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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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    Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer Société Lorraine...
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    Nancy, France (category Duchy of Lorraine)
    mutineers. Parade in 1909 Nancy c. 1914 Nancy in World War I In 1871, Nancy remained French when Germany annexed Alsace-Lorraine. In 1909 it hosted the Exposition...
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    Co, 1909, p. 144. Chisholm 1911. Pitts, Vincent Joseph. La Grande Mademoiselle at the Court of France, p. 2 Campagnes de Charles IV, duc de Lorraine et...
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  • sont-elles, sans autre condition, applicables en Alsace et en Lorraine ?', Revue juridique d’Alsace et de Lorraine, vol. 2, 1921, p. 438-61. Eugène Wilhelm:...
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    Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King...
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    March 1909), repeating his lifelong catchphrase "It is no use fighting death any more.": 21  — John Millington Synge, Irish author (24 March 1909) "Dreadful...
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    political opponents of the Lorraine brothers administration formulated a conspiracy to assume control of the king and end the Lorraine administration. This...
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    Domrémy-la-Pucelle Statue of Joan of Arc erected in 1909 at the former border with Alsace-Lorraine The Vosges mountain range in La Bresse Saint-Dié Cathedral...
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    Yutz (French pronunciation: [jyts]; German: Jeutz; Lorraine Franconian/Luxembourgish: Jäiz [jæːɪts]) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est...
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    II was crowned king in Reims by his wife's uncle Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine. The crown was so heavy that nobles had to hold it in place for him. The...
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    Charles of Lorraine: Palace of Charles of Lorraine in Brussels Château of Mariemont Château Charles Wijnants, Maurits (1997). Van hertogen en Kongolezen...
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    entered the service of the House of Lorraine, he entered the patronage network of Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine. Through his marriage to Marie Morin...
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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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    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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    Habsburg territories. In the Rhineland, France successfully took the Duchy of Lorraine, and in Italy, Spain regained control over the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily...
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    Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (category People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
    open about his preference for male lovers, most notably the Chevalier de Lorraine, and freely acted with effeminacy. He married twice, first to Henrietta...
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    l'occasion de la naissance du Dauphin en 1729. Houssaye (1843, p. 15) "Turqueries et autres chinoiseries exotism en Lorraine au XVIIIe siècle | WorldCat.org"...
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    of the ducal House of Lorraine. Among the extensive privileges enjoyed by them was the coining of money; the Duchy of Lorraine was the last to hold this...
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  • This is a list of rail accidents from 1900 to 1909. 1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 See also References Sources External links February...
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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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  • 1930) 2013 – Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938) 2013 – Lorraine Copeland, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1921) 2013 – Antonio Díaz Jurado,...
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    between 1871 and 1919 have been adjusted to include Alsace and part of Lorraine, which both were at the time part of the German Empire. figures before...
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    Pompeii, inv. no. 20620, Second century Roman Sarcophagus of Beatrice of Lorraine in the Camposanto in Pisa. This was the model for Nicola Pisano's work...
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    Madame du Barry (category People from Lorraine (duchy))
    Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the...
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    Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans (category People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
    Germain en Laye outside Paris in 1648. She was the youngest surviving daughter of Gaston d'Orléans and his second wife Marguerite of Lorraine. From birth...
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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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    Joan of Arc (category Executed people from Lorraine)
    est situé en Lorraine, dans l'ouest du département des Vosges ... dans la vallée de la Meuse. ["Domrémy-La-Pucelle is located in Lorraine, in the western...
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    Department, Grand Est (before 2016: Lorraine), France. Gérardmer is said to owe its name to Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, who in the 11th century built a tower...
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    were most opposed to the Huguenots, specifically Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine. While the conspiracy was more successfully hidden by its members than...
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