Béatrix de Cusance

Béatrice de Cusance (1614–1663), was a duchess consort of Lorraine; married in 1637 to Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine.

Her first marriage ceremony to Charles IV was not considered valid, because the church did not recognize his divorce from his first spouse Nicole. The couple separated when he was excommunicated because of the marriage. After the death of Nicole in 1657, however, he married Béatrice de Cusance a second time to legitimize their children. The couple did not resume their relationship, however.

Issue:

• Francis de Lorraine (1637 † 1638);
• Anne de Lorraine ^[1] (1639 † 1720), married her cousin François Marie de Lorraine (1624 † 1694), Prince of Lillebonne in 1660,had issue;
• Charles Henri de Lorraine^[2] (1649 † 1723), Prince of Vaudémont and of Commercy.

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