Nossoncourt is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Vosges

Vosges

Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...

 department in Lorraine

Lorraine (région)

Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...

 in northeastern France

France

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History

Nossoncourt was a lordship and the local capital or a territory which also included the modern communes of Anglemont

Anglemont

Anglemont is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France....

, Bazien

Bazien

Bazien is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France....

, Sainte-Barbe

Sainte-Barbe

-In France:* Sainte-Barbe, Moselle, in the Moselle département* Sainte-Barbe, Vosges, in the Vosges département* Sainte-Barbe-sur-Gaillon, in the Eure département...

, Ménil-sur-Belvitte

Ménil-sur-Belvitte

Ménil-sur-Belvitte is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.Inhabitants are called Ménilois.-Geography:The village is equidistant between Rambervillers and Baccarat, approximately from each...

, Ménarmont

Ménarmont

Ménarmont is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.-Geography:The village is on the northern edge of the Vosges, on the departmental frontier with the département of Meurthe et Moselle....

 et Xaffévillers

Xaffévillers

Xaffévillers is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.-Geography:The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the Belvitte, a tributary of the Mortagne, which forms most ot the commune's western border....

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According to a title document dated 1345 it was one of the earliest fiefs

Fiefs

Fiefs may refer to:* Fiefdom* Fiefs, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France...

 belonging to the Bishopric of Metz

Bishopric of Metz

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The Thirty Years War brought destruction to many villages in the contested territories between France

France

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 and The Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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. Nossoncourt was destroyed by a Swedish army

Swedish Army

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 in 1635, the Swedes being at that point allies of the French

France

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 and enemies of the Dukes of Lorraine.

During the twentieth century wars the village was again the scene of violent fighting notably in 1914 and in the Autumn/Fall of 1944.