Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine

Rudolph
Duke of Lorraine
Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine
Born1320
Lorraine, France
Died(1346-08-26)26 August 1346 (aged about 26)
Crécy-en-Ponthieu
SpouseEleanor of Bar
Marie of Blois
IssueJohn I, Duke of Lorraine
HouseHouse of Lorraine
FatherFrederick IV, Duke of Lorraine
MotherElisabeth of Austria

Rudolph (1320 – 26 August 1346), called the Valiant (le Vaillant), was the Duke of Lorraine from 1328[1] to his death.[2] He was the son and successor of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine and Elisabeth of Austria, the daughter of King Albert I of Germany of the House of Habsburg.[3] Though he was but nine years of age when his father died and he succeeded to the duchy under the regency of his mother (until 1334), he was a warrior prince, taking part in four separate wars in Lorraine, France, Brittany, and Iberia. He was killed at the Battle of Crécy.[4]

  1. ^ Bogdan 2007, p. 56.
  2. ^ Shakespeare, William; Melchiori, Giorgio (1998). King Edward III. Cambridge University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-521-59673-2.
  3. ^ Bogdan 2007, p. 55.
  4. ^ Scott-Stokes & Given-Wilson 2008, p. 11.