Leopold, Duc de Lorraine

Leopold Joseph called le bon (the good) , (Innsbruck, September 11, 1679 – Lunéville , March 27, 1729), was Duke of Lorraine from 1690 to his death. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ... Lunéville is a commune in the French région of Lorraine. ... is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... The Duchy of Lorraine was an independent state for most of the period of time between 843 to 1739. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ...

Before 1697 and from 1702 to 1714, his duchy was occupied by France. He was the son of duke Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, exiled in the Austrian court, and Eleonora Maria Josefa, Archduchess of Austria(1653-1697), daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. Events September 11 - Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed Ottoman army of Mustafa II September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 – St Pauls Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... Charles Léopold Nicolas Sixte (April 3, 1643 – April 18, 1690), was the titular Duke of Lorraine from 1675 to 1690, a time when Lorraine was occupied by France. ... Eleanora Maria, Archduchess of Austria Archduchess Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, (21 May 1653 Regensburg, Germany - 17 Dec 1697 Vienna, Austria) was the daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Mantua, and was the Queen Consort of Poland-Lithuania, and Duchess of Lorraine. ... Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (July 13, 1608 – April 2, 1657), ruled February 15, 1637 – 1657. ...

Upon the death of his father in 1690, he is sent to Vienna for a military education . He is engaged in the siege of Temesvar and is involved on the Rhine in the finishing stages of the War of the Grand Alliance. Map of Romania showing Timisoara Timişoara (Hungarian: Temesvár, German: Temeswar or Temeschburg, Serbian: Temišvar, Turkish: Tamışvar) is a city in western Romania, in the Banat region, Timiş county, population 329,554 in 2000. ... It has been suggested that River Rhine Pollution: November 1986 be merged into this article or section. ... Nine Years War redirects here. ...

Leopold recovered Lorraine in 1697, lost by his father to Louis XIV of France, under the dispositions of the Treaty of Ryswick, which returned Lorraine and the Duchy of Bar to the ducal family. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Lorraine (province). ... “Sun King” redirects here. ... The Treaty of Ryswick was signed on 20 September 1697 and named after Ryswick (also known as Rijswijk) in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands). ... In the middle of the 10th century, the territory of Bar (Barrois) formed a dependency of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

He entered Nancy on August 17, 1698 and married a niece of Louis XIV on October 13. His whole reign was focused on neutrality and on not enraging his powerful neighbour. He reconstructed and repopulated his war-stricken duchy, encouraging immigration . At the end of his reign the duchy was safe and prosperous. Nancy (IPA pronounciation ; archaic German: ; Luxembourgish: Nanzeg) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région of northeastern France. ... is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Under his reign, the castle of Lunéville was built. It was called the Lorraine Versailles . Lunéville is a commune in the French région of Lorraine. ...

Marriage and children

On October 13, 1698 at Fontainebleau he married Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676 - 1744), daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and of Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... Coordinates Administration Country Region ÃŽle-de-France Department Seine-et-Marne (sous-préfecture) Arrondissement Fontainebleau Canton Fontainebleau (chief town) Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Fontainebleau-Avon Mayor Frédéric Valletoux (2005-2008) Statistics Altitude 42–150 (avg. ... Elisabeth Charlotte of Orléans Princess Elisabeth Charlotte of Orléans, named Mademoiselle de Chartres (Saint-Cloud, September 13, 1676 - Commercy, December 23, 1744) was a French Royal Princess and Duchess of Lorraine. ... Philippe I, duc dOrléans (September 21, 1640 – June 8, 1701), known as Monsieur--as the French Kings eldest brother was traditionally called--at the French court from 1660, was the son of Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and younger brother of Louis XIV of... Elizabeth, Princess Palatine by Nicolas de Largillière (Château de Chantilly) Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (May 27, 1652 in Heidelberg - October 9 or December 8, 1722 at the Château of Saint-Cloud near Paris), known in French as la princesse Palatine and in German as Liselotte von der...

They had 13 children :

• Léopold (26 Aug 1699 - 2 April 1700)
• Elisabeth Charlotte (21 Oct 1700 - 4 May 1711)
• Louise Christine (13 Nov 1701 - 18 Nov 1701)
• Marie Gabrièle Charlotte (30 Dec 1702 - 11 May 1711)
• Louis (28 Jan 1704 - 10 May 1711)
• Josepha Gabrièle (16 Feb 1705 - 25 Mar 1708)
• Gabrièle Louise (4 Mar 1706 - 13 June 1710)
• Léopold Clement Charles (25 April 1707 - 4 June 1723)
• Francis Stephen (8 Dec 1708 - 18 Aug 1765), his successor, married Maria Theresa of Austria and became Holy Roman Emperor.
• Eléonore (4 June 1710 - 28 July 1710)
• Elisabeth Therese (15 Oct 1711 - 3 July 1741), married in 1737 Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.
• Charles Alexander Emmanuel (12 Dec 1712 - 4 July 1780), governor of the Austrian Netherlands and army commander.
• Anne Charlotte (1714 - 1773), abbesse at Essen.

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Expansion

In 1708, his cousin Charles IV, Duke of Mantua, was deposed by the emperor, and later died without legitimate heirs, and the House of Gonzaga went extinct in male line. The Lorraines represented an opinion that the Duchy of Montferrat, which was inheritable by females, belonged to them as Charles' next heir. The emperor, who had used Montferrat as a reward in his arrangements and ceded it to the Dukes of Savoy, finally compensated it to the Lorraines by allotting the Silesian duchy of Teschen. The Duchy of Mantua was ruled by the Gonzaga family from 1328 to 1708. ... Montferrat was a marquisate in Lombardy during the Middle Ages. ... This article is about the Polish dialect. ... Duchy of Cieszyn (Polish Księstwo cieszyńskie) was an independent duchy in the area of Cieszyn Silesia. ...

See also

• Dukes of Lorraine family tree