Nicolas François, Duke of Lorraine

Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (6 December 1609 – 25 January 1670), also known as Nicholas II, was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, spanning the time between the abdication of his older brother and his own resignation. He was therefore Duke during the invasion of Lorraine by the French in the Thirty Years War.

Marriage
On 17 February 1634, he married his first cousin Claude Françoise de Lorraine who died in childbirth.

Issue

 * 1) Ferdinand Philippe, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (29 December 1639 – 1 April 1659)
 * 2) Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (3 April 1643 – 18 April 1690) married Eleonora Maria of Austria and had issue.
 * 3) Anne Eléanore of Lorraine (12 May 1645 – 28 February 1646); died in infancy.
 * 4) Princess Anne Marie Thérèse of Lorraine (30 July 1648 – 17 June 1661) Abbess of Remiremont, no issue.
 * 5) Princess Marie Anne of Lorraine (born 30 July 1648, date of death unknown)