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LE DUC DE LORRAINE, Charles III., called "the Great," was the son of Francis I., Duke of Lorraine, and of Christina of Denmark, niece of the Emperor Charles V. He was born at Nancy, February 15, 1543. After the death of his father in 1546, his mother ruled over the Duchy during the minority of her son.
He was sent to Paris and in 1559 married Claude, daughter of Henry II. He subsequently took charge of the affairs of his state, and ruled long and peacefully, dying at Nancy, May 14, 1608. COURRE LA BAGUE, "riding at the ring." Courre is an old infinitive of the verb courir, used only in a few expressions, as: courre le cerf.
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