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Definition of lorraine in English English dictionary: A female given name from the French place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology; A région of France in the northeast of the country; Historical duchy of western Europe and government region of France. Originally known as Upper Lorraine and later simply as Lorraine, it was formed by the division of Lorraine (Lotharingia) into two duchies in 959. Upper Lorraine, in the region of the Meuse and Moselle rivers, was ruled by one ducal family from the 11th to the 15th century. Metz, Toul, and Verdun, outside the dukes' control, were seized by France in 1552. Lorraine came permanently under the French crown in 1766 and was divided into départements in 1790. After the Franco-Prussian War, part of Lorraine was ceded to Germany as part of Alsace-Lorraine. Roughly coextensive with the historical region of Lorraine, the current administrative région of Lorraine (pop., 1999: 2,310,376) covers 9,092 sq mi (23,547 sq km). Its capital is Metz. 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. Albright Ivan Le Lorraine Alsace Lorraine Guise François de Lorraine 2nd duke de Guise Henri I de Lorraine 3rd duke de Guise Henri II de Lorraine 5th duke de Hansberry Lorraine Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne d'Autriche Lorraine; {i} female first name; family name; region in eastern France; historical area and former province of northeast France; small town in Kansas (USA); town in the province of Quebec (Canada); town in the province of Ontario (Canada); A région of France; from the French place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology; an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits; The Memphis mistress Jason kept in The Sound and the Fury She may be the same prostitute depicted in Sanctuary; A woman in Shadow Lorraine
Lorraine Hansberry: born May 19, 1930, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died Jan. 12, 1965, New York, N.Y. U.S. playwright. Her first play was A Raisin in the Sun (1959), a penetrating psychological study of a working-class African American family in Chicago. The first drama by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, it won high critical praise and was filmed in 1961. Her next play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1964), a drama of political questioning and affirmation, had a modest Broadway run. Her promising career was cut short by her early death from cancer
lorraine cross: a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper
cross of Lorraine: A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint, and again by another horizontal bar half the length of the first, intersecting the vertical bar midway between the larger horizontal bar and the top of the vertical bar: ☨
crosses of Lorraine: plural form of cross of Lorraine
quiche lorraine: A type of quiche, originally from the area of Lorraine in France, made with cheese and bacon
Alsace Lorraine: region in northeastern France
Alsace-Lorraine: Area, eastern France. It is now usually considered to include the present-day French departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle. The area was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War. It was returned to France after World War I, occupied by the Germans in World War II, then again restored to France. French prewar governmental policies that had clashed with the region's particularism have since been modified. The German dialect known as Alsatian remains the lingua franca, and both French and German are taught in the schools
Claude Gellée de Lorraine: {i} Claude Lorrain (1600-1682), French painter of the Baroque period
François de Lorraine 2nd duke de Guise: born Feb. 24, 1519, Bar, France died Feb. 24, 1563, Orléans French soldier and loyal servant to the French crown, the greatest figure produced by the house of Guise. He fought in Francis I's army and was badly wounded at the siege of Boulogne (1545), earning him the nickname "the Scarred." He led French armies in other victories against the English and the Spanish. On the accession of Francis II (1559), Guise became grand master of the royal household. The Bourbons launched a conspiracy to overthrow the Guises, who learned of the plot and ruthlessly suppressed it (1560). When Catherine de Médicis became regent (1560), she supported the Bourbons (who were leaders of the Huguenot movement) and religious toleration and was against the Guises and Catholic dominance. The first of the resultant Wars of Religion again showed Guise to be an outstanding soldier. He was assassinated by a Huguenot in 1563
Henri I de Lorraine 3rd duke de Guise: born Dec. 31, 1550 died Dec. 23, 1588, Blois, France French leader of the Catholic party and the Holy League during the French Wars of Religion. When Catherine de Médicis turned to the Guises in 1572 for help in removing the Huguenot Gaspard II de Coligny, Henri, who blamed Coligny for the murder of his father, the 2nd duke de Guise, helped plan the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day. Fearing Guise's growing popularity, Henry III made peace with the Huguenots in 1576, and Guise angrily countered by forming the Holy League. After Guise's victory in the War of the Three Henrys (1588), Henry was forced to surrender to the Holy League's demands, and Guise was appointed lieutenant general of France. Soon afterward the king's bodyguard stabbed Guise to death; the next day his brother, Louis II (1555-88), Cardinal de Guise, was also murdered
Henri II de Lorraine 5th duke de Guise: born April 4, 1614, Blois, France died June 2, 1664 French leader of the house of Guise. He was already archbishop of Rheims when he became duke de Guise in 1640. After being sentenced to death for his part in a conspiracy against Cardinal de Richelieu (1641), he fled to Brussels and commanded the Austrian troops against France. He unsuccessfully led the Neapolitans in their war against Spain (1647, 1654), then spent the rest of his life at the French court, trying unsuccessfully to revive the power of the Guise dynasty
Ivan Le Lorraine Albright: born Feb. 20, 1897, North Harvey, Ill., U.S. died Nov. 18, 1983, Woodstock, Vt. U.S. painter. He was the son of a painter. Independently wealthy, he studied at various institutions, developing a meticulously detailed style and often spending several years of painstaking work on a single painting. With pinpoint exactness and hallucinatory hyperclarity, he repeatedly depicted decay, corruption, and the wreckage of age, often with great emotional intensity. Among his important works is That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (1931-41). He gained fame with his portrait (1943-44) of the title character in the film The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), depicting the final stage of Gray's dissolute life
Marie-Antoinette -Josèphe-Jeanne d'Autriche-Lorraine: born Nov. 2, 1755, Vienna died Oct. 16, 1793, Paris, France Queen consort of Louis XVI of France. The daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, she was married in 1770 to the French dauphin. After he became king (1774), she was criticized for her extravagance and frivolous circle of court favourites. She was unjustly implicated in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace (1786), which discredited the monarchy. After the French Revolution began, she influenced Louis to resist attempts by the National Assembly to restrict the royal prerogative. She became the target of agitators, who attributed to her the celebrated remark, after being told the people had no bread, "Let them eat cake!" She tried to save the crown by negotiating secretly with monarchist factions and with her brother, Emperor Leopold II. News of her intrigues further enraged the French and led to the overthrow of the monarchy (1792). After a year in prison, she was tried and guillotined in 1793
claude lorraine glass: A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape
quiche lorraine: quiche made with cheese and bacon