Lorraine

Lorraine can refer to:

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• the independent duchy and later French province of Lorraine: see Lorraine (province).
• the modern-day French administrative région of Lorraine, which is larger than the historical province of Lorraine, as it includes other provinces and areas which historically were separate from Lorraine proper: see Lorraine (région).

Lorraine is historically often confused with:

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• the medieval duchy Lotharingia, from 959 splitted into the duchy of Lower Lotharingia and Upper Lotharingia.
 
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