<page_title> List of rulers of Lorraine </page_title> <section_title> House of Lorraine </section_title> <table> <cell> Charles IV <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> abdicated in favour of his brother <col_header> Note </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nicholas II <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 19 January 1634 <col_header> Start term </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1 April 1634 <col_header> End term </col_header> </cell> <cell> Charles IV <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 18 September 1675 <col_header> End term </col_header> </cell> <cell> nominally restored as a result of his brother's abdication; Lorraine was occupied by France, and the Duke in exile, from 1634 to 1661 and again from 1670 until his death <col_header> Note </col_header> </cell> </table>
Charles IV was Duke of Lorraine until his death in 1675, with an interruption in 1634, when he abdicated in favor of his brother, Nicholas.