Léopold I, Duke of Lorraine

Léopold I, Duke of Lorraine (11 September 1679 – 27 March 1729), known as "the good", was sovereign Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1690 till his death. He is the ancestor of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, including all of the future Emperors of Austria. Though sometimes known as as Léopold Joseph he signed simply as Léopold and married a niece of Louis XIV.

Marriage
On 13 October 1698 at the Palace of Fontainebleau he married Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, niece of Louis XIV an daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans an Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, an half-sister of the Queens of Spain and Sardinia. Her brother Philippe, Duke of Chartres (later Orléans) later Regent of France for the young King Louis XV. As a granddaughter of Louis XIII of France, she was a Granddaughter of France.

Issue

 * 1) Léopold, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (26 August 1699 – 2 April 1700) died in infancy.
 * 2) Princess Élisabeth Charlotte of Lorraine (21 October 1700 – 4 May 1711) died of smallpox.
 * 3) Princess Louise Christine of Lorraine (13 November 1701 – 18 November 1701) died in infancy.
 * 4) Princess Marie Gabrièle Charlotte of Lorraine (30 December 1702 – 11 May 1711) died of smallpox.
 * 5) Louis, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (28 January 1704 – 10 May 1711) died of smallpox.
 * 6) Princess Joséphine Gabrièle of Lorraine (16 February 1705 – 25 March 1708) died in infancy.
 * 7) Princess Gabrièle Louise of Lorraine (4 March 1706 – 13 June 1710) died in infancy.
 * 8) Léopold Clément, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (25 April 1707 – 4 June 1723) died unmarried.
 * 9) Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765) married the future Empress Maria Theresa and had issue.
 * 10) Princess Eléonore of Lorraine (4 June 1710 – 28 July 1710) died in infancy.
 * 11) Princess Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (15 October 1711 – 3 July 1741) married Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and had issue.
 * 12) Prince Charles Alexandre of Lorraine (12 December 1712 – 4 July 1780) married Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria and had issue.
 * 13) Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (17 May 1714 - 7 November 1773) Abbess of Essen an never married.