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 Lor ...

and

Sieur de Joinville Jean de Joinville (, 1 May 1224 – 24 December 1317) was one of the great chroniclers of medieval France. He is most famous for writing the ''Life of Saint Louis'', a biography of Louis IX of France that chronicled the Seventh Crusade.' Biog ...

from 1418 to 1458. By marriage, he was also

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

, and Baron of Elbeuf from 1452 to 1458.

Life

His uncle Charles II, Duke of Lorraine had only daughters. Antoine did not conceal his wish to inherit the

Duchy of Lorraine The Duchy of Lorraine was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire which existed from the 10th century until 1766 when it was annexed by the kingdom of France. It gave its name to the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France ...

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

Philip the Good Philip III the Good (; ; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reign, ...

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

René of Anjou René of Anjou (; ; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples from 1435 to 1442 (then Aragonese conquest of Naples, deposed). Having spent his last years in Aix ...

, 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 of Anjou, René I d'Anjou and Antoine de Vaudémont, over partition of the Duchy of Lorraine after the death of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, D ...

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

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. He was elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) in 1410, and was also King of Bohemia from 1419, as well as prince-elect ...

was unwilling to recognise Antoine as Duke, pronouncing for René in 1434. 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. The dynastic consequence was that Antoine's grandson became Duke. Antoine also took part in several local armed conflicts.

Family

Antoine was the son of Frederick I of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont and

Margaret of Joinville Margaret of Joinville (; 1354–1418), was a French noblewoman. From 1365 until her death, she was the ruling Lady of Joinville and Countess of Vaudémont. Family Her father was Henry, Lord of Joinville. He was Count of Vaudémont as Henry V ...

. He married Marie of Harcourt (1398–1476), on 12 August 1416. She was Countess of Harcourt, and of

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, and Baroness of

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. 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 *

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(died 1505),

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(1447–1484), and then

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(1484–1505) * Philippe, died young * John of Lorraine-Vaudémont (died 1473), Count of Harcourt and Aumale, as well as Baron of Elbeuf. * 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.

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External links

At thepeerage.com
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