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of his uncles, John of Puisaye, Theobald, Bishop of Liège, and Renaud, Bishop of Metz (his mother

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had been dead since 1298).

Life

Born in 1294, Edward was the son of Henry III, Count of Bar, and Eleanor of England. In 1308, he accompanied Frederick IV of Lorraine into battle. In 1310, he married Mary, daughter of

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and Agnes of France, and was declared to have attained his majority. Edward purchased the Lordship of

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from his uncle John, the aforementioned Lord of

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. In 1313, he was captured in battle against Frederick and not ransomed until 1314. Edward constructed a hydraulic forge at Moyeuvre-Grande in 1323. In 1324, he was again allied with the Duke of Lorraine, and also with John, King of Bohemia, and the

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. This operation was the War of Metz, for each of the allied lords was owed something by the citizens of Metz. Edward demanded compensation for garrisoning the city with his own troops during a conflict with the Bishop of Verdun. In 1336, Edward died in a shipwreck off the coast of

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, Cyprus, while en route to a

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Marriage & issue

Edward and Marie had: * Henry IV, his successor *Eleanor (died 1332), married (1330) Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine, son of Frederick IV and Elisabeth of Austria, of the

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*Beatrice, married Guido Gonzaga, Lord of

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, member of the

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* * * 1290s births 1336 deaths Counts of Bar House of Montbelliard 14th-century regents Regents of Lorraine {{France-noble-stub