[4] The splendour of his baptism in Bar-le-Duc was recalled by his aunt Margaret of Valois, who was ten at the time.

[7] Pope Clement VIII refused to grant a dispensation,[7] but Catherine's brother, Henry, convinced their illegitimate half-brother, Charles, Archbishop of Rouen, to officiate at the wedding.

With no issue from that union, Duke Henry married, secondly, Margherita Gonzaga on 24 April 1606 in Mantua.

[8] She was the eldest daughter of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and his wife Eleonora de' Medici.

Henry was succeeded by his younger brother as Francis II, Duke of Lorraine.