Charles de Lorraine de Vaudémont

[1] He was the younger brother of Louise of Lorraine and the uncle of Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont.

[1] When his sister married Henry III of France on 13 February 1575, he was briefly called to court, but soon returned to Pont-à-Mousson to resume his studies.

[1] Pope Gregory XIII made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of 21 February 1578.

[1] On 9 March 1580 he became administrator of the Diocese of Toul, with the understanding that he would become its bishop upon reaching the canonical age of 27.

[1] He opted for the order of cardinal priests on 20 April 1587, taking the titular church of Trinità dei Monti.