Antoine of Vaudémont ( – 22 March 1458) was

Count of Vaudémont The title Count of Vaudémont was granted to Gérard 1st of Vaudémont in 1070, after he supported the succession of his brother, Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine to the Duchy of Lorraine. Counts of Vaudémont served as vassals of the Dukes of Lorr ...

and Sieur de Joinville from 1418 to 1458. By marriage, he was also

Count of Harcourt {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) When the Viking chieftain Rollo obtained via the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte the territories which would later make up Normandy, he distributed them as estates among his main supporters. Amo ...

Count of Aumale The County of Aumale, later elevated to a duchy, was a medieval fief in Normandy. It was disputed between England and France during parts of the Hundred Years' War. Aumale in Norman nobility Aumale was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy and ...

, and

Baron of Elbeuf The Seigneurie of Elbeuf, later a marquisate, dukedom, and peerage, was based on the territory of Elbeuf in the Vexin, possessed first by the Counts of Valois and then the Counts of Meulan before passing to the House of Harcourt. In 1265, it was ...

from 1452 to 1458.

Life

His uncle

Charles II, Duke of Lorraine Charles II (11 September 1364 – 25 January 1431), called the Bold (french: le Hardi) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and Constable of France from 1418 to 1425. Charles joined the Barbary Crusade, fought at Nicopolis, and aided ...

had only daughters. Antoine did not conceal his wish to inherit the

Duchy of Lorraine The Duchy of Lorraine (french: Lorraine ; german: Lothringen ), originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France. Its capital was Nancy. It was founded in 959 following t ...

, and quarrelled with Charles. Charles attacked Antoine, but Antoine had

Philip the Good Philip III (french: Philippe le Bon; nl, Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonge ...

of Burgundy as an ally. After Charles II died in 1431, Antoine attacked the new Duke,

René of Anjou René of Anjou ( it, Renato; oc, Rainièr; ca, Renat; 1409–1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442 (then deposed as the preceding dynasty was restored to ...

, defeating and capturing him at the

Battle of Bulgnéville The Battle of Bulgnéville was fought on 2 July 1431. The battle was fought between two cousins, René I d'Anjou and Antoine de Vaudémont, over partition of the Duchy of Lorraine after the death of Duke Charles II. Although René was defeated ...

, on 1 July 1431. A decade of negotiation followed, since

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was unwilling to recognise Antoine as Duke, pronouncing for René in 1434.Vaughan p. 70. Ultimately, Antoine gave up his claim on the Duchy of Lorraine, by a treaty of 27 March 1441. In return, Antoine's County of Vaudémont was recognised as independent, and his son

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bethrothed to the Duke's daughter

Yolande of Lorraine Yolande (2 November 1428, Nancy, France, Nancy – 23 March 1483, Nancy) was List of rulers of Lorraine, Duchess of Lorraine (1473) and Duchy of Bar, Bar (1480). She was the daughter of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, and René of Anjou (King of Na ...

. The dynastic consequence was that Antoine's grandson became Duke. Antoine also took part in several local armed conflicts.

Family

He was the son of Frederick I of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont and Margaret of Joinville. He married Marie of Harcourt (1398–1476), on 12 August 1416. She was Countess of Harcourt, and of

Aumale Aumale (), formerly known as Albemarle," is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. It lies on the River Bresle. History The town's Latin name was ''Alba Marla''. It was raised by William th ...

, and Baroness of

Elbeuf Elbeuf () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads. The c ...

. Her father was John VII of Harcourt, Count of Harcourt and Aumale, and her mother was

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. Their children were: * Frederick II of Lorraine-Vaudémont (1428–1470), Count of Vaudémont and sire of Joinville. * John of Lorraine-Vaudémont (died 1473), Count of Harcourt and Aumale, as well as Baron of Elbeuf. *

Henri of Lorraine-Vaudémont Henri of Lorraine-Vaudémont (died 20 October 1505, in Joinville) was bishop of Thérouanne, and then bishop of Metz from 1484 to 1505. From an aristocratic family, he was son of Antoine of Vaudémont. Life He was probably born in the early 143 ...

(died 1505),

Bishop of Thérouanne A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

(1447–1484), and then

Bishop of Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Es ...

(1484–1505). * Marie of Lorraine-Vaudémont (died 1455), who married in 1450, Alain IX of Rohan (died 1462). * Marguerite of Lorraine-Vaudémont, Dame d'Aarschot (died before 1474), married in 1432, Antoine I de Croÿ, Count of Porcéan.

Notes

External links

At thepeerage.com
1400s births Year of birth uncertain Place of birth unknown 1458 deaths Place of death unknown Counts of Vaudémont Barons of Elbeuf House of Vaudémont {{France-noble-stub