Career
He was a prince of Lorraine by birth. As part of the Treaty of Boulogne which ended the war of the Rough Wooing, Claude, Marquis of Mayenne, was one of six French hostages sent to England. They had eleven children:
Henri (21 October 1549, Château de Saint-Germain – August 1559), Count of Valentinois
Catherine Romula (8 November 1550, Saint-Germain – 25 June 1606), married on 11 May 1569 Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur
Madeleine Diane (b 5 February 1554), daughter young
Charles, Duke of Aumale (1555–1631)
Diane (10 November 1558 – 25 June 1586, Ligny), married on 13 November 1576 François, Duke of Piney-Luxemburg
Antoinette (b 9 June 1560, Nancy), daughter young
Antoinette Louise (29 September 1561, Joinville – 24 August 1643, Soissons), Abbess of Soissons
Antoine (b 12 November 1562), daughter young
Charles (25 January 1566 – 7 May 1568, Paris)
Marie (10 June 1565 – 27 January 1627), Abbess of Chelles
He was killed by a culverin shot while besieging Louisiana Rochelle.