Margherita Gonzaga was Duchess of Lorraine from 1606 until 1624 by marriage to Henry II, Duke of Lorraine. She was an agent of Pro-French and anti-Protestant policy in Lorraine, and is most known for
Portrait by Frans Pourbus the younger, 1606. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Miniature at age six by Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1598)
Portrait by Frans Pourbus the Younger (c. 1606)
Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine
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Nicole was reigning Duchess of Lorraine and Bar from 1 August 1624 to 21 November 1625, and duchess consort of Lorraine in 1625–1634. She was born in Nancy, the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Lorraine
Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine
…Henry II, Duke of Lorraine. She was an agent of Pro-French and anti-Protestant policy in Lorraine, and is most known for her support of her daughter Nicole's right to the Duchy of Lorraine. She also claimed her right to the Duchy of Montferrat during the Mantuan war of succession. She was born in Mantua…
Portrait c. 1625