State · 959 – 1766
Duchy of Lorraine
A state of 959 – 1766 — 807 years in Europe. It was replaced by Lorraine and Barrois. The atlas records 2 things within it — people 2. Its line of rulers holds 4 people. Its own article says it was conquered by France.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 807 years
- 959 – 1766
- Rulers
- 4
- the Duke of Lorraine
- Most ground
- 17,400 km²
- in 1700
- Within it
- 2
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Lorraine and Barrois · replaced by
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by France, 1766-02-23. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
When Stanisław died on 23 February 1766, Lorraine was annexed by France and reorganized as the province of Lorraine and Barrois.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine | 959 – 978 | 19 years | ending not on record | |
| Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine | 977 – 991 | 14 years | ending not on record | |
| John II of Lorraine | 1453 – 1470 | 17 years | ending not on record | |
| Stanisław Leszczyński | 1737 – 1766 | 29 years | ending not on record |
4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 959 – 1766. Median reign 18 years. 1 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
17,100 km² in 1434, 17,400 km² in 1766; at its largest 17,400 km² in 1766. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedBlason Lorraine · CC BY-SA 3.0 
flag, undatedFlag of Lorraine · CC0
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1500 – 15991 row
- Franz von Mercy · commander · 1597 – 1645
1600 – 16991 row
- Leopold, Duke of Lorraine · commander · 1679 – 1729
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood807 years
stood longer than 95% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held17,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 20% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median19 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 59% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 878 – 1847, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1700, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q155019 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.