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René II, Duke of Lorraine

René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)

René II was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493–1508. He succeeded his uncle John of Vaudémont as Count of Harcourt in 1473, exchanging it for the county of Aumale in 1495. He succeeded as Count of Guise in 1504.

2 May 1451

Born on the same birth day (2 May): Alan TitchmarshAlexander Bonnyman Jr.Benjamin SpockDani SordoDavid RocastleIchiyō HiguchiJean-Baptiste BarrièreJigme Dorji WangchuckJohn Neville (actor)Lucy DacusPhilip II, Duke of Brunswick-GrubenhagenWilliam Buell Richards

Born in the same month (May 1451): Engelbert II of Nassau