Christina of Salm

Countess Christina of Salm (1575–1627), was a Duchess consort of Lorraine; married in 1597 to Francis II, Duke of Lorraine.[1]

Christina
Born	c. 1575
Died	31 December 1627
Noble family	Salm
Spouse(s)	Francis II, Duke of Lorraine ​ ​ (m. 1597)​
Issue Charles, Duke of Lorraine Henriette, Princess of Lexin Nicolas, Duke of Lorraine Marguerite, Duchess of Orléans
Father	Paul of Salm-Brandenburg
Mother	Marie Le Veneur de Tillières

Life

She was the daughter of Paul, Count zu Salm and head of the House of Salm (c. 1535 – c. 1595) by his wife, Marie Le Veneur,[2] of whom he was a second cousin-once-removed, the couple sharing descent from Philippe L'Huillier, seigneur de Manicamp and de Cailly, governor of the Bastille.

Although the Salms had been semi-sovereign Imperial counts since 1475, neither they nor the Le Veneurs were reckoned among the major magnates of either the Holy Roman Empire or of France in the 16th century. However, when Francis married Christina, he was only the third son of Duke Charles III, destined for the countship of Vaudémont as appanage rather than for the sovereignty of Lorraine. Indeed, to prevent the duchy from leaving the patriline (and to legitimate its usurpation), Francis and Christina's sons would eventually be wed to the two daughters of his elder brother, Duke Henry II of Lorraine.

Issue

1. Henri de Lorraine, Marquis of Hattonchâtel (1602–1611) died in childhood;[3]
2. Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine (1604–1675) married Nicolette de Lorraine,[4] no issue; married Baroness Béatrice de Cusance of Belvoir and had issue;
3. Henriette de Lorraine (1605–1660),[3] married Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lixheim, no issue, son of Louis II, Cardinal of Guise;
4. Nicolas de Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine[3] (1609–1670) married Claude de Lorraine and had issue;
5. Marguerite de Lorraine[3] (1615–1672), married Gaston de France, Duke of Orléans and had issue;
6. Christine de Lorraine (1621–1622)[3] died in infancy.

Ancestors of Christina of Salm

16. John V, Count of Salm-Badenweiler 8. John VI, Count of Salm-Badenweiler 17. Margareta von Sirck 4. John VII, Count of Salm-Badenweiler 18. André de Haraucourt, Seigneur de Bayon 9. Anne d'Haraucourt de Bayon 19. Margareta von Vinstingen 2. Paul of Salm-Brandenburg 20. Philibert de Stainville 10. Louis, Seigneur de Stainville 21. Isabelle de Spinola 5. Claude de Stainville 22. Philippe Luillier, Seigneur de Manicamp 11. Oudette Luillier de Manicamp 23. Gabrielle de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam 1. Christina of Salm 24. François Le Veneur, Seigneur de Tillières 12. Jean Le Veneur, Seigneur de Tillières 25. Marie de Hellande, Dame de Lamberville 6. Tanneguy Le Veneur, Comte de Tillières 26. Louis, Seigneur de Montejean 13. Gillonne de Montejean 27. Jeanne du Chastel, Dame de Combourg 3. Marie Le Veneur de Tillières 28. Antoine Hélie de Pompadour, Vicomte de Comborn 14. François Hélie de Pompadour, Vicomte de Comborn 29. Catherine de La Tour d'Oliergues 7. Madeleine Hélie de Pompadour de Comborn 30. Louis Picart, Seigneur de Estelan 15. Isabeau Picart, Dame de Bosc-Achard 31. Charlotte Luillier de Manicamp

Notes

1. Saint-Mauris, Victor de (1861). Etude historiques sur l'ancienne Lorraine (in French). 2. Vagner. p. 76.
2. "Un administrateur au temps de Louis XIV". Messager des sciences historiques. Ghent: 256. 1883.
3. De la Chesnaye des Bois, François-Alexandre Aubert (1775). Dictionnaire de la noblesse (in French). 9 (2nd ed.). Paris: Antoine Boudet. p. 142.
4. Carl Eduard Vehse, Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria, Vol. 2, (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856), 40.