page_title: John II, Duke of Lorraine
section_title: Personal
hierarchical_section_title: John II, Duke of Lorraine / Personal
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Portrait de Jean II, duc de Lorraine de 1453 à 1470, et de son épouse Marie de Bourbon. Ce tableau fait partie d'une suite d'une soixantaine de double-portraits représentant les ducs et duchesses de Lorraine ainsi que leurs ancêtres supposés. Musée des Offices, Florence (Inv. 1890, 641)
context_page_description: John II of Anjou was Duke of Lorraine from 1453 to his death. He was the son of René of Anjou and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. He was married to Marie de Bourbon, daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon.
context_section_description: In 1444, he married Marie de Bourbon (1428–1448),, daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon (and granddaughter to John the Fearless, and niece to Philip the Good, both Dukes of Burgundy and enemies and allies to her father).  Marie was from the House of Bourbon and was the only Duchess consort of Lorraine from the reign of Valois-Anjou.  The marriage contract was signed in April 1437, however, the ceremony took place around 1444 when she was older and would be able to consummate the marriage. She became Duchess of Lorraine on 28 February 1453 on her husband's ascension.
  Marie and John had the following issue:
  Isabelle (b. 1445), d. young
  René (b. 1446), d. young
  Marie (b. 1447), d. young
  Jean (d. 1471),
  Nicholas (1448–1473)
  Marie died Giving birth to her last and only surviving child Nicholas, she died on July 7, 1448, aged 21 and was buried at Meurthe-et-Moselle Lorraine, France.
  John also had several illegitimate children:
  John (d. 1504), Count of Briey, married Nancy St. Georges
  Albert, seigneur d'Essey
  Jeanne d'Abancourt,  married Achille, Bastard of Beauveu
  a daughter named Marguerite
  another daughter, married Jean d'Ecosse
caption: Marie and her husband John
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