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'''Leopold Joseph''' ([[September 11]] [[1679]] – [[March 27]] [[1729]]), was [[Duke of Lorraine]] from [[1690]] to his death. |
'''Leopold Joseph''' called ''le bon (the good'') , ([[Innsbruck]], [[September 11]] [[1679]] – [[Lunéville]] , [[March 27]] [[1729]]), was [[Duke of Lorraine]] from [[1690]] to his death. |
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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 archduchess Eleanor Maria Josepha of Austria (1653-1697), daughter of [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor]]. |
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 archduchess Eleanor Maria Josepha of Austria (1653-1697), daughter of [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor]]. |
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Upon the death of his father in 1690, he is sent to Vienna for a military education . |
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He is engaged in the siege of [[Temesvar]] and is envolved on the [[Rhine]] in the finishing stages of the [[War of the Grand Alliance]]. |
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He enters [[Nancy]] on [[August 17]] [[1698]] and marries a niece of Louis XIV on [[october 13]]. His whole reign is focused on neutrality and on not enraging his powerfull neighbour. |
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He reconstructs a repopulates the war-strucken duchy encouraging immigration . |
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At the end of his reign the duchy is safe and prosperous. |
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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]]. Teschen was accordingly inherited by dukes of Lorraine, until the Lorrain [[emperor Francis I]],Leopold's son, granted it to his eldest surviving daughter, Archduchess Maria Christina, who married Prince Albert of Saxony, who thus became (the only) [[Duke of Saxe-Teschen]]. Their marriage remained childless, and upon the death of the widowed Albert, Teschen passed to their adopted son, [[Archduke Charles of Austria]], who became duke of Teschen and started the Habsburg-Lorraine branch of dukes of Teschen. |
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]]. Teschen was accordingly inherited by dukes of Lorraine, until the Lorrain [[emperor Francis I]],Leopold's son, granted it to his eldest surviving daughter, Archduchess Maria Christina, who married Prince Albert of Saxony, who thus became (the only) [[Duke of Saxe-Teschen]]. Their marriage remained childless, and upon the death of the widowed Albert, Teschen passed to their adopted son, [[Archduke Charles of Austria]], who became duke of Teschen and started the Habsburg-Lorraine branch of dukes of Teschen. |
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Revision as of 17:16, 1 June 2006
Leopold Joseph called le bon (the good) , (Innsbruck, September 11 1679 – Lunéville , March 27 1729), was Duke of Lorraine from 1690 to his death.
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 archduchess Eleanor Maria Josepha of Austria (1653-1697), daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor.
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 envolved on the Rhine in the finishing stages of the War of the Grand Alliance.
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.
He enters Nancy on August 17 1698 and marries a niece of Louis XIV on october 13. His whole reign is focused on neutrality and on not enraging his powerfull neighbour. He reconstructs a repopulates the war-strucken duchy encouraging immigration . At the end of his reign the duchy is safe and prosperous.
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. Teschen was accordingly inherited by dukes of Lorraine, until the Lorrain emperor Francis I,Leopold's son, granted it to his eldest surviving daughter, Archduchess Maria Christina, who married Prince Albert of Saxony, who thus became (the only) Duke of Saxe-Teschen. Their marriage remained childless, and upon the death of the widowed Albert, Teschen passed to their adopted son, Archduke Charles of Austria, who became duke of Teschen and started the Habsburg-Lorraine branch of dukes of Teschen.
See also: Dukes of Lorraine family tree
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