LORRAINE


Meaning of LORRAINE in English

n.

or Lotharingia

Medieval region, present-day northeastern France.

By the Treaty of Verdun (843), it became part of the realm of Lothar I . Inherited by his son Lothar, it became the kingdom of Lotharingia. After Lothar's death, it was contested by Germany and France and came under German control in 925.

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