Charles III, Duke o Lorraine

Charles III
Duke o Lorraine
Charles III, o Lorraine frae the studio o François Clouet.
Born	18 February 1543 Ducal Pailace o Nancy
Dee'd	14 Mey 1608(1608-05-14) (aged 65)
Spouse	Claude o Fraunce
Issue	Henry II, Duke o Lorraine Christina, Grand Duchess o Tuscany Charles, Bishop o Metz Antoinette, Duchess o Jülich-Cleves-Berg Anne o Lorraine Francis II, Duke o Lorraine Catherine, Abbess o Remiremont Elisabeth, Electress o Bavarie
Hoose	Lorraine
Faither	Francis I, Duke o Lorraine
Mither	Christina o Denmark
Releegion	Roman Catholicism

Charles III, Duke o Lorraine (18 Februar 1543 – 14 Mey 1608), kent as "the Great", wis Duke o Lorraine frae 1545 until his daith.

Mairiage

On 19 Januar 1559, he mairit Claude o Fraunce, dochter o Keeng Henri II o Fraunce an his spouse Catherine de' Medici.

Issue

1. Henry II, Duke o Lorraine (1563–1624)
2. Christina o Lorraine (16 August 1565 – 19 December 1637) mairit Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke o Tuscany an haed issue.
3. Charles o Lorraine (1567–1607), Cardinal o Lorraine an Bishop o Metz (1578–1607), Bishop o Strasbourg (1604–1607).
4. Antoinette o Lorraine (1568–1610) mairit Jean-Guillaume, Duke o Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
5. Anne o Lorraine (1569–1576)
6. Francis II, Duke o Lorraine (1572–1632)
7. Catherine o Lorraine (1573–1648), Abbess o Remiremont.
8. Elisabeth o Lorraine (1574–1635); mairit Maximilian I, Elector o Bavarie.
9. Claude o Lorraine (1575–1576)