Charles II, Duke of Lorraine

Charles II "the Bold"
Charles and his wife Margaret
Duke of Lorraine
Reign27 September 1390 - 25 January 1431
PredecessorJohn I
SuccessorIsabella and René of Anjou
Born11 September 1365
Died25 January 1431(1431-01-25) (aged 66)
Nancy
SpouseMargaret of the Palatinate
Issue
Detail
Isabella, Queen of Naples and Duchess of Lorraine
Catherine, Margravine of Baden-Baden
HouseArdennes-Metz
FatherJohn I, Duke of Lorraine
MotherSophie of Württemberg

Charles II (11 September 1365 – 25 January 1431), called the Bold (French: le Hardi) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and Constable of France from 1418 to 1425.

Charles joined the Barbary Crusade, fought at Nicopolis, and aided the Teutonic knights in Livonia. During the Hundred Years War, he sought closer ties to the French royal family, even being made Constable by Queen Isabella. Following an indecisive war against his nephew, he died in 1431.