Jean Ier of Lorraine

See also: Jean of Lorraine

Jean Ier of Lorraine , born in 1346, died in Paris the September 23rd 1390, was duke of Lorraine of 1346 with 1390. It was wire of the duke Raoul and Marie de Châtillon.

Biography

Six months after his birth, his/her Raoul father was killed with the Bataille of Crécy and regency was ensured until in 1353 by his/her mother and the count Eberhard II of Wurtemberg.

In December 1353, during a stay of the emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg, Jean pays homage for the to him Duché of Lorraine, and that did it general lieutenant of the Empire in country native of the Moselle region .

Jean Ier took part in the sides of the Chevaliers Teutoniques with Croisades against the Lithuanians in 1356, then again in 1365.

He also helped the king de France, combatit with the battles of Poitiers the September 19th 1356, helped the dolphin Charles with subduing the revolt of Parisian, and assisted with his sacring the May 19th 1364 with Rheims. He also left in Brittany to help his uncle Charles of Blois to fight the count de Montfort, but the war ended in Bataille of Auray, the September 29th 1364: Charles of Blois was killed, and Jean Ier and Bertrand of Guesclin are made prisoners. In the years which followed, it helped Charles V, then Charles VI to reconquer the provinces lost by the Traité of Brétigny.

But, with end of its reign, it took its distances with court of France, initially because he was to fight against the Grandes companies which plundered, inter alia, his duchy, and in addition because the royal officers, by regulating litigations between the duke and the Lorraine nobility, tried to reinforce the influence of the king, and he approached Philippe II Bold the, duke of Burgundy. He died in Paris the September 22nd 1390 where it was to defend its cause before the Parliament of Paris, following a charge of the inhabitants of Neufchâteau for abuse of power.

Marriage and children

He marries in 1361 Sophie of Wurtemberg (1343 † 1369), girl of Eberhard II, count de Wurtemberg, and of Elisabeth de Henneberg. They had:
  • Charles II (1364 † 1431), duke of Lorraine
  • Ferry I {{er}} (1371 † 1415), count de Vaudémont
  • Isabelle, married in 1381 with Enguerrand VII († 1397) lord de Coucy

Sources

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