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 Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthias II (died 1251) was Duke of Lorraine from 1220 to his death.
He was son of duke Frederick II and succeeded his brother.
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 A - LoveToKnow Article on A
Francis, the dispossessed duke of Lorraine, was to be compensated with Tuscany.
After the duke had three times refused to aplear before the princes, Frederick placed him under the ban, declared the duchies of Austria and Styria to be vacant, and, aided by the king of Bohemia, the duke of Bavaria and other princes, invaded the country in 5236.
Ernest became duke of Styria and Carinthia, and Frederick, count of Tirol.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Duchy of Lorraine
Replacing Francis Stephen in Lunéville was the last Duke of Lorraine, Stanislaus Leszczynski, former king of Poland, Louis's son-in-law, with the understanding that it would revert to the French crown upon his death.
The Duchy, as well as the modern region of Lorraine, was the focus of centuries of dispute between France and Germany.
The Duchy of Lorraine was an independent state for most of the period of time between 843 to 1739.
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 Habsburg : Habsburgs
Dukes of Modena of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Habsburg (or Hapsburg) was the name of one of the ruling houses of Europe: rulers of Austria (as dukes 1282 - 1453, archdukes 1453 - 1804, and emperors 1804 - 1918), kings of Spain (1516 - 1700), and Holy Roman Emperors for several centuries to 1806.
Duchess of Parma of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
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Saxony - Albert II, Duke of Saxony (1212-1260)
Aquitaine - Henry II, Duke of Aquitaine (1216-1254)
Swabia - Henry II, Duke of Swabia (1216-1235)
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 AllRefer.com - Hungary : History : Foreign Domination, Hungary (Hungarian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The reign of Hunyadi's son, Matthias Corvinus, elected king in 1458, was a glorious period in Hungarian history.
Louis II was defeated and killed by the Turks under Sulayman the Magnificent in the battle of MohAcs in 1526.
Ferdinand of Austria (later Emperor Ferdinand I), as brother-in-law of Louis II, claimed the Hungarian throne and was elected king by a faction of nobles, while another faction chose Zapolya as John I.
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 Family History - 630
(Duke of Brabant) and Margaret of Limburg, the daughter of Henry II of LIMBERG (Duke of Limburg); 1st married Matilda (Maud) of BOULOGNE (the daughter of Matthew (Matthias) of Alsance Von Lothringen (Count of Boulogne-sur-Mer) and Mary (Marie) of (Boulogne) Blois, the daughter of Stephen IV of Blois (King of England)) about 1179.
(Duke of Brabant) and Luitgarde von Sulzbach, the daughter of Berenger II VON SULZBACH (Count of Sulzbach); 1st married Margaret of LIMBURG (the daughter of Henry II of Limberg (Duke of Limburg) and Mathilda von Saffenburg, the daughter of Adalbert von Saffenburg) before 1155.
(Duke of Louvaine, Brabant) and Ida De Namur, the daughter of Otto II of CHINY (Count of Chiny); married Luitgarde VON SULZBACH (the daughter of Berenger II von Sulzbach (Count of Sulzbach) and Adelaide von Wolfratschausen, the daughter of Otto II von Wolfratschausen (Count of Diessen)) about 1139.
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 The St. John Royal Family Lineage of Patricia Faye Alley
Richard The Fearless Duke Of died in France on 20 Nov 0996, he was 63.
Matthias (Sention) died in NORWALK, CONNECTICUT in Nov 1669, he was 69.
Matthias died in WILTON, CONNECTICUT on 17 Aug 1728, he was 61.
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 Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duke of Lorraine from 1220 to his death.
This page was last modified 17:08, 6 Feb 2005.
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 MATTHIAS GALLAS - LoveToKnow Article on MATTHIAS GALLAS
GALLAS, MATTHIAS, COUNT OF CAMP0, DUKE OF LUCERA (I584I647), Austrian soldier, first saw service in Flanders, and in Savoy with the Spaniards, and subsequently joined the forces of the Catholic League as captain.
His next command was in Lorraine, but even the Moselle valley had suffered so much from the ravages of war that his army perished of want.
On the general outbreak of hostilities in Germany, Gallas, as colonel of an infantry regiment, distinguished himself, especially at the battle of Stadtlohn (1623).
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 Habsburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duke of Lorraine, and their descendants carried on the Habsburg tradition from Vienna under the dynastic name Habsburg-Lorraine.
"Duke of Austria" is a bit misleading, though: Austria proper at the time covered what is today Lower Austria.
Rudolph I, duke of Austria and Styria together with his brother 1282 - 1283, was dispossessed by his brother, who eventually would be murdered by one of Rudolph's sons.
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 Matthias Jakob Schleiden Matthias Claudius Matthias
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary Matthias Corvinus Matyas in Hungarian), ( February 23 1443 (?) April 26 1490) was one of the greatest Kings of Hungary, ruling between 1458 and 1490.
Matthias Jakob Schleiden Matthias Jakob Schleiden ( April 5, 1804 June 23, 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory.
Matthias was born in Kolozsvar (Cluj-Napoca) in Transylvania in 1443 as the second son of John Hunyadi, a
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Netherlands
When, in order to obtain a reliable stronghold, he seized the citadel of Namur, the States-General, prompted by William of Orange, declared him an enemy of the State and called in as regent Archduke Matthias of Austria, to whom William succeeded in being made lieutenant-general.
But the Duke of Alva frustrated all their efforts, and when he had repulsed Louis at Jemmingen, and prevented William from crossing the Geete, he caused a statue of himself to be set up at Antwerp representing him crushing under foot the hydra of anarchy.
When the two counts were arrested, Margaret of Parma resigned her office, and the Duke of Alva was appointed her successor; with him began a System of merciless repression.
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 James Breck Perkins, France Under Mazarin with a Review of the Administration of Richelieu, Vol. 1 (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902), Chapter V, "The Thirty Years War," pp. 145-190.
Lorraine had long been ruled by the present family of dukes, and in its government more had remained of feudal usages than in the monarchy that had grown up beside it.
Count Mansfeld and Duke Christian of Brunswick, who had carried on a gallant struggle against the tyranny of the Emperor, had themselves been compelled to support their armies by contributions levied on the countries in which they were.
40 The widow of the Duke of Savoy, who also left a child the heir to his duchy, was the sister of Louis XIII., but she was a woman whose immorality offended even the lenient judgment of the time, and she was ruled in turn by her lover and her confessor.
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 ALDRINGER, COUNT VON - LoveToKnow Article on ALDRINGER, COUNT VON
He and his constant comrade Matthias Gallas (q.v.) were ennobled on the same day, and in the course of the Italian campaign of 1630 the two officers married the two daughters of Count d'Arco.
Made field-marshal after the assault of the Alte Veste near Nuremberg, at which he had been second in command under Wallenstein, duke of Friedland (with whom he was a great favorite), he was next placed at the head of the corps formed by Maximilian I. of Bavaria to support Wallenstein.
Finally Count Aldringer was won over by the court party which sought to displace the too successful duke of Friedland.
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 Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
He was married twice, first to Beatrice d'Albon, then to Alice of Lorraine (daughter of duke Matthias I), and had several sons and daughters.
Hugh was the eldest son of duke Eudes II and Marie of Blois.
Hugh III of Burgundy( 1142 – August 25 1192, in Acre) was duke of Burgundy between 1162 and 1192.
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 Family History - 774
(Duke of Lorraine) and Hedwig von Formbach, the daughter of Friedrich VON FORMBACH (Count of Formbach); married Adelaide of LORRAINE (the daughter of Baldwin II of Hainaut (Count of Hainault) and Ida of Louvain ___, the daughter of Henry II of Brabant (Louvain) (Count of Lorraine&Louvain)).
(Duke of Lorraine) and Adelaide of Lorraine, the daughter of Baldwin II of HAINAUT (Count of Hainault); married Judith (Bertha) VON SCHWABEN (the daughter of Frederick II von Hohenstaufen (Duke of Swabia) and Judith of Bavaria, the daughter of Henry I (IX) 'The Black' of Bavaria (Duke of Bavaria)) about 1138.
(Duke of Upper Lorraine) and Hedwig of Namur, the daughter of Adalbert (Albert) I of NAMUR (Count of Namur); married Heilwig VON EGISHEIM (the daughter of Gerhard III of Egisheim and Petronilla (Richarda) of Verdun) before 1092.
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 Berry-Hill/Exhibitions
Count Querini, agent of the Duke of Lorraine, tried, unsuccessfully, to sell a number of pictures in London, of which this is thought to be one, and was forced to take them back to Venice.
Subsequently, the Gonzaga inheritance was claimed successfully by the Duke of Lorraine, though a smaller number was divided amongst the Princess of Salm, the Princess of Condé, and the Princess of Hanover.
The lawyer Giovanni Battista Rota, who also acted as agent of the Duke of Lorraine, subsequently seems to have owned outright a number of these pictures, including the two van Plattenbergs.
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 Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthias I ( 1119 &; May 13, 1176) was Duke of Lorraine from 1138 to his death.
Frederick II, Duke of Swabia and sister of Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor.
This page was last modified 20:54, 10 May 2005.
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 Articles - Frederick II, Duke of Swabia
Judith of Hohenstaufen (1123-1195), married Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1090 – 1147) was duke of Swabia, succeeding his father, duke Frederick I in 1105.
Clarissa of Hohenstaufen (1135-1191), married Ludwig II, Duke of Thuringia
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They had spread themselves into Gaul, over the modern provinces of Alsace and Lorraine; and their bold invasion of the kingdom of Cologne summoned the Salic prince to the defense of his Ripuarian allies.
Louis II died in 875, and Charles the Bald managed to secure the imperial crown, and aimed at the possession of the whole empire with it.
These discoveries led large numbers of the Portuguese to emigrate in search of fortune; and the great wealth poured into the kingdom by the trade of the new lands, induced luxury and consequent enervation of those who remained at home: while there was also no immigration, and the soil was worked by slaves.
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 The Patrin Web Journal - Timeline of Romani (Gypsy) History
Joseph II of Hungary, son of Empress Maria Theresa, issues a 59-point edict reiterating his policy: schooling for children and compulsory attendance at religious services; Romani language, clothing and music are forbidden.
Michael Kwiek II succeeds his father Gregory as "King of the Gypsies" in Poland and is recognized as such by the Polish government.
Roma are prohibited from residence in the Lorraine, gathering in the woods or main roads.
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 SPAIN FROM FERDINAND AND ISABELLA TO PHILIP
The Austrian archduke Matthias was a harmless nonentity; the duke of Anjou, brother of the last three Valois kings of France, was self-seeking, dangerous, and unpopular; the Calvinist John Casimir, Elector Palatine, was belligerent and irresponsible, and meddled in the internal affairs of the country.
The dukes, ruling over a rich and flourishing territory, presiding over perhaps the most splendid court of its time, aspired not unnaturally to the creation of an independent state.
Even after the death of Philip II in 1598 and the accession of Philip III, fighting continued, but the military situation had by this time reached a point of stalemate, and both sides were anxious to stop the fighting.
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 Thomas II of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1278), daughter of Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine, married secondly 1278 Jeanne of Montfort (d.
1302), Baron de Vaud, married firstly Adeline of Lorraine (d.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Netherlands
But the Duke of Alva frustrated all their efforts, and when he had repulsed Louis at Jemmingen, and prevented William from crossing the Geete, he caused a statue of himself to be set up at Antwerp representing him crushing under foot the hydra of anarchy.
When the two counts were arrested, Margaret of Parma resigned her office, and the Duke of Alva was appointed her successor; with him began a System of merciless repression.
But it was quite otherwise when Joseph II was so imprudent as to interfere with civil institutions and, in violation of the most solemn oaths, to lay hands on the liberties of the people.
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