From the end of fourteenth century, following example king France, dukes Bar and Lorraine ennobled their most zealous servants. Later, under house Anjou, number ennoblements increased. Yet it was reigns René II (1473-1508), Antoine (1508-1544), above all Charles III (1545-1608) that significantlyrose. very start, this new noble elite distinguished itself from original nobility by means differen...