| Charles Henri | |||||
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| Prince of Commercy and Vaudémont | |||||
 Portrait after Jean Ranc, 17th century | |||||
| Born | 17 April 1649 Brussels, Belgium | ||||
| Died | 14 January 1723 (aged 73) Château de Commercy, Lorraine, France | ||||
| Spouse | Anne Elisabeth de Lorraine | ||||
| Issue Detail | Charles Thomas, Prince of Vaudémont | ||||
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| House | Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine | ||||
| Mother | Béatrice de Cusance | ||||
Charles Henri of Lorraine (French: Charles Henri, Prince de Commercy, Prince de Vaudémont, pronounced [ʃaʁl ɑ̃ʁi pʁɛ̃s də kɔmɛʁsi pʁɛ̃s də vodemɔ̃]; 17 April 1649 – 14 January 1723) was the legitimated son of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, and Béatrix de Cusance. He was given the Principality of Commercy in 1708 by his cousin Leopold, Duke of Lorraine. He was also the Count of Falkenstein.
- ^ Davies, Norman, Europe:A History, (Oxford University Press, 1996), 169; In the Middle Ages, the feudal nobility needed to associate themselves with the fief or landed property which justified their rank. As a result, they adopted place-named surnames using either a prefix such as von or di, or suffix, such as -ski. Hence the French prince Charles de Lorraine would be known in German as "Karl von Lotharingen" or in Polish as "Karol Lotarinski."