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...
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The House of Habsburg-Lorraine (German: Haus Habsburg-Lothringen) originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and Maria...
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as the House of Lorraine The House of Habsburg-Lorraine continued carrying the title as titular Dukes of Lorraine. Lorraine (duchy) Lorraine (province)...
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cadet branch of the House of Lorraine by Claude of Lorraine (1496–1550), who entered French service and was made the first Duke of Guise by King Francis...
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Lorraine Birabil is an American attorney and politician who served briefly as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 100th district.[citation...
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The Duchy of Lorraine (French: Lorraine [lɔʁɛn] ; German: Lothringen [ˈloːtʁɪŋən] ), originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger...
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Louise of Lorraine (French: Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont; 30 April 1553 – 29 January 1601) was Queen of France as the wife of King Henry III from their...
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Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1690 to his death. Through his son Francis Stephen, he is the direct male ancestor of all rulers of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty...
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member of the House of Guise, cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. He was the renowned lover of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV. Philippe...
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of Lorraine (1568–1610) was a French aristocrat. The daughter of duke Charles III of Lorraine, and Claude of Valois, she was styled as the Duchess of...
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Lorraine) (23 August 1517 – 12 June 1545) was Duke of Lorraine from 1544–1545. Born in Nancy, Francis was the eldest son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine...
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Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (20 October 1496 – 12 April 1550) was a French aristocrat and general. He became the first Duke of Guise in 1528. He...
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François de Lorraine, 2nd Duke of Guise, 1st Prince of Joinville, and 1st Duke of Aumale; 17 February 1519 – 24 February 1563), was a French general and...
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1520 to the cadet branch of the ducal House of Lorraine that became known as the House of Guise, headed by Claude of Lorraine. In 1528, the county was...
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of Saxony and the margrave of Brandenburg. After 1438, the title remained in the House of Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine, with the brief exception of...
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Duke of Lorraine from 1328 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine and Elisabeth of Austria, the daughter of King...
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Catherine de Joyeuse and the last member of the House of Guise, a branch of the House of Lorraine. Marie de Lorraine de Guise was a "foreign princess naturalized...
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father was the reigning Duke of Lorraine and his mother a member of the House of Bourbon, then ruling the Kingdom of France. He became the Hereditary...
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The Lorraine house (German: Lothringerhaus) or Lorraine farmhouse (German: Lothringer Bauernhaus) is a vernacular, agricultural house type found in Lorraine...
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Jeanne of Albret 1555–1572 Henry II (king of France as Henry IV 1572–1589) Henry de Lorraine, the Young 1607–1666 Louis de Lorraine 1666–1718, son of the...
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Lorraine is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval...
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Nicholas II, was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, spanning the time between the abdication of his older brother and his...
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The House of Habsburg-Lorraine continued carrying the title as titular Dukes of Lorraine. Princess of Joinville List of consorts of Guise Duchess of Nemours...
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of Lorraine (French: Christine de Lorraine, Italian: Cristina di Lorena) (16 August 1565 – 19 December 1637) was a French noblewoman of the House of Lorraine...
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of Lorraine (French: Renée de Lorraine, German: Renata von Lothringen) (20 April 1544 – 22 May 1602) was a French noblewoman of the House of Lorraine...
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line in 1740, and, as the Habsburg-Lorraines, from 1765 until its dissolution in 1806. The house also produced kings of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia...
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duchy passed to the House of Lorraine, and then, to its cadet branch, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The House of Habsburg-Lorraine ruled Tuscany from...
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Duchess of Lorraine from 1606 until 1624 by marriage to Henry II, Duke of Lorraine. She was an agent of Pro-French and anti-Protestant policy in Lorraine, and...
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the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful...
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of France and Catherine de' Medici, and Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. Claude was born in Fontainebleau, but as she was...
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