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  LORRAINE - LoveToKnow Article on LORRAINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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.
Thi~ kingdom of Lorraine was situated between the -realms of th East and the West Franks, and originally extended along thi North Sea between the mouths of the Rhine and the Ems including the whole or part of Frisia and the cities on the righi bank of the Rhine.
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.
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 COON-KUHN - STEADMAN Connections
BERNARD I DUKE OF SAXONY and HILDEGARDE OF STADE.
BERNARD I DUKE OF SAXONY, Schwanhilde OF SAXONY.
BERNARD II DUKE OF SAXONY and ELICA OF SCHWEINFURT.
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 Duchy of Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Duchy, which occupied most of the modern region of Lorraine in the north-east of France, was the focus of centuries of dispute between France and Germany.
Lorraine, after siding with the Emperor in the Thirty Years War, was largely occupied by France in 1641.
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.
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 Lorraine (Traditional province, France)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 1431, the Duchy of Lorraine, except the Three Bishoprics (Metz, Toul and Verdun) was ceded to the house of Anjou.
Duke René II defeated and killed Duke of Burgundy Charles le Téméraire in Nancy in 1477.
The cross of Lorraine was officially prescribed as the emblem of the Free France (later the Fighting France) by a regulation of 5 June 1941.
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 32nd Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gerard de Lorraine III (IV), Duke of Upper Lorraine was born circa 1010 or 1028 in Dashburg, France.
Hedwig de Namur, Duchess of Lorraine was born circa 999 in Namur, Namur province, Belgium.
Frederick von Hohenstaufen I, Duke of Alsace and Swabia [scrapbook] was born circa 1050 in Hohenstaufen, Swabia, Bavaria.
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 34th Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ramón Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona and Carcassonne "The Elder" was born 1023 in Barcelona, Spain and married 1056.
Mechtild de Lorraine "Mathilda" was born circa 994 in Dabo, Moselle département, Lorraine région, France.
Simon de London was born circa 1020 in London, Middlesex County, England.
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 LOUIS IX. OF FRANCE - LoveToKnow Article on LOUIS IX. OF FRANCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
His wife was Adelaide, or Alice, daughter of Humbert II., count of Savoy, by whom he had seven sons and a daughter.
Philip II., suspicious of his son until the close of his life, took precautions to assure his obedience, narrowly watched his administration in Artois, which Louis held from his mother Isabella, and, contrary to the custom of the kings of France, did not associate his son with him by having him crowned.
He reluctantly consented to sanction the conquest of Naples by his brother, Charles, duke of Anjou, and it is possible that he yielded here in the belief that it was a step toward another crusade.
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 Anjou
She md William II of Provence, Count of Provence, abt 965, son of Boso II, Count of Avignon and Arles, and Constance of Provence.
She md Alan IV "Fergent", Duke of Brittany, abt 1083, France, son of Hoel of Cornouaille, Duke of Brittany, and Hawise of Brittany.
She md Thierry of Lorraine, Count of Flanders, 1131, son of Thierry II, Duke of Lorraine, and Gertrude of Flanders.
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 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.
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 Francia Media:  Lorraine & Burgundy
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.
Isabel, the Heiress of Lorraine, marries a grandson of Duke Louis I of Anjou, son of King John II of France.
The genealogy of the Dukes of Savoy is continued in the section on the Kings of Sardinia.
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 Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
Joanna's first husband, Ferrand, son of King Sancho I of Portugal, was captured by King Philip II of France in the defeat of Emperor Otto IV at the battle of Bouvines in 1214.
Dukes of Gascony, 768-1038 AD The culture of the South of France in the 12th century is one of the first signs of the revival of civilization in Francia after the "second Dark Age" of the 9th and 10th centuries.
Duke William V had three wives, and subsequent Dukes were descendants of William VIII, son of William V and Agnes of Burgundy.
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 German Genealogy: History of Lorraine
In 1736 the Duchies of Lorraine and of Bar went to Stanislas Leszczynski as he abdicated the throne of Poland.
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".
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 ~*Thierry II "Duke" of Lorraine/~*Hedwig "Countess" von Formbach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
~*Thierry II "Duke" of Lorraine/~*Hedwig "Countess" von Formbach
Born: 1044 at: 35-20,717 Married: at: Died: 23 JAN 1114/1115 at: Father:~*Gerard "Duke of Lorraine Mother:~*Hedwiga of Namur Other Spouses: ~*Gertrude of Flanders NOTES
Name: ~*Simon I "Duke" of Lorraine Born: 1072 at: 34-10,359 Married: at: Died: 1139 at: Spouses: ~*Adelheid de Louvain
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 COON-KUHN - STEADMAN Connections
MISTUI II PRINCE OF OBOTRITES was born in 893.
Parents: HEINRICH DUKE OF BAVARIA and ULFHILDE PRINCESS OF SAXONY.
GISELA PRINCESS OF LOTHARINGIA was born in 864.
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 History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 2 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine Biographies, ...
Fitzgerald's shipyard; also in Simon Langell's shipyard at St. Clair, thus passing two years in the construction of the Wilson and the Chauncey Hurlbut.
On the maternal side was grandfather Alvin Simons, who was blessed with a good old-fashioned American family of twelve children.
Both families removed to Ogdensburg, N.Y., where Samuel Day and Perseus Simons grew up together and were married, and they were the parents of Erastus Day, the subject of this article, who was born in Ogdensburg in 1831.
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 France Ecclestiastical
She was daughter of Count Hermann I Pusillus, Count in Auelgau and Count Palatine of Lorraine (945-996), and Heylwig von Dillingen.
She was daughter of Gerard IV, Duke von Elsass, Count of Metz and Chatenois, Duke of Upper Lorraine.
In 1295 a peace-treaty was concluded with the Duke of Lorraine.
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 My Family
She was married to Simon I ALSACE -Duke.
She was married to Giselbert II MAASGAU -Count in 846.
Children were: Duke Otto LORRAINE, Godfrey -Duke, Frederick Lorraine ST HUBERT -Abbot.
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 Henri II, duke de Montmorency --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The son of Henri de Montmorency by his second wife, Louise de Budos, Henri was appointed to succeed his father as governor of Languedoc in 1608 and became grand admiral in 1612.
(duke of) one of King Louis XIV's most successful generals in the Dutch War (1672–78) and the War of the Grand Alliance (1689–97).
famous French family of which most distinguished members were Mathieu II (1189–1230), called the Great Constable, a successful warrior; Anne de Montmorency (1493–1567), distinguished in wars of Francis I; Henry II, duc de Montmorency (1595–1632), admiral of France and viceroy of Canada, successfully fought against Huguenots, but executed for treason through influence of...
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 Royal Styles and the uses of "Highness"
Louis XIV never used that style for either the Grand-Duke of Tuscany or the duke of Lorraine, but he did use Highness for all sovereign princes of Germany (see more on the styles used by the chancery of Louis XIV).
The first French prince to use it was the prince de Condé in the 1650s; the dukes of Orléans followed suit upon losing the Royal Highness in 1723 with the rank of grandson of France.
The dukes of Schleswig-Holstein in reality are not Danish dukes but German and as such use the style of Durchlaucht.
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 Kingdoms of France - Lorraine
Son-in-law of Emperor Otto I. Great-grandfather of Conrad II.
Effectively, Upper Lorraine is the only surviving Duchy of Lorraine.
Lower Lorraine Passes to the Dukes of Brabant, who cease using the title ("Lothier") in 1190.
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 Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 244
Thierry II Duke of Alsace Lorraine (M) b.
Son of Duke Robert II Curthose (and grandson of William the Conqueror andMatilda of Flanders), William Clito was supported by Louis VI of Francein claiming the duchy when his father was imprisoned (1106) by theEnglish.
Rosamond; mistress of Henry II, known as 'Fair Rosamond' and quitepossibly mother of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury.
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 Thierry I "Dietricht I" Duke of Upper LORRAINE/Hedwig Countess of FORMBACH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thierry I "Dietricht I" Duke of Upper LORRAINE/Hedwig Countess of FORMBACH
Husband: Thierry I "Dietricht I" Duke of Upper LORRAINE
Name: Simon I Duke of LORRAINE Born: ABT.
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 Chapter 28. Notable Families Having Multiple Connections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Adalbert III of Longwy [Duke of Upper Lorraine], b.
Baldwin III of Hainaut (ii) Cte Gerhard II, liv 1134, m.
[Count of Metz; Count of Chatenois; Duke of Upper Lorraine] b.
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 Timeline 600CE to 999CE
802 In Cambodia Jayavarman II proclaimed himself a "universal monarch" in a ritual that united religion and politics and gave rise to the cult of the Devaraja (deified king).
877 Oct 6, Charles II the Kale, King of France and Roman emperor (875-77), died at 54.
879 Apr 10, Louis II, the Stutterer, King of France (877-79), died and Louis III was crowned King of France.
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 I36905: Simon II (Duke of Lorraine) DE LORRAINE (BEF. 1152 - 14 Jan 1206)
_Thierry\Dietrich II Duke of Upper LORRAINE ______+ _Simon I Duke of LORRAINE _____________________
_Friedrich I von Staufen Duke of SWABIA __________+
_Friedrich II von Hohenstaufen Duke of SWABIA _
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 Eleanor BRUCE - Ancestors
.-Robert I de BRUS -c1094.-Robert II de BRUS, Lord of Skelton c1048-c1142.-Robert III de BRUS, Lord of Annandale -1194
.-Lambert II of Boulogne, Count of Lens c1020-1054
`-Gerberge of Lower Lorraine c975-aft 1017 (*)
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 de Namur Family Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
was born about 0975 in Lower Lorraine, France and died in 1011.
When Duke Godefroid was murdered in 1076, Albert III disputed his cousin's succession, himself being a grandson of Gozelon I "The Great", Duke of Lorraine, as well as a great-grandson of Duke Gozelon's sister Bonne of Ardennes, the wife of Charles "The Fat", Duke of Lower-Lorraine.
The outcome was that Ermesinde became Countess of Luxembourg, Durbuy and Laroche, and Boudewijn V's second son Philipe became Count of Namur.
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 (Peter* LORING - Joan* LOVEL )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bertha LORRAINE (Princess of) (0871 - 8 Mar 0925)
Lothaire II* LORRAINE (King of) (0935 - 7 Aug 0869)
Simon I* LORRAINE (Duke Of Lorraine) (1076 - 19 Apr 1139)
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 Henri II de Lorraine, 5th duke de Guise --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
He was already archbishop of Rheims when he became duke de Guise in 1640.
After being sentenced to death for his part in a conspiracy against Cardinal de Richelieu (1641), he fled to Brussels and commanded the Austrian troops against France.
He unsuccessfully led the Neapolitans in their war against Spain (1647, 1654), then spent the rest of his life at the French court, trying unsuccessfully to revive the power of the Guise dynasty.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9366303?tocId=9366303&query=plafond   (151 words)

  
 I04932: Thierry II de Lorraine DUKE OF LORRAINE (1044 - 23 Jan 1114)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I04932: Thierry II de Lorraine DUKE OF LORRAINE (1044 - 23 Jan 1114)
______________________________ _Gerard II de Lorraine DUKE OF LORRAINE _
Simon I de Lorraine DUKE OF UPPER LORRAINE
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