Ferry (Frédéric) II DE LORRAINE Duke of Lorraine

   General Notes:

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The Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi names "Fridericum ducem Lotharingie" as son of "Fridericus…de Bittes"[117]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines in 1193 names "Fredericus filius Frederici de Bites" when recording that he obtained the duchy from "patrui sui ducis Symonis"[118]. Seigneur d'Amance 1198. He succeeded his father in 1206 as FERRY II Duke of Lorraine. He allied himself with Bertram Bishop of Metz against his father-in-law Thibaut Comte de Bar. The latter attacked Lorraine, captured the castles of Vic and Prény in [1207], and Duke Ferry himself in Feb 1208. He was released 2 Nov 1208 in return for agreeing a treaty under which Lorraine was placed under the suzerainty of Bar[119]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death in 1213 of "dux Lotharingie Fredericus post festum Sancti Remigii"[120]. The Obituaire de Saint-Mansuy records the death "8 Oct" of "Fridericus dux"[121].

   Marriage Information:

Ferry married Agnès DE BAR Dame d'Amance, de Longwy et de Stenay, daughter of Cte Thibaud (Theobald) I DE BAR-LE-DUC & Luxembourg and Adelaide (Loretta) VON LOOS, in Jul 1189. (Agnès DE BAR Dame d'Amance, de Longwy et de Stenay was born about 1177 and died on 19 Jun 1226.)