Renata of Lorraine was the daughter of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine

Francis I, Duke of Lorraine

Francis I was a member of the French nobility. He was briefly Duke of Lorraine from 1544–1545.-History:...

 and Christina of Denmark

Christina of Denmark

Christina of Denmark was a Danish princess who became Duchess-consort of Milan, then Duchess-consort of Lorraine...

. Her maternal grandparents were Christian II of Denmark

Christian II of Denmark

Christian II was King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden , during the Kalmar Union.-Background:...

 and Isabella of Burgundy

Isabella of Burgundy

Isabella of Austria , Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile and Aragon, was Queen of Denmark, Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Christian II...

. She married William V, Duke of Bavaria

William V, Duke of Bavaria

William V, Duke of Bavaria , called the Pious, was Duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597.- Education and early life :...

 on 22 February 1568, in a large ceremony in Munich, which was described in detail by Massimo Troiano

Massimo Troiano

Massimo Troiano was an Italian Renaissance composer, poet, and a brief, but vivid chronicler of life at the court of Bavaria's ruler, Duke Albrecht V in the late 1560s, the only period in which Troiano is known to history.-Life:...

 in his Dialoghi (1569).

Children

• Christoph, born in 1570, died the same year
• Christoph, born in 1572, died in 1580
• Maximilian I
  Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
  Maximilian I, Duke/Elector of Bavaria , called "the Great", was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War ....
  
   (1573–1651), future Duke and Elector of Bavaria
• Maria Anna of Bavaria
  Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574–1616)
  Maria Anna of Bavaria was daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine.-Marriage and issue:On 23 April 1600, Maria Anna married Ferdinand of Austria...
  
   1574–1616, married Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
  Ferdinand II , a member of the House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor , King of Bohemia , and King of Hungary . His rule coincided with the Thirty Years' War.- Life :...
  
   in 1600
• Philipp Wilhelm (22 September 1576 – 18 May 1598), Bishop of Regensburg from 1595, Cardinal
  Cardinal (Catholicism)
  A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
  
   from 1597
• Ferdinand
  Ferdinand of Bavaria
  -Biography:Ferdinand was born in Munich, one of the sons of William V, Duke of Bavaria.His parents decided early that he would have church life, and they sent him to the Jesuit school at Ingolstadt for education in early 1587. He quickly became a canon in: Mainz, Cologne, Würzburg, Trier, Salzburg,...
  
  , (6 October 1577 – 13 September 1650), Archbishop
  Archbishop
  An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
  
   and prince-elector
  Prince-elector
  The Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Roman king or, from the middle of the 16th century onwards, directly the Holy Roman Emperor.The heir-apparent to a prince-elector was known as an...
  
   of Cologne
  Cologne
  Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
  
   (1612–1650)
• Eleonore Magdalena, born in 1579, died in 1580
• Karl (30 May 1580 – 27 October 1587)
• Albert VI
  Albert VI of Bavaria
  Albert VI of Bavaria, , , son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine, born and died in Munich.-Biography:Albert was 1651-1654 the regent for his young nephew Elector Ferdinand Maria....
  
   (1584–1666), in 1612 married Mechthilde of Leuchtenberg (1588–1634)
• Magdalene of Bavaria
  Magdalene of Bavaria
  Magdalene of Bavaria was the daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. In 1613 she married Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg. Their son was Philip William, Elector Palatine.-Ancestors:...
  
   (4 July 1587 – 25 September 1628). Her tomb is in: Hofkirche Neuburg a.d.Donau), in 1613 married Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1578–1663)

In the early 1560s, king Eric XIV of Sweden

Eric XIV of Sweden

-Family and descendants:Eric XIV had several relationships before his marriage. With Agda Persdotter he had four daughters:#Margareta Eriksdotter , married 1592 to Olov Simonsson, vicar of Horn....

 (1533–77, reigned 1560–68), a Lutheran, hoped to marry her and sent a deputation to propose her. Eric had several unsuccessful royal marriage plans at different times, but ultimately married his low-born mistress Karin Månsdotter

Karin Månsdotter

Karin Månsdotter was Queen of Sweden, first a mistress and then the spouse of King Eric XIV of Sweden...

. As to Renata, Eric's desire was mostly based on her being the granddaughter of king Christian II of Denmark

Christian II of Denmark

Christian II was King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden , during the Kalmar Union.-Background:...

, Norway and Sweden, and thus one of heirs of that deposed monarch.

Whatever happened with king Eric's proposal, however, Renata's direct descendant Josephine of Leuchtenberg

Josephine of Leuchtenberg

Joséphine of Leuchtenberg was Queen consort of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar I...

 married one of Eric's successors, the future king Oscar I of Sweden

Oscar I of Sweden

Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm . Oscar's father was the first ruler of the current House of Bernadotte...

 and Norway in 1823. Renata's descent ascended the Swedish and Norwegian thrones in 1859 in person of Charles XV of Sweden

Charles XV of Sweden

Charles XV & IV also Carl ; Swedish and Norwegian: Karl was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 until his death....

 and Norway and the Danish throne in person of Christian X of Denmark

Christian X of Denmark

Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....

 in 1912. All current monarchs of the three Scandinavian countries are Renata's direct blood descendants. Among her other numerous notable descendants are Franz Josef of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico

Maximilian I of Mexico

Maximilian I was the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire.After a distinguished career in the Austrian Navy, he was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on April 10, 1864, with the backing of Napoleon III of France and a group of Mexican monarchists who sought to revive the Mexican monarchy...

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Ancestry