This region was annexed as a province after its final ruler died and was buried in Wawel Cathedral. The master work of architect Germain Boffrand was a chateau created for this region's duke Leopold the Good. Maria Theresa's husband Francis was also a duke of this region, bu
This region was annexed as a province after its final ruler died and was buried in Wawel Cathedral. The master work of architect Germain Boffrand was a chateau created for this region's duke Leopold the Good. Maria Theresa's husband Francis was also a duke of this region, but he lost control of it by terms of the Treaty of Vienna that ended the War of the Polish Succession. That treaty granted ownership of the Bar region and this one to Stanislaw Leszczynski, who brought luminaries to his palace in (*) Luneville. The departments of Meurthe, Vosges, Moselle, and Meuse were created out of this region during the French Revolution. This was more northern of the regions to which the original use of the word revanchisme applied. For 10 points, Nancy and Metz are located in what region, part of which was lost to Germany along with Alsace?
This region was annexed as a province after its final ruler died and was buried in Wawel Cathedral.
Lorraine [or Lotharingia; prompt on "Alsace-Lorraine"]