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Charles, prince of Lorraine and Bar

Austrian governor of The Netherlands
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German:
Karl, Prinz Von Lothringen und Bar
Born:
Dec. 12, 1712, Lunéville, Lorraine [now in France]
Died:
July 4, 1780, Castle Tervuren, Austrian Netherlands [now in Belgium] (aged 67)

Charles, prince of Lorraine and Bar (born Dec. 12, 1712, Lunéville, Lorraine [now in France]—died July 4, 1780, Castle Tervuren, Austrian Netherlands [now in Belgium]) was an Austrian field marshal and administrator whose exemplary governorship of the Austrian Netherlands overshadowed his questionable military talents. When his eldest brother, Francis, married the future Habsburg empress Maria Theresa in 1736, Charles joined the Austrian army and campaigned against the Turks (1737–39) and Prussia, France, and Bavaria in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) with varying success. Marrying Maria Theresa’s younger sister Maria Anna in 1744, he became governor of the Austrian ...(100 of 164 words)

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