Fleuranges
Fleuranges may refer to: * Robert III de La Marck, son of the seigneur of Fleuranges * Florange Florange (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Fléischengen''/''Fléschéngen''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Climate Climate in area is mild with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitat ...

Robert III De La Marck
Robert III de La Marck (1491, Sedan, Ardennes – 1537), ''Seigneur'' of Fleuranges, was a Marshal of France and historian. Self-styled "The Young Adventurer," he was one of Francis I's close companions in the last years of Louis XII's life, and remained close after Francis ascended the throne. Robert campaigned with Francis' Italian campaigns being captured at Pavia. During his imprisonment he wrote a personal history. Upon being freed, and hearing of his father's death, he set out for Amboise, but was stricken by illness and died at Longjumeau in 1537. Biography Born in 1491, Robert was the son of Robert II de la Marck; Duke of Bouillon, ''Seigneur'' of Sedan and Fleuranges, and Catherine de Croÿ. A fondness for military exercises displayed itself in his earliest years, and at the age of ten, Robert was sent to the court of Louis XII, and placed in charge of the count of Angoulême, afterwards King Francis I. In 1510 he married a niece of the cardinal d'Amboise, Guillemett ...
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