Friedrich Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine

1240 (age 63)

He was the only son and successor of Matthias II and Catherine of Limburg. The long-held loyalty of the dukes of Lorraine to the Holy Roman Emperor had waned in the first half of the thirteenth century and French influence was pervasive, leading to its permanent attachment to France in 1766. During Frederick"s reign, he fought the bishops of Metz until Pope Clement IV excommunicated him and put his duchy under an interdict. In 1257, after the elections following the death of King William of Holland resulted in the contested election of both Richard, Earl of Cornwall and Alfonso X of Castile, Frederick of Lorraine sided with Alfonso, who through his mother Beatrix was the grandson of the Hohenstaufen Philip of Swabia. The rivalry between the two kings led to little actual combat and after Richard"s death the 1273 election of Rudolf of Habsburg and the subsequent withdrawal of Alfonso reestablished unity. Theobald (1263–1312), his successor in Lorraine Matthias (died 1282), lord of Beauregard Frederick (died 1299), bishop of Orléans (1297–1299) Frederick (died c 1320), lord of Plombiéres, Romont, and Brémoncourt Gerard (known 1317) Isabelle (died 1335), married (1287) Louis III, Duke of Lower Bavaria. Then Lord Henry of Sully. And then (1306) Count Henry III of Vaudémont (died 1348) Catherine, lady of Romont, married (1290) Conrad III (died 1350), count of Fribourg Agnes, married John II (died 1302), sire of Harcourt.

Friedrich Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine

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He was not yet thirteen years of age when his father died, so his mother assumed the regency for a few years. In 1255, he married Margaret, the daughter of King Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Bourbon.

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He was the only son and successor of Matthias II and Catherine of Limburg. The long-held loyalty of the dukes of Lorraine to the Holy Roman Emperor had waned in the first half of the thirteenth century and French influence was pervasive, leading to its permanent attachment to France in 1766. During Frederick"s reign, he fought the bishops of Metz until Pope Clement IV excommunicated him and put his duchy under an interdict.

In 1257, after the elections following the death of King William of Holland resulted in the contested election of both Richard, Earl of Cornwall and Alfonso X of Castile, Frederick of Lorraine sided with Alfonso, who through his mother Beatrix was the grandson of the Hohenstaufen Philip of Swabia.

The rivalry between the two kings led to little actual combat and after Richard"s death the 1273 election of Rudolf of Habsburg and the subsequent withdrawal of Alfonso reestablished unity. Theobald (1263–1312), his successor in Lorraine

Matthias (died 1282), lord of Beauregard

Frederick (died 1299), bishop of Orléans (1297–1299)

Frederick (died c 1320), lord of Plombiéres, Romont, and Brémoncourt

Gerard (known 1317)

Isabelle (died 1335), married (1287) Louis III, Duke of Lower Bavaria.

Then Lord Henry of Sully. And then (1306) Count Henry III of Vaudémont (died 1348)

Catherine, lady of Romont, married (1290) Conrad III (died 1350), count of Fribourg

Agnes, married John II (died 1302), sire of Harcourt.

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