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CHARLES IV

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 934 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES IV . or III. (1604-1675), See also:duke of See also:Lorraine, was a son of Duke See also:Francis II., and was See also:born on the 5th of See also:April 1604. He became duke on the See also:abdication of his See also:father in 1624, and obtained the duchy of See also:Bar through his See also:marriage with his See also:cousin See also:Nicole (d. 1657), daughter of Duke See also:Henry. Mixing in the tortuous politics of his See also:time, he was in continual conflict with the See also:crown of See also:France, and spent much of his time in assisting her enemies and in losing and regaining his duchies (see LORRAINE) . He lived an adventurous See also:life, and in the intervals between his several struggles with France fought for the See also:emperor See also:Ferdinand II. at See also:Nordlingen and elsewhere; talked of succouring Charles I. in See also:England; and after the conclusion of the treaty of See also:Westphalia in 1648 entered the service of See also:Spain. He died on the 18th of See also:September 1675, leaving by his second wife, Beatrix de Cusance (d. 1663), a son, Charles Henry, See also:count of Vaudemont (1642-1723).

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