Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine

{{Short description|Duke of Lorraine from 1303 to 1312}}

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| name = Theobald II

| title = Duke of Lorraine

| image = Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine.png

| caption = Seal of Theobald II

| house = House of Lorraine

| father = Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine

| mother = Margaret of Navarre

| spouse = Isabelle of Rumigny

| issue = Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine

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| birth_date = 1263

| death_date = {{death date|1312|5|13|df=y}}

| burial_place= Beaupre

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Theobald II ({{langx|fr|Thiébaud}} or Thiébaut; 1263 – 13 May 1312) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1303 until his death in 1312. He was the son and successor of Frederick III and Margaret, daughter of King Theobald I of Navarre of the Royal House of Blois.

Life

In 1298, he took part in the Battle of Göllheim, near Speyer, in which the king of Germany, Adolph, was killed fighting his rival, Albert of Habsburg.{{sfn|Bogdan|2013|p=53}} Theobald was on Albert' side,{{sfn|Bogdan|2013|p=53}} despite the history of support for the legitimate emperors (which Adolph aspired to be) in the history of his family.

In 1302, Theobald and his son, Frederick,{{sfn|Verbruggen|2001|p=68}} were supporting Philip IV of France, at the Battle of the Golden Spurs at Kortrijk, where the Flemings defeated the French chivalry under Robert II of Artois.{{sfn|Bogdan|2013|p=53}} He was present also at the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle in 1304, where the French king personally led the army in a less decisive battle.{{sfn|Bogdan|2013|p=54}} He, along with John II, Duke of Brabant, and Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, were sent to negotiate peace with Flanders.

In 1305, he was at Lyon, at the crowning of Pope Clement V. When Clement imposed a tax, a tenth-part, on the clergy and charged the duke to collect it, Theobald successfully met the opposition of Renaud de Bar, bishop of Metz.

Family

A contract for the marriage of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine and Isabel de Rumigny was signed in April 1270. On 23 May 1278, he married Isabelle, lady of Rumigny (b. 1263 – d. 1326), daughter of Hugh, lord of Rumigny, and Philippine d'Oulche. They had:

See also

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book |title=La Lorraine des ducs |first=Henry |last=Bogdan |publisher=Perrin |year=2013 |language=French }}
  • {{cite book |title=The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flander's War of Liberation, 1297-1305 |first=J. F. |last=Verbruggen |editor-first=Kelly |editor-last=DeVries |translator-first=David Richard |translator-last=Ferguson |publisher=Boydell Press |year=2001 }}

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Category:Dukes of Lorraine

Category:1263 births

Category:1312 deaths

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