until his death. Louis was the son of Count Louis I of Flanders, and Countess Margaret I of Burgundy, daughter of King Philip V of France. He was baptised...
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Louis I (c. 1304 – 26 August 1346, ruled 1322–1346) was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel. He was the son of Louis I, Count of Nevers, and Joan, Countess...
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of Burgundy by marriage to Philip I, Duke of Burgundy and Philip II, Duke of Burgundy. Margaret was the only surviving child and heir of Count Louis II...
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The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by...
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Robert II, Count of Flanders (c. 1065 – 5 October 1111) was Count of Flanders from 1093 to 1111. He became known as Robert of Jerusalem (Robertus Hierosolimitanus)...
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called Robert of Béthune and nicknamed The Lion of Flanders (De Leeuw van Vlaanderen), was the Count of Nevers from 1273 and Count of Flanders from 1305 until...
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Great", was the first Count of Flanders. Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. Through...
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Theoderic claimed the County of Flanders, but another cousin, William Clito, became count instead with the support of King Louis VI of France. William's politics...
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Baldwin Iron Arm, Count of Flanders († 879) Baldwin II the Bald, Count of Flanders († 918) Arnulf I the Great, Count of Flanders († 965) Elftrude, born...
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Baldwin II (1056–1098?) was count of Hainaut from 1071 to his death. He was an unsuccessful claimant to the County of Flanders. He disappeared in Anatolia...
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VII of Flanders (1093 – 17 July 1119) was Count of Flanders from 1111 to 1119. Baldwin was the son of Count Robert II of Flanders and Clementia of Burgundy...
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Philip of Alsace, was count of Flanders from 1168 to 1191. During his rule Flanders prospered economically. He took part in two crusades and died of disease...
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daughter of Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, and Marie of Champagne. Called the Black (la Noire) due to her scandalous life, the children of both...
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and Margaret III of Flanders. He succeeded his brothers, John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Anthony, Duke of Brabant, as Count of Nevers and Rethel...
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Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (Dutch: Filips; 24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905), was the third born and second surviving son of King Leopold I of Belgium...
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John the Fearless (redirect from John I, Count of Flanders)
Philip the Bold of Burgundy and Countess Margaret III of Flanders. On the death of his maternal grandfather Count Louis II of Flanders in 1384, he received...
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lord of Dampierre from 1231 and count of Flanders from 1247 until his death. He was the son of William II of Dampierre and Margaret II of Flanders. Margaret...
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son of William II of Dampierre and Margaret II of Flanders. The death of his elder brother William in a tournament made him joint Count of Flanders with...
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rebellion of Ghent (led by Philip van Artevelde) against Louis II, Count of Flanders. The city of Ghent had rebelled against their lord, count Louis II of Flanders...
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Thomas II (c. 1199 – 7 February 1259) was the Lord of Piedmont from 1233 to his death, Count of Flanders jure uxoris from 1237 to 1244, and regent of the...
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Philip the Bold (redirect from Philip II, Count of Flanders)
Battle of Poitiers. On 19 June 1369, Philip married the 19-year-old Margaret, daughter of Count Louis II of Flanders, who later inherited the County of Flanders...
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Agincourt. Anthony was the son of Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, and brother of John the Fearless. When his great-aunt...
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Herbert II (died 23 February 943), Count of Vermandois, Count of Meaux, and Count of Soissons. He was the first to exercise power over the territory that...
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Louis I (1272 – 22 July 1322) was suo jure Count of Nevers and jure uxoris Count of Rethel. Louis was a son of Robert III, Count of Flanders, and Yolande...
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a young age Baldwin II (c. 866 – 918), who succeeded as margrave of Flanders Ralph (c. 869 – murdered 896), who became count of Cambrai around 888; he...
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Dutch: Ferrand; 24 March 1188 – 27 July 1233) reigned as jure uxoris Count of Flanders and Hainaut from his marriage to Countess Joan, celebrated in Paris...
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husband was killed in the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346. He and Margaret had one son, Count Louis II of Flanders, who succeeded his father and for...
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Charles, Count of Flanders (Dutch: Karel, German: Karl; 10 October 1903 – 1 June 1983) was a member of the Belgian royal family who served as regent of Belgium...
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Louis II of Flanders (1330–1384) Louis II d'Évreux (1336–1400) Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337–1410) Louis II, Count of Blois (died 1346) Louis II of...
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III 1355–1406 Joanna Counts of Flanders: 1357–1384 Louis II, Count of Flanders 1384–1405 Margaret III, Countess of Flanders Dukes of Brabant: from 1406...
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