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René II (2 May 1451 – 10 December 1508) was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, [2] and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493–1508. He succeeded his uncle John of Vaudémont ...
René II was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493–1508. He succeeded his uncle John of Vaudémont as Count of Harcourt in 1473, exchanging it for the county of Aumale in 1495. He ...
Apr 27, 2022 · René II (May 2, 1451 – December 10, 1508) was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 1480–1493 and as King of Naples and Jerusalem 1493–1508. He succeeded his uncle John of Vaudémont as ...
René of Anjou ( Italian: Renato; Occitan: Rainièr; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442 (then deposed). Having spent his last years in Aix-en-Provence, he is known in France as the Good King René ( Occitan: Rei Rainièr lo ...
Battle of Nancy. The Battle of Nancy was the final and decisive battle of the Burgundian Wars, fought outside the walls of Nancy on 5 January 1477 by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, against René II, Duke of Lorraine, and the Swiss Confederacy . René's forces won the battle, and Charles' mutilated body was found three days later.
René II, Duke of Lorraine is the 3,981st most popular politician (down from 3,046th in 2019), the 1,237th most popular biography from France (down from 1,004th in 2019) and the 299th most popular French Politician. René II, Duke of Lorraine is most famous for being the son of René I, Duke of Lorraine. He was also the father of René III ...
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The name Lotharingia evolved over a time into Lorraine in French. This province became a duchy under the Holy Roman Empire and passed to the House of Alsace in 1048 which then became the House of Lorraine, who controlled this duchy until 1738. René II, Count of Vaudemont, was born in Angers in France in 1451, the son of Yolande of Lorraine and ...
