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René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II
(2 May 1451 – 10 December 1508) was
Count of Vaudémont
from 1470,
Duke of Lorraine
from 1473, and
Duke of Bar
from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the
Kingdom of Naples
and the County of
Provence
as the
Duke of Calabria
1480–1493 and as
King of Naples
and
Jerusalem
1493–1508. He succeeded his uncle
John of Vaudémont
as
Count of Harcourt
in 1473, exchanging it for the county of
Aumale
in 1495. He succeeded as
Count of Guise
in 1504.
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