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Kings of Lotharingia
AD 855 - 925
Lotharingia was created out of Lothar I's Frankish
Italian
kingdom, and eventually became a satellite state,
and later duchy of France. |
855 - 869 |
Lothar II |
Son of Lothar I, King
of Italy. |
870 - 895 |
Lothar's
territory is divided fairly between the Eastern
Franks and Western Franks
under the terms of the Treaty of Mersen. A period of confusion begins in 895/6 when the
German king hands Lotharingia to his illegitimate son. |
895 - 900 |
Zwentibold of Lorraine |
Illegitimate son of Germanic
Emperor Arnulf. |
900 - 910 |
Gebhard of
Franconia |
Duke of Lotharingia.
Appointed by Eastern
Frankish court. |
911 - 915 |
Reginar / Rainier of Maasgau / Mons |
Local noble.
Transferred allegiance to Western Franks. |
911 |
Lotharingia
becomes a Western Frankish satellite state. |
915 - 925 |
Charles III
the Simple |
King of
Western Franks. |
925 |
Charles
had been deposed in the west in 923. Reginar's son, Gilbert, aligns himself
with the Eastern
Franks once more, and governs Lotheringia in the name of the East Frankish
German king. |
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Duchy of Lorraine
AD 925 - 975 |
925 - 936 |
Gilbert (Giselbert) |
Son
of Reginar. Son-in-law of
Saxon king Henry I. |
936 - 944 |
The duchy reverts to the
king of Germany, Otto I, who later
gains the Holy Roman Empire (962). |
944 - 953 |
Conrad the Red |
Son-in-law of
Emperor Otto I. Great-grandfather of Conrad II. |
953 - 959 |
St Bruno the Great |
|
959 - 975 |
Frederick I |
Became Duke of
Upper Lorraine (975-978). |
975 |
Duchy
is split between Upper and
Lower Lorraine. |
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Duchy of Upper Lorraine
AD 975 - 1176 |
975 - 978 |
Frederick I |
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978 - 1027 |
Thierry / Dietrich / Theodoric I |
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1027 - 1033 |
Frederick II |
Grandfather of Godfrey of Bouillon. |
1033 - 1044 |
Gozelo I of Verdun |
Duke of
Lower Lorraine (1023-1044). |
1044 - 1047 |
Godfrey II the Bearded |
Became Duke of
Lower Lorraine (1065-1069). |
1047 - 1048 |
Adalbert of Metz |
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1048 - 1070 |
Gerard of Metz |
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1070 - 1115 |
Thierry / Dietrich / Theodoric II |
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1115 - 1139 |
Simon I |
Brother of Thierry,
Count of Flanders. |
1139 - 1176 |
Matthew I |
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1176 - 1190 |
Simon II |
Duke of (a single)
Lorraine from 1190. |
1190 |
The title of Lower
Lorraine passes out of use once the dukes of Brabant gain it. Effectively, Upper Lorraine
is the only surviving Duchy of Lorraine. |
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Duchy of Lower Lorraine
AD 975 - 1100 |
975 - 991 |
Charles the Carolingian |
Son of Louis V of
France. His claim
to the crown was ignored. |
991 - 1012 |
Otto the Carolingian |
The last
Carolingian. |
1012 - 1023 |
Godfrey I of Verdun |
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1023 - 1044 |
Gozelo I of Verdun |
Became Duke of
Upper Lorraine (1033-1044). |
1044 - 1046 |
Gozelo II the Sluggard |
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1046 - 1065 |
Frederick of Luxembourg |
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1065 - 1069 |
Godfrey II the Bearded |
Duke of
Upper Lorraine (1044-1047). |
1069 - 1076 |
Godfrey III the Hunchback |
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1076 - 1087 |
Conrad II |
Conrad VI of
Franconia. |
1087 - 1100 |
Godfrey of Bouillon |
Protector of
Jerusalem
(1099-1100). |
1100 |
Lower Lorraine
passes
to the Dukes of Brabant, who cease using the title ("Lothier") in 1190,
so the duchy ceases to exist as a separate entity. Upper Lorraine survives,
now the only Duchy of Lorraine. |
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Duchy of Lorraine
AD 1190 - 1767 |
1190 - 1206 |
Simon II |
Duke of
Upper
Lorraine (1176-1190). |
1206 - 1213 |
Ferry II of Bitsch |
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1213 - 1220 |
Thiébaut I |
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1220 - 1251 |
Matthew II |
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1251 - 1303 |
Ferry III |
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1303 - 1312 |
Thiébaut II |
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1312 - 1329 |
Ferry IV |
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1329 - 1346 |
Rudolf |
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1346 - 1390 |
John I |
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1390 - 1431 |
Charles II the Bold |
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1431 - 1453 |
Isabel |
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1431 - 1453 |
René I the Good of Anjou |
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1431 - 1453 |
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John I of Calabria |
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1435 - 1442 |
The claim to the kingdom of
Naples passes to René I,
but by 1442 Alfonso V of Aragon &
Sicily conquers the duchy. |
1453 - 1470 |
John II |
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1470 - 1473 |
Nicholas |
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1473 - 1483 |
Yolanda |
Married Ferri II of Guise. |
1473 - 1508 |
René II of Guise |
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1508 - 1544 |
Anthony "il Buono" |
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1544 - 1545 |
Francis I |
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1545 - 1608 |
Charles III |
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1608 - 1624 |
Henry II |
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1624 - 1656 |
Nicola |
Married to Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. |
1625 |
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Francis II |
Died 1632. |
1625 - 1675 |
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Charles IV |
Married to Nicola,
Duchess of Lorraine. |
1675 - 1690 |
Charles V |
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1690 - 1729 |
Leopold Joseph |
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1729 - 1737 |
Francis III |
Francis I
HRE (1745-1765).
Married to Maria Theresa Habsburg. |
1737 - 1767 |
Stanislaw Lesczinski |
In the settlement of
the War of Polish Succession, 1733-1735. |
1767 |
Marie Lesczinska |
Heiress of Lorraine,
married to Louis XV of France. |
1767 |
Lorraine
passes to France through marriage. |
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