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Lorraine (historical region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area of northwestern Europe contained in modern Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Alsace-Lorraine (France), and northwestern Germany. The kingdom was established when the Carolingian empire split; it was divided into two duchies in 959. It was ruled by a ducal family from the 11th century. It was held permanently by France from 1766, except when it went to Germany (with Alsace) for a time after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. See also the modern region of Lorraine, France. |
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| Lorraine (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Lorraine (French-P,U,N)
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| Lotharii Regnum (H,V,Latin-P,U,N)
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............ | Latin for "kingdom of Lothair," named by Lothair II (died 869) |
| Lotharingia (H,V)
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............ | name really applies to medieval kingdom of Lorraine, later divided |
| Lothringen (H,V,Germanic language,U,N)
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............ | named for grandson of Charlemagne, Lothair I |
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| historical region (preferred, C) |
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established 843 |
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(World, Europe, France) [7002888] |
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