Peerage Record – 477

     John Bagshawe lived at Hucklow, Derbyshire, England^G.¹

     René II de Vaudémont, Duc de Lorraine was born on 2 May 1451 at Angers, France.² He was the son of Frederic VI de Vaudémont, Comte de Vaudémont and Yolande d‘Anjou.¹ He married, firstly, Jeanne d‘Harcourt in 1471. He and Jeanne d‘Harcourt were divorced in 1485. He married, secondly, Philippa van Egmond-Gelre, daughter of Adolf van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen and Catherine de Bourbon, on 1 September 1485 at Orleans, France.² He died on 10 December 1508 at age 57.
     He succeeded as the Comte de Vaudémont. He succeeded as the Duc de Lorraine in 1473.¹

     Adolf van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen was born on 12 February 1438 at Grave, The Netherlands.¹ He was the son of Arnold van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen and Katrina von der Mark-Kleve. He married Catherine de Bourbon, daughter of Charles I de Bourbon, Duc de Bourbon and Agnes de Bourgogne, on 18 February 1463. He died on 24 June 1477 at age 39 at Tournai, Belgium.¹
     In 1465 he imprisoned his father.¹ In 1471 Duke Charles of Burgundy reinstated his father and imprisoned him instead.¹

     Catherine de Bourbon was born in 1440.¹ She was the daughter of Charles I de Bourbon, Duc de Bourbon and Agnes de Bourgogne.¹ She married Adolf van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen, son of Arnold van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen and Katrina von der Mark-Kleve, on 18 February 1463. She died on 21 May 1469 at Nijmegen, The Netherlands.²

     Philippa van Egmond-Gelre was born on 9 November 1467 at Grave, The Netherlands.² She was the daughter of Adolf van Egmond Hertog van Gelre Graaf van Zutphen and Catherine de Bourbon. She married René II de Vaudémont, Duc de Lorraine, son of Frederic VI de Vaudémont, Comte de Vaudémont and Yolande d‘Anjou, on 1 September 1485 at Orleans, France.¹ She died on 28 February 1547 at age 79 at Nancy, France.¹

     Frederic VI de Vaudémont, Comte de Vaudémont was born circa May 1428. He was the son of Antoine I de Lorraine, comte de Vaudémont, baron de Joinville, seigneur de Rumigny and Marie d‘Harcourt, dame d’Elbeuf, de Mayenne, de Lillebonne, d’Aarschot, de Brionne et de La Saussaye. He married Yolande d‘Anjou, daughter of René I ‘the Good’, Duc d’Anjou and Isabel de Lorraine, circa 1445. He died on 31 August 1470.
     He gained the title of Comte de Vaudémont.

     Yolande d‘Anjou was born on 2 November 1428. She was the daughter of René I ‘the Good’, Duc d’Anjou and Isabel de Lorraine.¹ She married Frederic VI de Vaudémont, Comte de Vaudémont, son of Antoine I de Lorraine, comte de Vaudémont, baron de Joinville, seigneur de Rumigny and Marie d‘Harcourt, dame d’Elbeuf, de Mayenne, de Lillebonne, d’Aarschot, de Brionne et de La Saussaye, circa 1445. She died on 23 February 1483 at age 54.

     Antoine I de Lorraine, comte de Vaudémont, baron de Joinville, seigneur de Rumigny was born in 1395.^2,1 He was the son of Frederick de Lorraine, Comte de Vaudémont and Margaret de Vaudemont. He married Marie d‘Harcourt, dame d’Elbeuf, de Mayenne, de Lillebonne, d’Aarschot, de Brionne et de La Saussaye, daughter of Comte Jean VII d‘Harcourt, comte d’Aumale, vicomte de Châtellerault, seigneur d’Elbeuf, de Brionne, de Lillebonne, de Cailleville, d’Aarschot, d’Auvers et de La Saussaye and Marie d‘Alençon, on 12 August 1416.¹ He died on 22 March 1458.¹
     He gained the title of Comte de Vaudémont. He gained the title of Sire de Joinville.

     Marie d‘Harcourt, dame d’Elbeuf, de Mayenne, de Lillebonne, d’Aarschot, de Brionne et de La Saussaye was born on 9 September 1398. She was the daughter of Comte Jean VII d‘Harcourt, comte d’Aumale, vicomte de Châtellerault, seigneur d’Elbeuf, de Brionne, de Lillebonne, de Cailleville, d’Aarschot, d’Auvers et de La Saussaye and Marie d‘Alençon.² She married Antoine I de Lorraine, comte de Vaudémont, baron de Joinville, seigneur de Rumigny, son of Frederick de Lorraine, Comte de Vaudémont and Margaret de Vaudemont, on 12 August 1416.¹ She died on 19 April 1476 at age 77.

     Comte Jean VII d‘Harcourt, comte d’Aumale, vicomte de Châtellerault, seigneur d’Elbeuf, de Brionne, de Lillebonne, de Cailleville, d’Aarschot, d’Auvers et de La Saussaye was born in 1370.¹ He was the son of Comte Jean VI d‘Harcourt, comte d’Aumale, vicomte de Châtellerault, seigneur d’Elbeuf, de Brionne, de Lillebonne, de Cailleville, d’Aarschot, d’Auvers et de La Saussaye and Catherine de Bourbon.¹ He married Marie d‘Alençon, daughter of Pierre II d‘Alençon, Comte d’Alençon and Marie Chamaillart, Vicomtesses de Beaumont-au-Maine, on 17 March 1389 at Paris, France^G.^2,1 He died on 18 December 1452.²