Frederick II (Lorraine)

Friedrich II. († October 8 or 9, 1213 ) was Duke of Lorraine from 1206 to 1213. He was the son of Friedrich von Bitsch and Ludmilla of Poland.

Life

Since the Treaty of Ribemont of May 1179, Lorraine was divided between his uncle, Duke Simon II , and his father. When the childless Simon II appointed him his successor and died in 1206, his father did not recognize this regulation and appointed himself duke. With the death of the usurper the following year, Lorraine was reunited.

His marriage to Agnes von Bar from the House of Scarponnois brought him the area of Amance , Longwy and Stenay , but after a dispute with his father-in-law, Theobald I. von Bar, he lost everything and was imprisoned, in 1208 to regain his freedom.

progeny

Friedrich II and Agnes had seven children, including:

• Theobald I , Duke of Lorraine, † 1220; ∞ I Gertrud von Dagsburg , † before 1225, daughter of Count Albrecht II.
• Matthew II , Duke of Lorraine, † 1251; ∞ Katharina von Limburg , † 1255, daughter of Duke Walram IV. And Ermesinde II. , Countess of Luxembourg
• Jakob , † 1260, 1239–60 Bishop of Metz
• Reinald, † 1274, Lord of Stenay and Bitsch , Count von Blieskastel ; ∞ Elisabeth Countess von Blieskastel, † 1273, daughter of Count Heinrich
• Laurette; ∞ Simon III. , Count of Saarbrücken , † before 1240
• Alix, † 1242; ∞ Werner I. Count of Kyburg , † 1228;

literature

• Henry Bogdan: La Lorraine des ducs. Sept siècles d'histoire. Perrin, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-262-02113-9 .
• Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . New series Volume 1, 2: Přemyslids, Ascanians, Dukes of Lorraine, the houses of Hesse, Württemberg and Zähringen. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-465-03020-6 , plate 204/205.

predecessor	Office	successor
Simon II	Duke of Lorraine 1206–1213	Theobald I.