Lorraine
Lorraine was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered on Nancy. In 1337 Duke Rudolph the Valiant faced Henry IV of Bar over a disputed act of homage, until King Philip VI of France mediated.
Rudolph fell fighting at Crécy in 1346. Burgundy later coveted Lorraine, but Charles the Bold was defeated and killed while besieging Nancy in 1477. In 1737 the duchy went for life to the exiled Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński; on his death in 1766 France annexed it.
Characters
- Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine
- Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine
- Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine
- Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
- Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine
- Frederick IV of Lorraine
- Gerard, Duke of Lorraine
- Margaret of Lorraine
- Margaret of Lorraine
- Marie de Châtillon
- Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine
- Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine
- Rudolph of Lorraine
- Simon I, Duke of Lorraine
- Simon II, Duke of Lorraine
- Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
- Theobald II of Lorraine
- Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine