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))