Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
| Leopold | |
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| Duke of Lorraine, Bar and of Teschen | |
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| Born |
11 September 1679 Palace of Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria |
| Died | 27 March 1729 (aged 49) Château de Lunéville Lorraine, France |
| Burial | Église Saint-François-des-Cordeliers, Nancy, France |
| Spouse | Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans |
| Issue Detail |
Léopold Clément, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor Elisabeth Theresa, Queen of Sardinia Charles Alexander of Lorraine Anne Charlotte, Abbess of Essen |
| House | House of Lorraine |
| Father | Charles V, Duke of Lorraine |
| Mother | Eleanor of Austria |
Leopold (11 September 1679 – 27 March 1729), surnamed the Good, was Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1690 to his death.
Leopold Joseph Charles Dominique Agapet Hyacinthe was the son of Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, and his wife Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, a half-sister of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.
At the time of Leopold's birth, Lorraine and Bar had been occupied by Louis XIV of France, forcing his parents to move into exile to Austria, where they lived under the protection of the Emperor. Therefore, Leopold was born in the palace of Innsbruck and received his first name in honour of the Emperor. Leopold grew up in Innsbruck, while his father would be engaged in defending Vienna against the Turks.
In 1690, his father died and eleven-year-old Leopold inherited the still occupied Duchies. His mother, trying to fulfil her husband's last wishes of returning her children to their patrimony, appealed to the Reichstag in Regensburg to restore her son to Lorraine. Leopold was sent to Vienna to receive a military education under the supervision of the Emperor. In Vienna, he grew up with his cousins, the Archdukes Joseph and Charles, both future Emperors. Leopold was also created a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece that year.
Like his father before him, he entered the Imperial Army and, aged eighteen, took part in the Siege of Timişoara in 1694. Three years later, he received the command of the Army of the Rhine.
On 30 October 1697, the Nine Years' War (aka, War of the League of Augsburg) ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick.
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