Charles I, Duke of Lorraine

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	Royal Family of Europe - pafg14 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Charles II Duke Of LORRAINE was born in 1543 in <Of, Nancy, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, France>.
		Francois I, Duke Of LORRAINE was born in 1517 in <Of, Nancy, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, France>.
		Henri II D' ALBRET NAVARRE [Parents].Henri married Marguerite Countess Of ORLEANS.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg14.htm (1378 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Charles Borromeo
		Charles conducted the negotiations with great energy and diplomatic skill, and as a consequence of the Peace of Cambrai (3 April, 1559) the castle was handed over to Count Francesco Borromeo, in the name of his nephew, Federigo Borromeo, to be held by him for the King of Spain.
		Charles had much to do with England in the days of his assistance to Pius IV, and he had a great veneration for the portrait of Bishop Fisher.
		Charles would not allow this, and asked the governor to use his efforts to prevent the rights of the Church being infringed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03619a.htm (1378 words)

	Charles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of nobility having Charles as first name
		Charles is a very common male first name.
		First names that can be interpreted as Charles in English
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles (1378 words)

	Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles of Lorraine ( 953- 993) was the son of King Louis IV of France and Gerberga.
		Among their children were Gerberga of Lorraine, who married Lambert I ; and Ermengarde of Lorraine, who married Albert I, Count of Namur.
		While waging war for the French throne, with his cousin, Hugh Capet, Charles was taken prisoner and was confined until his death in 993.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles,_Duke_of_Lower_Lorraine (1378 words)

	The Bailey Family
		Godfrey III Duke Of LORRAINE was born in 1142 in Brabant, Belgium.
		Hugues Prince Of LORRAINE [DUKE OF ALSACE] was born in 867 in Lorraine, France.
		Rainer (Regnier) I, Duke Of LORRAINE was born in 860 in France.
	bailey.aros.net /jsbailey/d131.htm (1378 words)

	Wikipedia free encyclopedia
		Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles III was imprisoned.
		As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time Charles the Fat was deposed in 887 after he had succeeded Carloman.
		Nonetheless, Charles became king at the death of Odo in 898.
	recipes.paellaman.com /encyclopedia.php?title=Charles_III_of_France (1378 words)

	Lorraine
		He successfully defended his country against Charles the Bold of Burgundy (1477), and to his maternal inheritance of Lorraine, Bar, Pont-à-Mousson, and Guise he united the dignities received from his father--Vaudemont, Joinville, Aumale, Mayenne, and Elbæuf--and kept up Anjou's pretensions to Naples and Sicily.
		The southern part, Upper Lorraine, or the Land of the Moselle, extended to the south-east of the Vosges and to the Sichelberg, with the Archbishopric of Trier and the Bishoprics of Metz, Toul, and Verdun.
		Besides, the dukes were, as a rule, involved in the quarrels of the German suzerain and also took part in the Crusades; for piety and devotion to the Church distinguished most of them, in spite of their warlike character.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/l/lorraine.html (1378 words)

	René I of Naples - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By his marriage treaty (1419) with Isabel, elder daughter of Charles I, Duke of Lorraine, he became heir to the duchy of Bar, which was claimed as the inheritance of his mother Yolande, and, in right of his wife, heir to the duchy of Lorraine.
		His only surviving male descendant was then René II, Duke of Lorraine, son of his daughter Yolande, Countess of Vaudémont, who was gained over to the party of Louis XI, who suspected the king of Sicily of complicity with his enemies, the Duke of Brittany and the Constable Saint-Pol.
		However, he died, apparently by poison, at Barcelona on December 16, 1470; the Duke's eldest son Nicholas perished in 1473, also under suspicion of poisoning; René's daughter Margaret was a refugee from England, her son Prince Edward was murdered in 1471, and she herself became a prisoner, to be ransomed by Louis XI in 1476.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rene_I_of_Naples (1512 words)

	GUISE - LoveToKnow Article on GUISE
		The partition between the brothers Anthony and Claude was ratified by a further agreement in 1530, reserving the lapsed honors of the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Sicily, Aragon, the duchy of Anjou and the countships of Provence and Maine to the duke of Lorraine.
		HENRY OP LORRAINE, 3rd duke of Guise (1550-1588), born on the 31st of December 1550, was thirteen years old at the time of his fathers death, and grew up under the domination of a passionate desire for revenge.
		CHARLES, 4th duke of Guise (1571-1640), was imprisoned for three years after his fathers death.
	59.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GU/GUISE.htm (3892 words)

	LORRAINE - LoveToKnow Article on LORRAINE
		Attacked by the emperor, the duke of Lorraine was forced at the treaty of Amance (1218) to acknowledge himself the vassal of the count of Champagne, and to support the count in his struggles against his ancient ally the count of Bar.
		Charles was at first supported by Giselbert, son and successor of Regnier, but was abandoned by his ally, who in 919 appealed to the German king, Henry I. The struggle ended in the treaty of Bonn (921), by which apparently the rights of Charles over Lorraine were recognized.
		Lorraine in Medieval Times,The original kingdom of Lorraine was the northern part of the territories allotted by the treaty of Verdun (August 843) to the emperor Lothair I., and in 85l formed the inheritance of his second son, King Lothair.
	8.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LORRAINE.htm (4736 words)

	Charles II, Duke of Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles II (February 15 1543 — May 14 1608), known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Charles_II,_Duke_of_Lorraine (131 words)

	Encyclopedia: Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne
		Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1545 - 1592) was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese, duke of Parma and Margaret, the illegitimate daughter of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V. Thus Alessandro was the nephew of Philip II of Spain and of Don John of Austria.
		The second son of Francis of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, he was absent from France at the time of the massacre of St Bartholomew, but took part in the siege of La Rochelle in the following year, when he was created duke and peer of France.
		Henry I, Duke of Guise Henry, 3rd Duke of Guise (January 31, 1550 â€“ December 23, 1588) was the son of Francis, Duke of Guise.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-of-Lorraine,-Duke-of-Mayenne (2474 words)

	Charles II, Duke of Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles II (February 15, 1543– May 14, 1608), known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death.
		He married Claude of Valois, princess of France, daughter of king Henry II and Catherine de Medici.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_II,_Duke_of_Lorraine (85 words)

	RENEE OF FRANCE - LoveToKnow Article on RENEE OF FRANCE
		By his marriage treaty (1419) with Isabel, elder daughter of Charles II., duke of Lorraine, he became heir to the duchy of Bar, which was claimed as the inheritance of his mother Yolande, and, in right of his wife, heir to the duchy of Lorraine.
		RENE I. (1409-1480), duke of Anjou, of Lorraine and Bar, count of Provence and of Piedmont, king of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem, was born at Angers on the i6th of January 1409, the second son of Louis II., king of Sicily, duke of Anjou, count of Provence, and of Yolande of Aragon.
		His only surviving male descendant was then Rene II., duke of Lorraine, son of his daughter Yolande, comtesse de Vaudemont, who was gained over to the party of Louis XL, who suspected the king of Sicily of complicity with his enemies, the duke of Brittany and the Constable Saint-Pol.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RE/RENEE_OF_FRANCE.htm (2177 words)

	Charles IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name Charles IV is used to refer to numerous persons in history:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_IV (2177 words)

	Charles of LORRAINE - Gerhard III of Upper LORRAINE , Duke of Lorraine
		Charles of LORRAINE - Gerhard III of Upper LORRAINE, Duke of Lorraine
		\- Elisabet of HUNGARY Dietbald of LORRAINE, Duke of Lorraine
		\- Jolantha of LORRAINE, Duchess of Lorraine
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~dphaner/HTML/people/p00000ml.htm (2177 words)

	Charles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of nobility having Charles as first name
		Charles is a very common male first name.
		Charles Emmanual (Carlo Emanuele) 1770 - 1880, father of Carlo Alberto
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles (2177 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Lorraine, 1508-1608
		Duke Antoine "the Good" of Lorraine-Bar 1508-1544; Duke Francis I. 1544-1545; Duke Charles III.
		Duke Antoine of Lorraine lead an army into the Alsace and crushed the peasants' horde there.
		Duke Antoine did not join the princely opposition which formed against Emperor Charles V.; Lorraine remained loyal and Catholic.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/lorraine15081608.html (2177 words)

	Charles of LORRAINE - Gerhard III of Upper LORRAINE , Duke of Lorraine
		Claude of Gusie of LORRAINE, Duke of Guise 1
		/- Claude of Gusie of LORRAINE, Duke of Guise 1
		\- Clara Gonzaga of MONTOVA Erich of LORRAINE, Bushop of Verdun
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~dphaner/HTML/people/p00000ml.htm (2177 words)

	Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry IV retired to Dieppe, followed by Mayenne, who joined his forces with those of his cousin Charles, Duke of Aumale, and Charles de Cosse, comte de Brissac, and engaged the royal forces in a succession of fights in the neighbourhood of Arques (September 1589).
		He went with Henry of Valois, Duke of Anjou (later Henry III of France), on his election as king of Poland, but soon returned to France to become the energetic supporter and lieutenant of his brother, the 3rd Duke of Guise.
		Mayenne was urged to claim the crown for himself, but he was faithful to the official programme of the League and proclaimed Charles, cardinal of Bourbon, at that time a prisoner in the hands of Henry IV, as Charles X of France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_de_Lorraine,_Duc_de_Mayenne (2177 words)

	Louis IV of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born September 10, 920 at Laon, Aisne, France, the son of King Charles III and Princess Eadgifu of England.
		Nonetheless, his reign was filled with conflict in particular with Hugh the Great, count of Paris.
		He was only three years old when his mother took him "over the sea" to the safety of England after his father was imprisoned, hence the nickname Transmarinus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_IV_of_France (2177 words)

	Charles the Simple - Enpsychlopedia
		Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles III was imprisoned.
		As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time Charles the Fat was deposed in 887 after he had succeeded Carloman.
		Nonetheless, Charles became king at the death of Odo in 898.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Charles_III_of_France (2177 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lorraine
		He successfully defended his country against Charles the Bold of Burgundy (1477), and to his maternal inheritance of Lorraine, Bar, Pont-à-Mousson, and Guise he united the dignities received from his father--Vaudemont, Joinville, Aumale, Mayenne, and Elbæuf--and kept up Anjou's pretensions to Naples and Sicily.
		The southern part, Upper Lorraine, or the Land of the Moselle, extended to the south-east of the Vosges and to the Sichelberg, with the Archbishopric of Trier and the Bishoprics of Metz, Toul, and Verdun.
		Besides, the dukes were, as a rule, involved in the quarrels of the German suzerain and also took part in the Crusades ; for piety and devotion to the Church distinguished most of them, in spite of their warlike character.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09362a.htm (2177 words)

	AllRefer.com - Charles I, duke of Lower Lorraine (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Charles I 953–992?, duke of Lower Lorraine (977–91); younger son of King Louis IV of France.
		Charles seized Laon (988) and Reims (989), but was betrayed (991) by the bishop of Laon, who turned him over to Hugh.
		He claimed the French throne when his nephew, Louis V of France, died (987) without issue, but he was set aside in favor of Hugh Capet.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Charles1dLo.html (2177 words)

	BRABANT - LoveToKnow Article on BRABANT
		The remnant of the duchy, united since uoo with the margraviate of Antwerp, was conferred in 1106 by the emperor Henry V., with the title of duke of Lower Lorraine, upon Godfrey (Godefroid) I., " the Bearded," count of Louvain and Brussels.
		The history of Brabant is connected with that of the duchy of Lower Lorraine (q.v.), which became in the course of the nth century split up into a number of small feudal states.
		His title was disputed by Count Henry of Limburg, and for three generations the representatives of the rival houses contested the possession of the ducal dignity in Lower Lorraine.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRABANT.htm (2177 words)

	HUGH CAPET - LoveToKnow Article on HUGH CAPET
		When Louis V. died without children in May 987, Hugh and the late kings uncle Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine, were candidates for the vacant throne, and in this contest the energy of Hughs champions, Adalberon, archbishop of Reims, and Gerbert, afterwards Pope Sylvester II., prevailed.
		Moreover, Charles of Lorraine was not prepared to bow before his successful rival, and before Hugh had secured the coronation of his son Robert as his colleague and successor in December 987, he had found allies and attacked the king.
		Many of the counts of northern France did homage to him as their overlord, and Richard I., duke of Normandy, was both his vassal and his brother-in-law.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUGH_CAPET.htm (2177 words)

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