The House of Lorraine

Dukes of (Upper) Lorraine, Holy Roman Emperors, Emperors of Austria

Dukes of Guise Marquises and Dukes of Elbeuf

Counts of Harcourt, Armagnac and Counts and Princes of Brionne

Counts and Princes of Vaudémont

House of Ardennes-Metz Adalbert of Metz, Duke of Lorraine, (c. 1000-1048)

Gérard, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1028-1070), brother of above

Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1055-1115), son of above

Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1080-1138), son of above

Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1110-1176), son of above

Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1140-1207), brother of above

Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1165-1213), son of above

Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1191-1220), son of above

Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1192-1251), brother of above

Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1230-1303), son of above

Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1260-1312), son of above

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282-1328), son of above

Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1310-1346), son of above

John I, Duke of Lorraine (1346-1390), son of above

The coat of arms (heraldic achievement) of the House of

Lorraine

Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (1364-1431), son of above

House of Vaudémont Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (1371-1415), son of John I, Duke of Lorraine, married Margaret of Joinville (1354 -1418), heiress of Vaudémont

House of Anjou René I of Anjou, Duke of Lorraine (1409-1480), son-in-law of above, abdicated 1453

Antoine, Count of Vaudémont (1400-1458), son of above

John II of Anjou, Duke of Lorraine (1424-1470), son of above

Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont (1417-1470), son of above

Nicholas of Anjou, Duke of Lorraine (1448-1473), son of above

House of Vaudémont-Lorraine (descended from John I in the male line) René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451-1508), son of Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont (1417-1470), son-in-law of René I of Anjou via his wife, Yolande of Anjou

House of Vaudémont-Lorraine René II, Duke of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont (1451-1508), son of above. After the House of Vaudémont succeeded to the Duchy of Lorraine, the County of Vaudémont was granted to cadet members of the family, if not held by the Duke of Lorraine himself.

Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489-1544) son of above

House of Guise Claude, Duke of Guise, 1496-1550 (son of René II, Duke of Lorraine)

Louis, Count of Vaudémont, (1500-1528), son of above (no issue)

Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517-1545), son of above

Francis, Duke of Guise (1519-1563; s. 1550), son of above

House of Elbeuf René, Marquis of Elbeuf (1536-1566), son of Claude, Duke of Guise

Nicolas, Count of Vaudémont and later Duke of Mercœur (1524-1577), son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489-1544)

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543-1608), son of above

Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550-1588; s. 1563), son of above

Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf (1556-1605), son of above

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543-1608), son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517-1545)

Note: On the death of Charles II, Duke of

Lorraine, in 1431, the heir male of Lorraine was

Antoine, Count of Vaudémont (1400-1458).

Nonetheless, the title passed to Charles II’s

son-in-law, René I of Anjou, Duke of Lorraine

(1409-1480), husband of the heir general,

Isabella, elder daughter of Charles II. The

dispute over succession was only resolved by

the marriage of Frederick II, Count of

Vaudémont (1417-1470), son of Antoine, to

Yolande of Anjou, daughter of René I. Their

son, René II (1451-1508) succeeded as Duke of

Lorraine in 1473 on the death of Nicholas of

Anjou, Duke of Lorraine (1448-1473).

Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563-1624), son of above

Charles, Duke of Guise (1571-1640; s. 1588), son of above

Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf of Lorraine (1596-1657), son of above

House of Harcourt Henri of Lorraine, Count of Harcourt, of Armagnac and of Brionne (1601-1666), son of Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf (The County of Harcourt passed to François Louis, Count of Harcourt (1627-1694), son of Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf. The last Count of Harcourt of this line was Louis Marie Léopold de Lorraine (1720–1747), who died without issue aged 26.)

Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563-1624), son of above

Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572-1632), brother of above

Henry II, Duke of Guise (1614-1664; s. 1640), son of above

Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf (1620-1692), son of above

House of Armagnac Louis of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac and of Brionne (1641-1718), son of above (The County of Armagnac passed to his son, Charles of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac (1684-1751). He was the last Count of Armagnac and died without issue.)

Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572-1632), brother of Henry II , Duke of Lorraine (1563-1624). He took over the County of Vaudémont after his abdication but died within a year.

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604-1675), son of above

Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise (1650-1671; s. 1664), nephew of above

Henri, Duke of Elbeuf (1661-1748), son of above

House of Brionne Henri of Lorraine, Count of Brionne (1661-1712), son of above

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604-1675), son of above

Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609-1679), son of above

Francis Joseph, Duke of Guise (1670-1675 s. 1671), son of above

Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf (1677-1763), brother of above (no issue)

Louis of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc (1692-1743), son of above

Charles Henri, styled Prince of Vaudémont then Prince of Commercy (1649-1723), son of above

Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643-1690), brother of above

Marie, Duchess of Guise (1615-1688), daughter of Charles, Duke of Guise (1571-1640) (no issue)

Louis of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc, Prince of Brionne (1725-1761), son of above

Charles Thomas, styled Prince of Vaudémont (1670-1704), son of above (no issue)

Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679-1729), son of above

House of Condé Henry III of Bourbon-Condé, Prince of Condé, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Guise (1643-1709), husband of Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Princess Palatine, Duchess of Guise (1648-1723), great-great-granddaughter of Francis, Duke of Guise (1519-1563)

House of Brionne Charles Eugène, Prince of Lambesc, Duke of Elbeuf (1751-1825), son of Louis of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc, Prince of Brionne (1725-1761) (no issue)

Charles Eugène, Prince of Lambesc, Duke of Elbeuf (1751-1825), son of above (no issue)

House of Brionne Joseph-Marie of Lorraine, Prince of Vaudémont (1759-1812), brother of Charles Eugène (no issue)

House of Habsburg-Lorraine Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708-1765), son of above. By the Peace of Vienna 1738, the Duchy of Lorraine passed to Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland, and then to his son-in-law, Louis XV of France, when the Duchy was annexed by France.

Louis III of Bourbon-Condé, Prince of Condé, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Guise (1668-1710), son of above

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741-1790), son of above

Louis IV Henry of Bourbon-Condé, Prince of Condé, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Guise (1692-1740), son of above

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747-1792), brother of above

Louis V Joseph of Bourbon-Condé, Prince of Condé, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Guise (1736-1818), son of above

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835), son of above

Louis VI Henry of Bourbon-Condé, Prince of Condé, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Guise (1756-1830), son of above (no living issue)

Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1793-1875), son of above

House of Orléans Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Guise (1847-1847), whose father, Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822-1897), was godson of above and a great-grandson of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. King Louis Philippe, father of Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822-1897), was the feudal-law heir to Conti and Condé, being the grandson of Louise Henriette de Bourbon (1726-1759), a daughter of Louise Elisabeth de Bourbon (1693-1775), who was a daughter of Louis III of Bourbon-Condé, Prince of Condé, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Guise (1668-1710)

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1830-1916), son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802-1878), brother of Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1793-1875)

François Paul d'Orléans, Duke of Guise (1852-1852), brother of above

Blessed Charles I, Emperor of Austria (1887-1922), son of Archduke Otto Francis of Austria (1865-1906), son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833-1896), brother of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1830-1916)

François Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Guise (1854-1872), brother of above

Crown Prince Otto von Habsburg (1912-2011), son of above

Jean d'Orléans, created Duke of Guise (1874-1940), first cousin once-removed of above

Karl von Habsburg (b. 1961), son of above (his heir is Ferdinand Zvonimir von Habsburg (b. 1997))

Henri, Count of Paris (1908-1999), son of above

Henri, Count of Paris (b. 1933), son of above (his heir is Jean, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1965))