Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine facts for kids
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A 17th century drawing of a (now lost) 15th century stained glass window depicting Yolande.
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| Born | 2 November 1428 Nancy |
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| Died | 23 March 1483 (aged 54) Nancy |
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| Spouse | Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont | ||||
| Issue | René II, Duke of Lorraine Nicolas, Lord of Joinville Jeanne, Duchess of Anjou Yolande, Landgravine of Hesse Marguerite, Duchess of Alençon |
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| House | Valois-Anjou | ||||
| Father | René of Anjou | ||||
| Mother | Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine | ||||
Yolande (2 November 1428, Nancy – 23 March 1483, Nancy), was Duchess of Lorraine (1473) and Bar (1480). She was the daughter of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, and René of Anjou (King of Naples, Duke of Anjou, Bar and Lorraine, Count of Provence). Though she was nominally in control of major territories, she ceded her power and titles to her husband and her son. In addition, her younger sister was Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England.
In the 19th century, a romanticised version of her early life was popularised by the play King René’s Daughter by Henrik Hertz, in which she is portrayed as a beautiful blind princess living in an isolated garden paradise. It was later adapted to Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta. There is no evidence that she was ever blind.
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Marriage and children
In 1445, she married her second cousin Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont (1420–1470), at Nancy. The marriage was a dynastic alliance, arranged to end the dispute which existed between René of Anjou and Frederick's father, Antoine of Vaudémont, regarding the succession to the Duchy of Lorraine.
Children
- René (future Duke of Lorraine) (1451–1508), Duke of Lorraine. On 1 September 1485 he married secondly, Philippa of Guelders
- Nicolas of Lorraine, Lord of Joinville and Bauffremont, died in 1476.
- Peter of Lorraine, died in 1451.
- Jeanne of Lorraine (1458 – Jan. 25, 1480), married in 1474 to Charles IV, Duke of Anjou
- Yolande of Lorraine, who died in 1500, married William II, Landgrave of Hesse, by whom she had issue.
- Marguerite of Lorraine (1463–1521), married René, Duke of Alençon (1454–1492)
Reign
In 1473, on the death of her nephew Nicolas, she inherited the Duchy of Lorraine, but passed it immediately to her eldest son René II. In 1480, after the death of her father, she did the same with the Duchy of Bar. She died on 23 March 1483, which was the birthday of her sister Queen Margaret, who had died the previous summer. Yolande was 54 years old.
See also
In Spanish: Yolanda de Anjou para niños
