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Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine

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Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine

Birth
Luneville, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
Death
4 Jul 1780 (aged 67)
Tervuren, Arrondissement Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Brussels, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Add to Map
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Prince of Lorraine and Bar. Austrian governor of the Netherlands, 1744-1780. Popular and enlightened, but a poor military leader who was defeated by Frederick the Great. His tomb in the pictured chapel of the cathedral was destroyed during the revolutionary period.
Prince of Lorraine and Bar. Austrian governor of the Netherlands, 1744-1780. Popular and enlightened, but a poor military leader who was defeated by Frederick the Great. His tomb in the pictured chapel of the cathedral was destroyed during the revolutionary period.

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On October 22, 1780, the heart of H.R.H. Duke Charles-Alexander of Lorraine, eleventh child of Leopold, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Governor of the Netherlands, who died in Brussels on the previous July 4, was placed on the coffin of H.R.H.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19233/charles-alexandre-de_lorraine: accessed ), memorial page for Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine (12 Dec 1712–4 Jul 1780), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19233, citing Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, Brussels, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium; Maintained by Find a Grave.