RENE II AND PHILIPPA OF GUELDERS

ST URBAIN, Ferdinand de: Lorraine, ca.1727, Bronze, 45 mm
Obv: Bust of Rene II   RENATVS. II. D.G. REX. SICILIAE. IER. LOTH. DVX.
Rev: Bust of Philippa    PHILIPPA. A. GEL. REG. SICIL. IER. LOTH. DVCISSA.
From the Series of Dukes and Duchesses of Lorraine (The entire series was executed between 1727 and 1731).
Ref: Forrer V, p.310 # 45

Rene II, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, Count of Guise (1473-1508), was the son of Frederick VI, Count of Vaudemont and Count of Guise, and Yolande (Jolanthe).  Philippa of Guelders (Philippine von Geldern) (1465-1547) was the daughter of Catherine de Bourbon.  They had a son, Claude of Lorraine, the 1st Duke of Guise (1496-1550), who was married to Antoinette de Bourbon, Duchess of Guise.

LINK to History of Lorraine (from Proceedings of the Friesian School. Edited by Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D.)

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