Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine

Frederick IV, called in France Ferry IV le lutteur ( born April 15, 1282 in Gondreville; † August 23, 1328 in Paris) was Duke of Lorraine from 1312 to 1328 He was the son of Duke Theobald II and Isabelle de. rumigny.

Life

When, in October 1314 in Frankfurt and Bonn Dopperwahl the succession of Henry VII takes place, stood Frederick IV on the side of his brother, the Habsburg Frederick the Fair. In the Battle of Mühldorf (28 September 1322) he was on the losing side and fell - as well as his brother in law - in captivity. The mediation of the French king Charles IV led to its rapid release, which was on the condition that he keep out of the matter in the future of the Empire - what the turn of Lorraine to France, under his grandfather, Friedrich III. had begun, reinforced and strengthened.

1324 he took a French campaign against the English in Guyenne in part under the command of Charles of Valois. 1324 to 1326 was in the war of the four men against the city of Metz involved. 1328 - IV after the death of Charles - he was on the side of Philip of Valois, who as Philip VI. then became King of France.

Progeny

He married ( marriage contract of 6 August 1306) Elisabeth of Austria († 1353 ), daughter of King Albert I ( Habsburg); their children were:

  • Rudolf ( Raoul ), Duke of Lorraine, † 1346 in the Battle of Crécy; ∞ I Eleanor of Bar, † 1333, daughter of Edward I, Count of Bar; ∞ II Marie de Châtillon, called Marie de Blois, † 1363, Regent of Lorraine in 1346, daughter of Guy I de Châtillon, Count of Blois and Dunois (House Châtillon )
  • Margaret, † after 1376; ∞ Jean de Chalon, Mr. Auberive, † 1360 ( House of Burgundy - Ivrea ); ∞ Konrad II, Count of Freiburg, Lord of Romont, † before 1362; ∞ III Ulrich IV von Rappoltstein, † 1377
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