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The kings and dukes of Lorraine have held different posts under different governments over different regions, since its creation as the kingdom of Lotharingia by the Treaty of Prüm, in 855. The first rulers of the newly established region were kings of the Franks.
Upper Lorraine was first denominated as the Duchy of the Moselle, both in charters and narrative sources, and its duke was the dux Mosellanorum. The usage of Lotharingia Superioris and Lorraine in official documents begins later, around the fifteenth century.
Habsburg-Tuscany. Habsburg-Mexico. The House of Lorraine (German: Haus Lothringen) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Metz. It inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473 after the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine.
Jan 25, 2022 · On 9 March 1713, Duke Leopold of Lorraine and Bar (1679–1729) welcomed James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766) as his guest to the town of Bar-le-Duc. 1 James became the newest resident in the duke's lands and his court was installed in the chateau above the town.
Frederick I de Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine. was the Duke of Lorraine from 1205 to his death. Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla of Greater Poland, Duchess of Lorraine., b. Bef 1153, d. Bef 1223 (Age ~ 70 years) 1. Frederick (Ferry) II of Bitsch de Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine, d. 10 Oct 1213. 2.
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- Frederick I de Lorraine
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- Duke of Lorraine
Ren é II, duke of Lorraine (1451 – 1508), passed his lands in the kingdom of France to his second son, Claude I, count of Guise (1496 – 1550), who was naturalized French in 1506, but the Guise never forgot their dynastic claims to Scotland, Provence, and Naples.
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Lorraine was an irrational patchwork of different sovereignties and jurisdictions. The duke's two largest territories were the Duchies of Bar and Lorraine; however, in the heart of ducal lands lay three sovereign bishoprics: Metz, Toul, and Verdun.