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    Lorraine is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval...
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    Alsace–Lorraine (German: Elsaß-Lothringen), officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (German: Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen), was a former territory...
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    Nancy, France (category Duchy of Lorraine)
    French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was annexed by France under King Louis XV in 1766 and replaced by...
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    Alderman Doolin's Campaign Speech Porter Steve Porter 1913 2038 Marche Lorraine New York Military Band 1913 2039 Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay Premiere...
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    red Cross of Lorraine. A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "CG" and the red Cross of Lorraine. 1969–1974 Presidential...
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    major and constant difference between the sexes is the so-called cross of Lorraine on the tertiary coverts of females—these being marked with two transverse...
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    Baie-D'Urfé. 4 February: Creation of the Town of Gagnon. Creation of the Town of Lorraine from territories taken from the Village of Bois-des-Filion and the Parish...
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    Forbach (category Duchy of Lorraine)
    important mining town, with offices of the Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine (Lorraine coal mining board), a section of the French Coal Board. When the mining...
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  • 1930) 2013 – Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938) 2013 – Lorraine Copeland, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1921) 2013 – Antonio Díaz Jurado,...
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    marking the end of the Wassoulou Empire. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine by Germany in 1871 led to numerous volunteers from the two regions enlisting...
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    Dukas (1936) Trois Pièces: Sur un thème Breton, Intermède, Fugue en mi mineur (1894) Vêpres du commun des saints (1896) 6 Pièces pour grand orgue: Prélude...
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    also count of Vaudémont 1470–1476 Nicholas 1476–1508 René, also duke of Lorraine 1508–1550 Claude, also duke of Guise 1550–1551 Francis, also duke of Guise...
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  • Addonizio, Italian-American politician and Mayor of Newark (b. 1914) Louise Lorraine, American actress (b. 1904) February 3 – J Harlen Bretz, American geologist...
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  • of a Survivor". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. October 30, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved May 18, 2017 – via National Library of Australia. history...
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    (1892) Mes prisons (1893) Élégies (1893) Odes en son honneur (1893) Dans les limbes (1894) Épigrammes (1894) Confessions (1895) Although widely regarded...
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    ESISAR, Génie Industriel, Pagora); the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine: includes the EEIGM, the European School of Materials Sciences and Engineering...
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  • Hugh Capet) and Queen Marie Antoinette (a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) were referred to as "Louis and Antoinette Capet" (the queen being addressed...
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    Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine, of the Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine, and of the three regional Israelite consistories...
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    vier blaauewe. Overigens geheel als het koninklijke wapen. Junius, J.H. (1894). Heraldiek. Netherlands: Frederik Muller. p. 151. In Nederland voert de...
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  • Alsace-Lorraine. Rosemary Clooney (1928–2002), American jazz and Hollywood musicals singer and actress, descended from the Koch family of Alsace-Lorraine. Olivia...
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    defeat of 1871, or revanchism, and recovering the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine became an obsession of French policy and public opinion for the following...
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    Heinrich Nidecker (category 1894 births)
    Heinrich Albert Nidecker (24 September 1894 – 1982), also known as Henri Nidecker, was a Swiss librarian and philologist. Born in Alsace, he completed...
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    ministers' conference (1867) Habsburg monarchy (complete list) – Habsburg-Lorraine ruled under numerous simultaneous titles Francis Joseph I, (1848–1916)...
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    indemnity, as well as most of Alsace and parts of Lorraine, which became the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen). The war had...
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    Superior. The designation 'Low' returned in the 10th-century Duchy of Lower Lorraine, which covered much of the Low Countries. The Dukes of Burgundy used the...
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  • – Margaret, Countess of Anjou (b. 1273) 1302 – Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) 1384 – John Wycliffe, English philosopher, theologian, and translator...
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  • executioner of Algiers, Antoine Rasseneux, Éxécuteur des Arrêts Criminels en Algérie, which became France's official description of the executioner of...
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    most prominent alleged lover, the Chevalier de Lorraine, became attached to the Orléans household. Lorraine often vied for power within Philippe's household...
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    Confederation of the Rhine, a French satellite. Francis' House of Habsburg-Lorraine survived the demise of the empire, continuing to reign as Emperors of Austria...
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    Augustus II. Stanislas lost the Polish crown, but he was given the Duchy of Lorraine as compensation, which would pass to France after his death in 1766. Next...
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