The County of Bar , later Duchy of Bar , was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the pays de Barrois and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc . It was held by the House of Montbéliard from the 11th century. Part of the county, the so-called Barrois mouvant , became a fief of the Kingdom of France in 1301 and was elevated to a duchy in 1354. The Barrois non-mouvant remained a part of the Empire. From 1480, it was united to the imperial Duchy of Lorraine .
18-454: (Redirected from Emperor Friedrich III ) Frederick III may refer to: Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine (died 1033) Frederick III, Duke of Swabia (1122–1190) Friedrich III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1220–1297) Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (1240–1302) Frederick III of Sicily (1272–1337), also known as Frederick II of Sicily Frederick III of Germany (1289–1330), nicknamed
36-539: A sister of the queen of France, Adele . His son, Henry I , died on the Third Crusade in 1190. From 1214 to 1291 Bar was ruled by Henry II and Theobald II , who secured the western frontier with Champagne by granting fiefs to French nobles and buying their homage . In 1297 King Philip IV of France invaded the Barrois because Count Henry III had given aid to his father-in-law, Edward I of England , when
54-413: Is completely obscure. Even his regent is unknown. He died young and his county of Bar passed to his sister Sophie while Lorraine was given to Gothelo I , Duke of Lower Lorraine . This biographical article of a European noble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Count of Bar Both imperial Bar and Lorraine came under the influence of France in 1735, with Bar ceded to
72-588: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine Frederick III ( c. 1020 – 1033) was the Count of Bar and Duke of Upper Lorraine from the death of his father, Frederick II , in 1026 or 1027 to his own death. His mother was Matilda of Swabia , daughter of Herman II, Duke of Swabia . His father had been co-duke since 1019 and his grandfather, Thierry I , continued to reign until his own death in 1027 or 1028. His reign
90-525: The prévôté of Virton , a part of the Duchy of Luxembourg , and annexed it to Bar. In 1484 Peter II, Duke of Bourbon , regent for King Charles VIII of France , formally installed him in the Duchy of Bar. In his final testament published in 1506, René decreed that the two duchies of Bar and Lorraine should never be separated. The two duchies remained joined in personal union permanently. On 2 October 1735
108-425: The counts of Champagne , who had made incursions into Frederick's allodial lands . Frederick also confiscated some lands from the nearby Abbey of Saint-Mihiel and settled his knights on it. The original Barrois was thus a mixture of the duke's allodial lands and confiscated church lands enfeoffed to knights. On the death of Duke Frederick III in 1033, these lands passed to his sister, Sophia (died 1093), who
126-778: The Fair, King of the Romans and previously Duke Frederick I of Austria Frederick III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1327–1353) Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332–1381) Frederick III, Margrave of Meissen (1332–1381) Frederick III the Simple (1341–1377), King of Sicily Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347–1362) Frederick III, Count of Moers (1354–1417) Frederick III, Count of Veldenz (died 1444) Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415–1493) Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1424–1495) Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463–1525), also known as Frederick
144-550: The Meuse" ( German : Herzogtum von der Maß ) as a voting member of the Reichstag . In 1430 the last duke of the male line of the ruling house, Louis , died. Bar passed to his great-nephew, René I , who was married to Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine . In 1431 the couple inherited Lorraine. On René's death in 1480, Bar passed to his daughter Yolanda and her son, René II , who was already Duke of Lorraine. In 1482 he conquered
162-710: The Polish throne (although he was allowed to retain the royal title). In August, France and the Empire finalized their agreement concerning the exchange of territories. The emperor renounced his suzerainty over Bar and Lorraine. On 30 September 1736, Stanislaus signed a convention, known as the Declaration of Meudon, whereby the French king would appoint the governor of Lorraine. On 8 February 1737, Stanislaus took possession of Bar and on 21 March of Lorraine. On 18 November 1738,
180-1232: The Wise Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515–1576) Frederick III, Duke of Legnica (1520–1570) Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597–1659) Frederick III of Denmark (1609–1670) Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1616–1634) Frederick III of Brandenburg (1657–1713), also Frederick I of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg Frederick III, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1673–1746) Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1699–1772) Frederick Philipse III (1720–1786) Frederick III, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg (1744–1794) Friedrich III, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1747–1837) Frederick III, Duke of Wurttemberg (1754–1816) Frederick III, German Emperor (1831–1888) See also [ edit ] Emperor Frederick III (disambiguation) Frederick William III (disambiguation) Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony (1750–1827), who then became King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865–1932), king of Saxony 1904–1918 Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851–1897) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
198-465: The deposed king of Poland, Stanisław Leszczyński . According to the Treaty of Vienna (1738) , the duchy would pass to the French crown upon Stanisław's death, which occurred in 1766. The county of Bar originated in the frontier fortress of Bar (from Latin barra , barrier) that Duke Frederick I of Upper Lorraine built on the bank of the river Ornain around 960. The fortress was originally directed at
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#1732791498099216-403: The final Treaty of Vienna was signed. Stanislaus turned over the incomes from Bar and Lorraine to the French crown in exchange for a generous pension, which he used to fund construction projects in the duchies. On his death on 23 February 1766 the duchies passed to the royal domain of France as per the treaty. All the dates are regnal dates. All rulers before Sophia ruled Bar, but did not use
234-719: The latter intervened against France in the Franco-Flemish War . In the Treaty of Bruges of 1301 Henry was forced to recognise all of his county west of the river Meuse as a fief of France. This was the origin of the Barrois mouvant : a territory that was turned into a fief was said to have "moved" and entered the mouvance of its suzerain. It was subject to the Parliament of Paris . The Treaty of Bruges did not represent any expansion of French territory. The territory to
252-620: The preliminary Treaty of Vienna between France and the Empire was drawn up, ending the War of the Polish Succession and granting Bar and Lorraine to the deposed king of Poland, Stanislaus Leszczynski . It was agreed that he should receive Bar immediately, but for Lorraine he had to wait until the death of Grand Duke Gian Gastone of Tuscany (which took place on 9 July 1737), so that the deposed duke of Lorraine could inherit Tuscany. In January 1736, Stanislaus formally renounced his claim to
270-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick_III&oldid=1216789262 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
288-610: The west of the Meuse was French since the Treaty of Verdun of 843, but in 1301 it became a direct fief of the crown, including its allodial parts. In 1354 the Count of Bar took the ducal title and was thereafter recognised as a Peer of France . Père Anselme (died 1694) believed that Count Robert had been created a duke by King John II of France in preparation for the count's marriage to John's daughter, Mary . The rulers of Bar were not created dukes by imperial appointment. The only title Count Robert received by imperial grant in 1354
306-503: Was that of Margrave of Pont-à-Mousson . This margraviate was frequently bestowed by the Dukes of Bar on their heirs apparent. In that same year the emperor raised the County of Luxembourg into a duchy and Bar fell between two duchies, Luxembourg and Upper Lorraine. The ducal title was eventually accepted by the emperors, however, and the imperial tax register of 1532 records the "Duchy on
324-492: Was the first person to associate the comital title with Bar, styling herself "Countess of Bar". Sophia's descendants, of the House of Montbéliard , expanded Bar "by usurpation, conquest, purchase, and marriage" into a de facto autonomous state perched between France and Germany . Its population was francophone and culturally French, and the counts were involved in French politics. Count Reginald II (died 1170) married Agnes,
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