her grandfather] Antoine Lorraine II Duke Lorraine. They were third cousin once removed.

On 30th April 1553 Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France was born to Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 28) and Marguerite Egmont (age 36) in Nomeny.

In 1554 [her mother] Marguerite Egmont (age 37) died in Bar le Duc.

On 24th February 1555 [her father] Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 30) and [her step-mother] Princess Joanna of Savoy Nemours (age 23) were married in Brussels [Map]. He the son of [her grandfather] Antoine Lorraine II Duke Lorraine. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 11th May 1569 [her father] Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 44) and [her step-mother] Catherine Romula Duchess of Lorraine (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of [her grandfather] Antoine Lorraine II Duke Lorraine. They were first cousin once removed.

Coronation and Marriage of Henry III King France

On 14th February 1575 Henry III King France (age 23) and Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France (age 21) were married at Reims Cathedral; the day after his coronation. She by marriage Queen Consort France. He the son of King Henry II of France and Catherine Medici Queen Consort France (age 55). They were fourth cousins.

In 1576 [her brother-in-law] Francis Valois Duke Anjou (age 20) was appointed Duke Anjou.

On 23rd January 1577 [her father] Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 52) died.

On 10th June 1584 [her brother-in-law] Francis Valois Duke Anjou (age 29) died of malaria unmarried.

On 2nd August 1589 [her husband] Henry III King France (age 37) was assassinated.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 29th January 1601 Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France (age 47) died at the Château de Moulins.

Royal Ancestors of Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France 1553-1601

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Philip V King France I King Navarre

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France 1553-1601

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Metz I Count Vaudémont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Antoine Count of Vaudémont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Countess of Harcourt

Great x 1 Grandfather: René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis of Naples 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Valois Anjou 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Metz II Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

GrandFather: Antoine Lorraine II Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egmont

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders

Great x 2 Grandfather: Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egmont

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Egmont

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Egmont

GrandFather: Jean Egmont

Mother: Marguerite Egmont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thibaud Luxemburg 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Jacques Luxemburg 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Jacques Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Françoise Luxemburg 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England