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Charles IV (5 April 1604, Nancy – 18 September 1675, Allenbach) was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 to 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, Nicholas Francis, and again from 1661 until 1675 (his death).
After the death of Gerard's son Theodoric IV, a bloody succession dispute broke out in 1330 between the sons of Theodoric, Simon I and Theodoric V, and their cousin Gerard II after Simon took the lordship for himself.
Balfour notably served as Scottish Ambassador to the Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Duke of Lorraine in 1606 and was a member of the Scottish Privy Council.
The Dukes of Lorraine controlled the transit of salt and wheat towards the mountains, and imposed a 'protection levy' on the 'Saulniers Way', a well frequented trade route across the mountains towards Sélestat and Saales.
He was a friend of Bernard of Clairvaux and he built many abbeys in his duchy, including that of Sturzelbronn in 1135.
William was son of Roger de Huntingfield and Alice de Senlis who was a granddaughter of Simon I.