Yolande de Bar
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Yolande de Bar (November 2, 1428 - March 23, 1483) was Duchess of Lorraine (1473) and Bar (1480). She was the daughter of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, and René of Anjou (King of Naples, Duke of Anjou, Bar and Lorraine, Count of Provence). Because of her various titles she is also known as Yolande de Lorraine and Yolande d'Anjou.
In 1445 she married her cousin Ferry II of Lorraine (1420 - 1470), Count Vaudémont, at Nancy. The marriage was a dynastic decision, arranged to end the dispute that existed between the two fathers of the couple about the succession to the Duchy of Lorraine.
Their children were:
- René II (1451 - 1508), Duke of Lorraine
- Nicolas, Lord of Joinville and Bauffremont, died in 1476
- Pierre, died in 1451
- Jeanne (1458 - 1480), married in 1474 to Charles IV, Duke of Anjou
- Yolande, who died in 1500, married William II, Landgrave of Hesse
- Marguerite (1463 - 1521), married René (1454 - 1492), Duke of Alencon
In 1473, on the death of her nephew Nicolas, she inherited the Duchy of Lorraine, but passed it immediately to her son René II. In 1480, after the death of her father, she did the same with the Duchy of Bar.
In conspiracy theories, such as the one promoted in The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Yolande de Bar been alleged to be the tenth Grand Master of the Priory of Sion.
| Preceded by: Nicholas I |
Duchess of Lorraine 1473 |
Succeeded by: René II |
| Preceded by: Rene I of Anjou |
Duchess of Bar 1480 |
