Paternal Family Tree: Metx
1575 Coronation and Marriage of Henry III King France
1588 "Day of the Dagger" Assassination of Henry 1st Duke Guise
On 1st May 1549 [her father] Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur [aged 24] and [her mother] Marguerite Egmont [aged 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 [aged 28] and Marguerite Egmont [aged 36] in Nomeny.
In 1554 [her mother] Marguerite Egmont [aged 37] died in Bar le Duc.
On 24th February 1555 [her father] Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur [aged 30] and [her step-mother] Princess Joanna of Savoy Nemours [aged 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 [aged 44] and [her step-mother] Catherine Romula Duchess of Lorraine [aged 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.
On 30th May 1574 Charles IX King France [aged 23] died. His brother [her future husband] Henry [aged 22] succeeded III King France: Capet Valois Angoulême.
On 13th February 1575 [her future husband] Henry III King France [aged 23] was crowned III King France: Capet Valois Angoulême at Reims Cathedral.
On 14th February 1575 Henry III King France [aged 23] and Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [aged 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 [aged 55]. They were fourth cousins.
On 12th May 1575 [her husband] Henry III King France [aged 23] Abdicated King France: Capet Valois Angoulême. His second cousin Henry [aged 21] succeeded IV King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.
In 1576 [her brother-in-law] Francis Valois Duke Anjou [aged 20] was appointed Duke Anjou.
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On 23rd January 1577 [her father] Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur [aged 52] died.
On 10th June 1584 [her brother-in-law] Francis Valois Duke Anjou [aged 29] died of malaria unmarried.
On 23rd December 1588 Henry 1st Duke Guise [aged 37], leader of the Catholic League, was assassinated at the Château de Blois by the King's bodyguard whilst [her husband] Henry III King France [aged 37] looked on.
On 2nd August 1589 [her husband] Henry III King France [aged 37] was assassinated.
On 29th January 1601 Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [aged 47] died at the Château de Moulins.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Metz I Count Vaudémont 3 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Antoine Count of Vaudémont 4 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont 5 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Countess of Harcourt 
Great x 1 Grandfather: René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar 3 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis of Naples 
Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples 
Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Valois Anjou 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Metz II Duke Lorraine 3 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Grandfather: Antoine Lorraine II Duke Lorraine 4 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egmont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders 3 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine de la Marck 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 2 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
father: Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur 5 x Great Grandson of King John "The Good" II of France
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France
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 Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thibaud Luxembourg 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jacques Luxembourg 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jacques Luxembourg 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Grandmother: Françoise Luxembourg 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England