Deaths on October 25

Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont

Died on October 25, 1415

Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (b. 1371)

Frederick of Lorraine (1371 – October 25, 1415 in the battle of Agincourt) was a Count of Vaudémont.

He was the son of Duke John I of Lorraine and younger brother of Charles II. In 1393, Frederick married Margaret the heiress of Vaudémont and Joinville, and became Count of these lands in her right. He founded the House of Vaudémont, a junior branch of the House of Lorraine.

His children were:

Antoine, who succeeded as Count of Vaudémont,

Elisabeth, who married Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg, and

Margaret, who married Thibault II of Blamont.Dynastic problems in the senior line caused his great-grandson René of Vaudémont to become Duke of Lorraine as René II in 1473.

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Jan Hus
Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
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Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Battle of Ceuta.
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Battle of Agincourt
Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England and his lightly armoured infantry and archers defeat the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day.

Deaths on October 25

Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont

Died on October 25, 1415

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