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Antoine (June 4, 1489 – June 14, 1544), known as the Good, was Duke of Lorraine from 1508–1544. On June 26, 1515, he married Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier, sister of Duke Charles III of Bourbon. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 433 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (2024 Ã— 2800 pixel, file size: 317 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Antoine, Duke of Lorraine ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 433 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (2024 Ã— 2800 pixel, file size: 317 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Antoine, Duke of Lorraine ... A 1543 portrait miniature of Hans Holbein the Younger by Lucas Horenbout Holbeins 1533 painting The Ambassadors Hans Holbein the Younger (c. ... // Events February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... Events March 14 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events April 11 - Battle of Ceresole - French forces under the Comte dEnghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near Turin. ... The Duchy of Lorraine was an independent state for most of the period of time between 843 to 1739. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events April 11 - Battle of Ceresole - French forces under the Comte dEnghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near Turin. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier (February 17, 1490 – 1527 in Rome) was Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne. ...

In 1538, he claimed the titles of Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen upon the death of Charles of Egmond, but was unable to gain possession of them. Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... Guelders (Dutch Gelre, German Geldern) is the name of a historical duchy in the Low Countries. ... The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the Dutch province of Gelderland (Zutphen being one of the major cities in the province during the medieval period). ... Charles of Egmond (1467- June 30, 1538) was Duke of Guelders between 1492 and his death. ...

Antoine was an adept of the Counter reformation. During his rule, he quelched several popular revolts. The Counter-Reformation (sometimes called the Catholic Reformation[1][2] or Catholic Revival[2]) was a movement within the Catholic Church to reform itself and to protect itself from Protestant attacks (protests), starting with the middle of the sixteenth century, in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. ...

Francis I (August 23, 1517 â€“ June 12, 1545) was briefly Duke of Lorraine from 1544 until the following year. ... Year 1517 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ... Nicholas of Lorraine-Mercoeur, Duke of Mercoeur (October 16, 1524, Bar-le-Duc â€“ January 23, 1577) was the second son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and RenÃ©e of Bourbon-Montpensier. ... Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. ... Events March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold May 28 - Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. ... January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... Events May 16 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. ... Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Anna of Lorraine (July 25, 1522 â€“ May 15, 1568, Diest) was the daughter of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and RenÃ©e de Bourbon-Montpensier. ... Events January 9 - Adrian Dedens becomes Pope Adrian VI. February 26 - Execution by hanging of CuauhtÃ©moc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan under orders of conquistador HernÃ¡n CortÃ©s. ... Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ... RenÃ© of ChÃ¢lon (February 5, 1519 â€“ July 15, 1544), also known as Renatus of ChÃ¢lon, was a Prince of the House of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Gelre. ... Prince of Orange is a title of nobility, originally associated with the principality of Orange in southern France. ... 1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ...

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