Upper Lorraine

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former state historical duchy

Upper Lorraine was a historical duchy in the Holy Roman Empire, centered in what is now northeastern France and parts of neighboring countries, known for its predominantly German-speaking population and strategic position between France and Germany.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Lorraine 1
Lorraine (historical region) 1
Lorraine Moselle 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former state ⓘ
historical duchy ⓘ
borderedBy Alsace NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franche-Comté NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lower Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Nancy NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dividedFrom Lower Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty House of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Ardennes NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lorrainers NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Duchy of Upper Lotharingia NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedFrom Lotharingia NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType feudal duchy ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
language French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Lorraine Franconian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Western Europe ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
present-day France ⓘ
present-day Germany ⓘ
present-day Luxembourg ⓘ
namedAfter Lothair II NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lotharingia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulerTitle Duke of Upper Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantCity Metz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Verdun NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicLocation between France and Germany ⓘ
on the Moselle River ⓘ
successor Duchy of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
French province of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
todayPartOf Grand Est region of France NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German-speaking Lorraine → locatedIn → Upper Lorraine ⓘ
Lothair II → ruledRegion → Upper Lorraine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine
Kingdom of Lotharingia → historicalRegionSuccessor → Upper Lorraine ⓘ
Duchy of Bar → partOf → Upper Lorraine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Lorraine region
Lower Lorraine → borders → Upper Lorraine ⓘ
Lower Lorraine → hasAlternativeName → Upper Lorraine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niederlothringen
Saint-Quentin Church, Scy-Chazelles → region → Upper Lorraine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine (historical region)
Moselle valley vineyards → notableCountrySection → Upper Lorraine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine Moselle