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Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
1780Jul, 4

Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
Prince Charles Alexander Emanuel of Lorraine (French: Charles Alexandre Emanuel, Prince de Lorraine; German: Karl Alexander von Lothringen und Bar; 12 December 1712 in Lunéville – 4 July 1780 in Tervuren) was a Lorraine-born Austrian general and soldier, field marshal of the Imperial Army, and governor of the Austrian Netherlands.

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