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  France - Search View - MSN Encarta
The plateau, rising gradually from the plains region on the north and west, is characterized by volcanic outcroppings; by deeply eroded limestone tablelands to the south of the region of extinct volcanoes; and, farther to the south, by the Cévennes, a series of highlands rising from the Mediterranean coastal depressions.
France has extensive tracts of fertile soils, the richest of which are the marine sediments of the Paris Basin and the well-watered alluvial soils of the lower valleys of the Seine and Somme rivers.
Provençal is used in south-eastern France, particularly Provence; Flemish is spoken in Flanders; and Gascon in the Gascogne Province, from Médoc to the Pyrénées, and from the Atlantic to the Spanish border.
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 Lothair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lothair II of Lotharingia (825–869), a king, son of Lothair I
Lothair of Italy (died 950), a King of Italy
Lothair of France (941–986), a King of France
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 France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The heart of France N of the Loire River is the province of Île-de-France, which occupies the greater part of the Paris basin, a fertile depression drained by the Seine and Marne rivers.
In 1328, Philip VI (1328–50), of the house of Valois, a younger branch of the Capetians, succeeded to the throne.
France was beset by a host of problems in 1995, including severe floods and terror bombings; the government faced international criticism for its nuclear testing in the South Pacific, which it resumed after a three-year moratorium; and the country was paralyzed late in the year by a long transportation workers strike.
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 France3
Louis XII (1462-1515), king of France (1498-1515), son of Charles, duke of Orléans, born in Blois.
She allied France with Spain and arranged the marriage in 1615 of Louis to Princess Anne of Austria, daughter of Philip III, king of Spain.
Louis XVIII (1755-1824), king of France (1814-15, 1815-24); he ascended the throne when the monarchy was restored after the overthrow of Napoleon and ruled as a constitutional sovereign.
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 FRANCIA
As neat halves of Charlemange's empire eventually formed, France in the West and Germany in the East, the stage for the greatest battles of modern war in the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries would be set along the seam, from Nieuwpoort (1600) to Ramillies (1706), Waterloo (1815), Verdun (1916), and the Bulge (1944).
Later France would take most of the 18th century to acquire Alsace and Lorraine, but most of the Imperial Kingdom of Burgundy would be acquired by the reign of Henry IV (numbers in blue are the dates of acquisition by France).
Henry of Guise was of the house of Anjou and Lorraine, descendants of King John II of France.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg870 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Eadgifu married Herbert the Elder of MEAUX on 951 in St Quentin, France.
Lothair of FRANCE King of France was born 941 and died 2 Mar 986.
Lothair of FRANCE King of France [Parents] was born 941.
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 Lothair - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
LOTHAIR [Lothair] 941-86, French king (954-86), son and successor of King Louis IV.
Even after Hugh's death he was involved in conflict with the great feudal lords and controlled only a small part of France.
Although Lothair renounced all claims to Lotharingia at a meeting with Otto in 980, he tried to regain it after Otto's death in 983.
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 Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg61.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Rozela married (2) Robert II "the Pious", King of France son of Hugh Capet, King of France and Adelaide d'Aquitaine (de Poitou) (Adela de Normandie) before 1 Apr 988.
Lothair married (1) Emma of Italy daughter of Lothar, King of Italy and St. Adelaide, Empress of Italy.
Louis V "the Coward", King of France was born in 966.
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 Louis IV
Louis IV, King of France, surnamed "d'Outremer " (Transmarinus), was the son of Charles the Simple.
On the death of the usurper Rudolph (Raoul), Ralph of Burgundy, Hugh the Great, count of Paris, and the other nobles between whom France was divided, chose Louis for their king, and the lad was brought over from England and consecrated at Laon on the 19th of June 936.
Although his de facto sovereignty was confined to the town of Laon and to some places in the north of France, Louis displayed a zeal beyond his years in procuring the recognition of his authority by his turbulent vassals.
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 Hugh Capet
The king of France is Hugh." When Louis V died, 21 May, 987, the assistance of Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims, and of Gerbert, brought about the election of Hugh.
Nevertheless, Hugh must not be represented as wishing to found a State Church; what he wished was to maintain the Archdiocese of Reims under the domination of France, and to remove it from the influence of the German emperors.
Apropos of Hugh Capet it is worthy of note that because the Dukes of France had in their possession the famous cope (cappa) of St. Martin, certain authors give to Hugh the Great and to his son Hugh the surname of Capet, which in history is reserved exclusively for the subject of this article.
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 F  R  A  N  C  E
France Under the Early Valois On the death of Charles IV, the crown passed to Philip IV's nephew, Philip of Valois, who reigned as Philip VI from 1328 to 1350.
France in the 18th Century Louis XV (reigned 1715-1774) and his grandson, Louis XVI (reigned 1774-1792), were well-intentioned rulers, but both lacked the abilities needed to adapt their country's institutions to the changing conditions of the 18th century.
Under France's new constitution the colonies were to become self-governing members of the French Community presided over by the President of France, but native nationalists were eager to gain independence, and in 1960 the constitution was revised to permit amicable separation from France.
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 Otto III
On her husband's death, this princess styled herself simply "Emperor" in Italy, though she was obliged for political reasons to acknowledge Crescentius as Patrician by her personal presence in Rome in 989.
In France Louis V had died without heirs, and Hugh Capet was elected.
Theophano was not able to prevent France from speedily freeing herself from German influence.
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 FRANCIA
As neat halves of Charlemange's empire eventually formed, France in the West and Germany in the East, the stage for the greatest battles of modern war in the 19th and 20th centuries would be set along the seam, from Waterloo (1815) to Verdun (1916) to the Bulge (1944).
This was the essence of modern totalitarianism, later theoretically formulated by Marx, and it enabled France to wash over her enemies -- all except England, which had had its Revolutions back in the 17th century.
Defeated by Prussia, Napoleon abdicated and left France to its fate, but at least his last years of exile, in England itself, were rather more comfortable and honorable than Napoleon I's had been.
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 thePeerage.com - Otto I von Sachsen, Holy Roman Emperor and others
She married Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, Roi de France, son of Charles III, Roi de France and Eadgifu, in 939.
     Lothair, Roi de France was born in 941.
He was the son of Lothair, Roi de France and Emma of Italy.
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 Otto II
Having crushed an attempt made by Henry to regain Bavaria, Otto was suddenly attacked by Lothair, king of France, who held Aix in his possession for a few days; but when the emperor retaliated by invading France he met with little resistance.
He was, however, compelled by sickness among his troops to raise the siege of Paris, and on the return journey the rearguard of his army was destroyed and the baggage seized by the French.
An expedition against the Poles was followed by peace with France, when Lothair renounced his claim on Lorraine.
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Conversion of France a] Clovis, leader of the Franks, married a Christian woman b] Before a critical battle he promised that if victorious he would become a Christian.
Paschasius Redbertus 786-865 a] He was born of poor and unknown parents near the city of Soissons in France.
b] His power over Lothair king of Lorraine 1] Lothair had put away his wife and took another woman 2] Nicholas compelled him to take back his wife and dismiss his second wife 3] PopeÕs rested on the fear of excommunication which was believed to be the same as eternal death.
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty
AKA: Lothar, King Of France Lothair, King Of France Lothaire, King Of France Lothaire Born: 0941 - Laon, Aisne, France
LOUIS XV, pronounced LOO ee, pronounced LOO ihs, or pronounced lwee (1710-1774), was a king of France who contributed to the decline of royal authority.
France fought the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738) in a vain attempt to restore Stanislas to his throne.
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 AllRefer.com - Lothair, French king (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Lothair 941–86, French king (954–86), son and successor of King Louis IV.
He died during the campaign and was succeeded by his son Louis V. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press.
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 Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Lothaire II King of LORRAINE b: 827 in Alsace,Lorraine,France
Bythe Treaty of Verdun (843), the title of Holy Roman emperor wasguaranteed to Lothair, together with sovereignty over Italy,Burgundy, Alsace, Lorraine, and the Low Countries.
Her first husband is Conrad I, and she is duplicated there.
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 Dukes of Alsace
20 March 856 in Burgundy, France, buried aft.
20 June 840 in Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse, He became King of Aquitaine 781 in Aquitaine, France, He became King of France 814 in Paris, France, He became ruler of the Holy Roman Empire 814 in Rome, Italy
Waldrade, Queen of Lorraine, 15 October 862 in Alsace-Lorraine, France, d.
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 Ch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Child: Judith of France m Baudouin I and Ethelwulf and Ethelbald
Child: Hersent of France m Regnier I Count of Hainault
Child: Louis IV King of France m Gerberga of France
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 ~*Louis IV "d'Outre-Mer" "King" of France/~*Gerberga of Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Born: 10 SEP 920 at: Laon,Aisne,France 46-18,823, 879 Married: 939 at: Died: 10 SEP 954 at: Saint Remy Abbey,Reims,Marne,France Father:~*Charles III "the Simple" "King" of France Mother:~*Eadgifu (Ogive) "Princess" of England Other Spouses: NOTES
Name: Lothair "King" of France Born: 941 at: Married: at: Died: 986 at: Spouses: (Lothair)
Name: ~*Mathilda of France Born: 943 at: Laon,Aisne,France 45-9,411, 940 Married: 10 AUG 966 at: Died: Bef 26 NOV 991 at: Spouses: ~*Conrad I "the Peaceful" "King" of Burgundy
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 Halsall/Introduction to the Medieval World/ Class 10
Division of the Empire - Based on Carolingian Family History - Origins of France and Germany -Lothair the Emperor -Charles the Bald (France., 840-877 -Louis the German 840-876 C.
Oath of Strasbourg 842 - Shows import of Vassalage ties Treaty of Verdun 843 - Map p 101 Lorraine fought over until 1945 Linguistic developments - Vernaculars III.
France - much bigger than England -Defense could only be local - Growth in power of local lordships and weakness of Carolingian kings.
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 Lothair "King of France"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Gerberga "of Saxony" "Queen of France" "Abbess of Notre Dame" (0913-0984)
[A] Lothair acceded the throne as King of France.
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