Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine

Frederick II ( † 8 or October 9, 1213 ) was Duke of Lorraine from 1206 to 1213. He was the son of Friedrich von Bitsch and Ludmilla of Poland.

Life

Since the Treaty of Ribemont from May 1179 Lorraine was divided between his uncle, Duke Simon II, and his father. As the childless Simon II appointed him as his successor and died in 1206, his father did not recognize this scheme and proclaimed himself Duke. With the death of the usurper in the following year, Lorraine was reunited.

His marriage to Agnes of Bar out of the house Scarponnois brought him to the field of Amance, Longwy and Stenay one, but he had after an altercation with his father, Theobald I of Bar when he was defeated and taken prisoner, 1208 all issue again to regain his freedom.

Progeny

Frederick II and Agnes were seven children, including:

• Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine, † 1220; ∞ I Gertrude of Dabo, † before 1225, daughter of Count Albrecht II
• Matthew II, Duke of Lorraine, † 1251; ∞ Catherine of Limburg, † 1255, daughter of Duke Walram IV and Ermesinde II, Countess of Luxembourg
• Jacob, † 1260, 1239-60 Bishop of Metz
• Reinald, † 1274, Lord of Stenay and Bitsch, Count of Blieskastel; ∞ Elisabeth Countess of Blieskastel, † 1273, daughter of Count Heinrich
• Laurette; ∞ Simon III. , Count of Saarbrücken, † before 1240
• Alix, † 1242; ∞ Werner I. Count of Kyburg, † 1228;