Place details
Place nameLorraine
Other namesLothringen, Lotharingia, Lotharii Regnum
Latitude49
Longitude6
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area of northwestern Europe contained in modern Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Alsace-Lorraine (France) and northwestern Germany; kingdom was established when the Carolingian empire split; was divided into two duchies in 959; ruled by ducal family from the 11th century; held permanently by France from 1766, except when it went to Germany (with Alsace) for a time after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871; see also the modern region of Lorraine, France.