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	René
		René about that time delegated his interests in Lorraine and Naples to his son John, whom he made duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1452.
		René was obliged by King Louis XI of France to make the French crown his heir in Anjou.
		René was captured (1431) and held prisoner, although Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund awarded him Lorraine.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0841525

	Lorraine (Traditional province, France)
		Duke René II defeated and killed Duke of Burgundy Charles le Téméraire in Nancy in 1477.
		The cross of Lorraine resurfaced in June 1940, when it was adopted as the emblem of the Free France, the small group of soldiers who had refused the capitulation and rallied General de Gaulle in London.
		In 1477, during the siege of Nancy, Duke René II de Vaudémont, used the cross as a rallying symbol.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fr-lo.html (2888 words)

	Lorraine (Traditional province, France)
		Duke René II defeated and killed Duke of Burgundy Charles le Téméraire in Nancy in 1477.
		In 1477, during the siege of Nancy, Duke René II de Vaudémont, used the cross as a rallying symbol.
		In 1431, the Duchy of Lorraine, except the Three Bishoprics (Metz, Toul and Verdun) was ceded to the house of Anjou.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fr-lo.html (2888 words)

	German Genealogy: History of Lorraine
		Antoine, a son of René II, encouraged the Counter Reformation.
		Lorraine had been for a long time a coveted region and it was now surrounded by territories of the kingdom of France.
		Charles the Bald was given the western part (France), Louis was given the eastern part (Germany) and Lothar got the Midlands which spread from the North Sea to Rome.
	www.genealogienetz.de /reg/ELS-LOT/lor-hist.html (1398 words)

	German Genealogy: History of Lorraine
		Lorraine had been for a long time a coveted region and it was now surrounded by territories of the kingdom of France.
		Robert Schuman (1886-1963), a renowned Lorrainer, was the founder of the European Coal and Steel Community and one of the "fathers of Europe".
		In 1736 the Duchies of Lorraine and of Bar went to Stanislas Leszczynski as he abdicated the throne of Poland.
	www.genealogienetz.de /reg/ELS-LOT/lor-hist.html (1398 words)

	Langued'oïl
		After Guy II, the County was purchased by Louis, the first Valois Duke of Orléans, whose grandson became King Louis XII, whereby Orléans and Blois became Crown lands.
		The Countship of Barrois (Bar) was established for Frederick of Bidgau by the Emperor Otto I - Frederick went on to become Duke of Ober-Lotharingen (Lorraine).
		Upon René's death, his vast estates were inherited through his daughter Yolande by her son René de Vaudemont, who had received the Duchy of Lorraine via the same connection in 1473.
	precious.ellone-loire.net /obsidian/Languedoil.html (1398 words)

	Italy
		In 1536 Montferrat passes to the husband of the Heiress Margaret, Duke Frederick II Gonzaga of Mantua (Mantova).
		With the end of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, the line of the family went elsewhere, as the daughter of the last Duke, Louise, married the last King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III.
		Alessandro was appointed regent of the Netherlands by King Philip II of Spain at the height of the Dutch revolt.
	www.friesian.com /italia.htm (9545 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.
		Of the other sons of Ren II., John (1498-1550) became the first cardinal of Lorraine, while Fern, Louis and Francis fell fighting in the French armies at Marignano (1515), Naples (1528) and Pavia (I525) respectively.
		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.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GU/GUISE.htm (9545 words)

	Guise. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The family was founded as a cadet branch of the ruling house of Lorraine by Claude de Lorraine, 1st duc de Guise, 1496–1550, who received the French fiefs of his father, René II, duke of Lorraine and Bar.
		With the accession (1559) of the youthful Francis II, who was married to the duke’s niece, Mary Stuart, François de Guise and his brother the Charles de Guise, Cardinal de Lorraine, c.1525–1574, were given control of the government.
		The Cardinal de Lorraine was largely responsible for the persecution of the Protestants during the reign of Francis II.
	bartleby.com /65/gu/Guise.html (951 words)

	Italy
		In 1536 Montferrat passes to the husband of the Heiress Margaret, Duke Frederick II Gonzaga of Mantua (Mantova).
		Alessandro was appointed regent of the Netherlands by King Philip II of Spain at the height of the Dutch revolt.
		Later, Joanna II of Naples left her rights to René I the Good of Anjou, but he was unable to hold off Alfonso V of Aragon and Sicily.
	www.friesian.com /italia.htm (10084 words)

	FRANCIA
		On the internet, Brian Tompsett's Royal and Noble genealogy is invaluable, and the lists of the Dukes of Lorraine and of several other German dynasties were originally compiled using little else.
		Lorraine in the north is only briefly a separate kingdom and then settles down as a Stem Duchy of Germany.
		Lorraine, which had been a separate kingdom in the inheritance of Charlemagne, soon become part of the system of "Stem Duchies" in Germany.
	www.friesian.com /francia.htm (10084 words)

	Waldseemüller - Ptolemy's Geographia - Bell Library: Maps and Mapmakers
		About this same time a printing press was set up in the town, under the patronage of René II, Duke of Lorraine.
		The duke encouraged the collecting of foreign books and maps — including maps from Spain, Portugual, and Italy — for the society and its bookshop.
		Ludd, Waldseemüller, and Matthias Ringmann — a poet and teacher of Latin who had also studied with Reisch — planned to publish a fine critical edition of the Geographia.
	www.bell.lib.umn.edu /map/WALD/BIO/ptolemy.html (374 words)

	Untitled
		Claude I, who was the second son of René II, Duke of Lorraine, became Duke of Guise and bore Lorraine with a label.
		The eldest, Francis I, also Duke of Guise, bore Lorraine with a label, while the youngest became Master of Elboeuf, and bore Lorraine with a bordure.
		In conclusion, it is obvious that substituting a peripheral for a nonperipheral secondary charge was certainly a period way to change the same base coat to show that two individuals are brothers.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/loar/1997/06/lar.html (5429 words)

	Langued'oil
		The district is well-known for its association with the Guise branch of the Ducal house of Lorraine - Dukes of Guise were, in the 16th century, among the most influential men in France and were the primary foes of the Huguenot movement in France.
		After Guy II, the County was purchased by Louis, the first Valois Duke of Orléans, whose grandson became King Louis XII, whereby Orléans and Blois became Crown lands.
		The Countship of Barrois (Bar) was established for Frederick of Bidgau by the Emperor Otto I - Frederick went on to become Duke of Ober-Lotharingen (Lorraine).
	kaery.ellone-loire.net /obsidian/Languedoil.html (5429 words)

	Langued'oil
		The district is well-known for its association with the Guise branch of the Ducal house of Lorraine- Dukes of Guise were, in the 16th century, among the most influential men in France and were the primary foes of the Huguenot movement in France.
		Upon René's death, his vast estates were inherited through his daughter Yolande by her son René de Vaudemont, who had received the Duchy of Lorraine via the same connection in 1473.
		The Countship of Barrois (Bar) was established for Frederick of Bidgau by the Emperor Otto I - Frederick went on to become Duke of Ober-Lotharingen (Lorraine).
	kaery.ellone-loire.net /obsidian/Languedoil.html (5429 words)

	Lorraine (Traditional province, France)
		Duke René II defeated and killed Duke of Burgundy Charles le Téméraire in Nancy in 1477.
		In 1477, during the siege of Nancy, Duke René II de Vaudémont, used the cross as a rallying symbol.
		In 1431, the Duchy of Lorraine, except the Three Bishoprics (Metz, Toul and Verdun) was ceded to the house of Anjou.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fr-lo.html (5429 words)

	FRANCIA
		Henry of Guise was of the house of Anjou and Lorraine, descendants of King John II of France.
		The Anjevian line ruling Naples had died out in 1435, and while Queen Joanna II willed the country to Duke René the Good of Anjou and Lorraine, by 1442 it was in the hands of Alfonso V of Aragón.
		The Carolingians of Lorraine did not last much longer than the royal lines, though their blood continued in their in-laws among the local nobility, most importantly the house of Alsace, which succeeded to the Duchy of Lorraine and the County of Flanders.
	www.friesian.org /francia.htm (5429 words)

	Lorraine (Traditional province, France)
		Duke René II defeated and killed Duke of Burgundy Charles le Téméraire in Nancy in 1477.
		In 1477, during the siege of Nancy, Duke René II de Vaudémont, used the cross as a rallying symbol.
		In 1431, the Duchy of Lorraine, except the Three Bishoprics (Metz, Toul and Verdun) was ceded to the house of Anjou.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fr-lo.html (2888 words)

	German Genealogy: History of Lorraine
		Lorraine had been for a long time a coveted region and it was now surrounded by territories of the kingdom of France.
		Robert Schuman (1886-1963), a renowned Lorrainer, was the founder of the European Coal and Steel Community and one of the "fathers of Europe".
		Mediomatrici and Leuci tribes populated Lorraine before Romans occupied the region in the first Century B.C. For several centuries Lorraine was part of the Belgian province of the Roman Empire.
	www.genealogienetz.de /reg/ELS-LOT/lor-hist.html (1398 words)

	fr-lo.html
		Stanislas Leszczynski (1677-1766) was appointed duke of Lorraine.
		On that day, the ashes of the dukes of Lorraine were returned into the dynasty vault located in the Round Chapel, which had been desecrated during the Revolution.
		Duke René II defeated and killed duke of Burgundy Charles le Téméraire in Nancy in 1477.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fr-lo.html (1398 words)

	FRANCIA
		The Anjevian line ruling Naples had died out in 1435, and while Queen Joanna II willed the country to Duke René the Good of Anjou and Lorraine, by 1442 it was in the hands of Alfonso V of Aragón.
		Henry of Guise was of the house of Anjou and Lorraine, descendants of King John II of France.
		The Carolingians of Lorraine did not last much longer than the royal lines, though their blood continued in their in-laws among the local nobility, most importantly the house of Alsace, which succeeded to the Duchy of Lorraine and the County of Flanders.
	www.friesian.com /francia.htm (14328 words)

	Langued'oïl
		After Guy II, the County was purchased by Louis, the first Valois Duke of Orléans, whose grandson became King Louis XII, whereby Orléans and Blois became Crown lands.
		The Countship of Barrois (Bar) was established for Frederick of Bidgau by the Emperor Otto I - Frederick went on to become Duke of Ober-Lotharingen (Lorraine).
		Upon René's death, his vast estates were inherited through his daughter Yolande by her son René de Vaudemont, who had received the Duchy of Lorraine via the same connection in 1473.
	www.ellone-loire.net /obsidian/Languedoil.html (14328 words)

	FRANCIA
		Henry of Guise was of the house of Anjou and Lorraine, descendants of King John II of France.
		The Carolingians of Lorraine did not last much longer than the royal lines, though their blood continued in their in-laws among the local nobility, most importantly the house of Alsace, which succeeded to the Duchy of Lorraine and the County of Flanders.
		Lorraine in the north is only briefly a separate kingdom and then settles down as a Stem Duchy of Germany.
	www.friesian.org /francia.htm (14328 words)

	Lorraine 4
		Duke René II of Lorraine (1473-1508), Duke of Bar, etc, Angers 2.5.1451, +Fains 10.12.1508; 1m: Angers 9.9.1471 (annulled 1485) Jeanne d'Harcourt, Css de Tancarville (+8.11.1488); 2m: Orléans 1.9.1485 Philippine de Guelders (9.11.1467 +26.2.1547); all kids by 2m.
		Duke Charles III "le Grand" of Lorraine (1545-1608), Nancy 15.2.1543, +Nancy 14.5.1608, bur Nancy; m.Paris 22.1.1559 Pss Claude of France (12.11.1547 +21.2.1575)
		Duke Henri II "le Bon" of Lorraine (1608-24), Nancy 8.11.1563, +Nancy 31.7.1624; 1m: St.Germain en Laye 31.1.1599 Infta Catalina of Navarre, Dss d'Albret (Paris 7.2.1559, +Nancy 13.2.1604); 2m: Mantua 24.4.1606/Nancy 26.4.1606 Margherita Gonzaga (*2.10.1591 +7.2.1632)
	genealogy.euweb.cz /lorraine/lorraine4.html (14328 words)

	FRANCIA
		The Anjevian line ruling Naples had died out in 1435, and while Queen Joanna II willed the country to Duke René the Good of Anjou and Lorraine, by 1442 it was in the hands of Alfonso V of Aragón.
		On the internet, Brian Tompsett's Royal and Noble genealogy is invaluable, and the lists of the Dukes of Lorraine and of several other German dynasties were originally compiled using little else.
		Lorraine in the north is only briefly a separate kingdom and then settles down as a Stem Duchy of Germany.
	www.friesian.com /francia.htm (14328 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.
		Of the other sons of Ren II., John (1498-1550) became the first cardinal of Lorraine, while Fern, Louis and Francis fell fighting in the French armies at Marignano (1515), Naples (1528) and Pavia (I525) respectively.
		Rens eldest surviving son by his marriage with Philippa, daughter of Adolphus of Egmont, duke of Gelderland, was Anthony, who succeeded his father as duke of Lorraine(d.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GU/GUISE.htm (14328 words)

	Francia Media: Lorraine & Burgundy
		The next significant events are the inheritance of Bar by the Anjou Duke of Lorraine, René I, and then the reversion of the Lands of Anjou to the French Throne in 1481.
		Here the family tree for that line is given, which includes all subsequent Dukes of Lorraine, and the Dukes of Guise also, followed by the table for the Dukes of Lorraine.
		Later, the Duke Frederick II (1027-1033) has a grandson, Dietrich I, who is enfeoffed with Bar.
	www.friesian.com /lorraine.htm (14328 words)

	Francia Media: Lorraine & Burgundy
		Isabel, the Heiress of Lorraine, marries a grandson of Duke Louis I of Anjou, son of King John II of France.
		Later, the Duke Frederick II (1027-1033) has a grandson, Dietrich I, who is enfeoffed with Bar.
		To the east, Upper Lorraine bordered on Alsace, part of the Duchy of Swabia, on the south, the Free County of Burgundy, and on the west, Champagne.
	www.friesian.com /lorraine.htm (11703 words)

	Francia Media: Lorraine & Burgundy
		Isabel, the Heiress of Lorraine, marries a grandson of Duke Louis I of Anjou, son of King John II of France.
		Later, the Duke Frederick II (1027-1033) has a grandson, Dietrich I, who is enfeoffed with Bar.
		To the east, Upper Lorraine bordered on Alsace, part of the Duchy of Swabia, on the south, the Free County of Burgundy, and on the west, Champagne.
	www.friesian.com /lorraine.htm (11703 words)

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