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Its capital was Nancy . It was founded in 959 following the division of Lotharingia into two separate duchies: Upper and Lower Lorraine, the westernmost parts of the Holy Roman Empire. The Lower duchy was quickly dismantled, while Upper Lorraine came to be known as simply the Duchy of Lorraine.
views 3,689,733 updated. LORRAINE, DUCHY OF. Nestled between France and the Holy Roman Empire, the Duchy of Lorraine experienced a turbulent existence during the early modern period. Lorraine was an irrational patchwork of different sovereignties and jurisdictions.
Former king of Poland. After him, the Duchy is inherited by his son-in-law, king Louis XV of France and incorporated in his dominions
Duchy of Lorraine (Lotharingia) AD 925 - 975. 925 - 936: Gilbert (Giselbert) Son of Reginar. Son-in-law of Henry I of Saxony. Died 939. 936: Upon the death of his ally, Henry the Fowler, Gilbert rebels against his successor as king of Germany, Otto I. Instead he swears allegiance to Louis IV d'Outremer of the West Franks
It inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473 after the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. By the marriage of Francis of Lorraine to Maria Theresa of Austria in 1736, and with the success in the ensuing War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748), the House of Lorraine was joined to the House of Habsburg and became known ...
Quick Facts Status, Capital ... Close. It was founded in 959 following the division of Lotharingia into two separate duchies: Upper and Lower Lorraine, the westernmost parts of the Holy Roman Empire. The Lower duchy was quickly dismantled, while Upper Lorraine came to be known as simply the Duchy of Lorraine.
In 951 the German emperor Otto I gave the countship of Barrois ( i.e., the district of Bar), at the time a fief of the duchy of Lorraine, to Frederick of Ardenne. When Frederick’s great-great-grandson Renaud (Reynald) inherited the countship, he founded the House of Bar.
