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The county of Boulogne (Dutch: Bonen) was a historical region in the Low Countries
Low Countries

The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers....
. It consisted of a part of the present-day French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 département of the Nord
Nord (département)

Nord is a departments of France in the far north of France. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of County of Flanders and County of Hainaut , and the Archdiocese of Cambrai....
 (French Flanders
French Flanders

French Flanders is a part of the historical, originally Dutch-speaking region Flanders in present-day France. The region today lies in the modern-day Regions of France of Nord-Pas de Calais, the Departments of France of Nord , and roughly corresponds to the Arrondissements of France of Arrondissement of Lille, Arrondissement of Douai and Arr...
), in parts of which there is still a Flemish-speaking minority.

In Roman times, Boulogne was situated in the Roman provinces of Belgica and inhabited by Celtic tribes, until Germanic peoples
Germanic peoples

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
 replaced them and made an end to roman imperial rule
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
.

Its most important city was Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer

Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France of the Departments of France of Pas-de-Calais.The population of the city was 44,859 in the 1999 census, whereas that of the whole metropolitan area was 135,116....
.

Today the historic county of is an integral part of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

city of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer

Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France of the Departments of France of Pas-de-Calais.The population of the city was 44,859 in the 1999 census, whereas that of the whole metropolitan area was 135,116....
 became the centre of the county of Boulogne in the 9th century.






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The county of Boulogne (Dutch: Bonen) was a historical region in the Low Countries
Low Countries

The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers....
. It consisted of a part of the present-day French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 département of the Nord
Nord (département)

Nord is a departments of France in the far north of France. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of County of Flanders and County of Hainaut , and the Archdiocese of Cambrai....
 (French Flanders
French Flanders

French Flanders is a part of the historical, originally Dutch-speaking region Flanders in present-day France. The region today lies in the modern-day Regions of France of Nord-Pas de Calais, the Departments of France of Nord , and roughly corresponds to the Arrondissements of France of Arrondissement of Lille, Arrondissement of Douai and Arr...
), in parts of which there is still a Flemish-speaking minority.

In Roman times, Boulogne was situated in the Roman provinces of Belgica and inhabited by Celtic tribes, until Germanic peoples
Germanic peoples

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
 replaced them and made an end to roman imperial rule
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
.

Its most important city was Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer

Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France of the Departments of France of Pas-de-Calais.The population of the city was 44,859 in the 1999 census, whereas that of the whole metropolitan area was 135,116....
.

Today the historic county of is an integral part of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

History

The city of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer

Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France of the Departments of France of Pas-de-Calais.The population of the city was 44,859 in the 1999 census, whereas that of the whole metropolitan area was 135,116....
 became the centre of the county of Boulogne in the 9th century. The founder of the dynasty of the counts of Boulogne seems to have been Hernequin of Boulogne, the son of Ragnhart. Hernequin married Bertha of Ponthieu around 850.

Later that century it was frequently raided by the Vikings. There is some uncertainly about the early counts. There are number of people called count but the first definite count does not appear until the 11th century.

Boulogne later became influential in the history of England
England

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, when Eustace II of Boulogne
Eustace II of Boulogne

Eustace II, was count of Boulogne from 1049-1093, fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received a large honour in England....
 accompanied William the Conqueror
William I of England

William I , better known as William the Conqueror , was Duke of Normandy from 1035 and English monarchy from later 1066 to his death. William is sometimes also referred to as "William II" in relation to his position as the second Duke of Normandy of that name....
's invasion in 1066.

Boulogne was also a major participant in the First Crusade
First Crusade

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to the appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. The Emperor requested that western volunteers come to their aid and repel the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, Modern day Turkey....
; Eustace III of Boulogne
Eustace III of Boulogne

Eustace III, was a count of Boulogne, successor to his father Count Eustace II of Boulogne. His mother was Ida of Lorraine.Eustace appeared at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 as an ally of William the Conqueror, and is listed as a possible killer of Harold II; he is also believed to have given William his own horse after the duke's was kille...
's brothers, Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon

Godfrey of Bouillon was a medieval knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087....
 and Baldwin of Bouillon
Baldwin I of Jerusalem

Baldwin I of Jerusalem, formerly Baldwin I of Edessa, born Baldwin of Boulogne , 1058? - April 2, 1118, was one of the leaders of the First Crusade, who became the first County of Edessa and then the second ruler and first titled Kingdom of Jerusalem....
, both became king of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christianity kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. It lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, Israel, was destroyed by the Mamluks....
, and Eustace himself was offered but declined the title.

Count Renaud of Boulogne joined the imperial
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 side at the Battle of Bouvines
Battle of Bouvines

The Battle of Bouvines, July 27, 1214, was a conclusive medieval battle ending the twelve year old War of Bouvines that was important to the early development of both the France in the Middle Ages by confirming the French crown's sovereignty over the duchy of Normandy of Brittany and Normandy and also in forcing the English king...
 in 1214, and was defeated by Philip II of France
Philip II of France

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Ad?le of Champagne....
.

Boulogne passed under nominal royal control in 1223 when it was given to Philip II's son Philip Hurepel. Hurepel revolted against Blanche of Castile
Blanche of Castile

Blanche of Castile , wife of Louis VIII of France. She was born in Palencia, Spain, the third daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile, kings of Castile, and of Leonora of Aquitaine....
 when Louis VIII of France
Louis VIII of France

Louis VIII the Lion reigned as list of French monarchs from 1223 to 1226. He was a member of the House of Capet. Louis VIII was born in Paris, France, the son of Philip II of France and Isabelle of Hainaut....
 died in 1226. When Philip died in 1235, for unknown reasons the county passed to Adelaide of Brabant, Matilda's niece, and her husband William X of Auvergne, count of Auvergne
Rulers of Auvergne

This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne....
, rather than Matilda and Philip's descendants.

Boulogne was attacked numerous times during the Hundred Years' War
Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne, which was vacant with the extinction of the senior House of Capet line of French kings....
. In 1477 Bertrand VI of La Tour gave up the county to Louis XI
Louis XI of France

Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
 who incorporated it into France, except for a brief period of English rule under Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
 (see Siege of Boulogne
Siege of Boulogne

The Siege of Boulogne took place from 19 July to 18 September 1544, during King Henry VIII of England's second invasion of France. Henry was motivated by French aid to England's Scotland enemies....
).

Counts of Boulogne


Uncertain counts


  • ?-882? : Hernequin
  • ?-? : Odakar V or Odokar the Great
  • ?-? : Inglebert I
  • ?-? : Odakar VI
  • ?-? : Arnoul II


House of Flanders
County of Flanders

The County of Flanders was a historical region in the Low Countries.It consisted not only of the two actual Belgium provinces of East-Flanders and West-Flanders but also much of the present-day France d?partement of the Nord , in parts of which there is still a minority speaking the French Flemish dialect of Dutch language, and the sout...
 

  • 896-918 : Baldwin I (also count of Flanders)
  • 918-933 : Adelolf
    Adelolf, Count of Boulogne

    Adelolf, Count of Boulogne , was a son of Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, and of ?lfthryth, Countess of Flanders. He was probably named for his maternal great-grandfather, King ?thelwulf of Wessex....
     (son of Baldwin I}
  • 933-964 : Arnulf I
    Arnulf I, Count of Flanders

    Arnulf I of Flanders , called the Great, was the third count of Flanders.Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and ?lfthryth, Countess of Flanders, daughter of Alfred the Great....
     (son of Baldwin I, also count of Flanders)
  • 964-971 : Arnulf II
    Arnulf II, Count of Boulogne

    Arnulf II of Boulogne was a son of Count Adelolf, Count of Boulogne. He succeeded as Count of Boulogne in 964 after the death of his uncle Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, and held it until 971....
     (son of Adalolf)
  • 971-990 : Arnulf III
    Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne

    Arnulf III of Boulogne was a son of Arnulf II, Count of Boulogne. He succeeded his father as count of Boulogne from 971 to 990. On his death his lands were divided between his 3 sons:...
     (son of)
  • 990-1025 : Baldwin II
    Baldwin II, Count of Boulogne

    Baldwin II of Boulogne was a son of Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne, who he succeeded as count of Boulogne.He married Adelina of Holland and was the father of Eustace I of Boulogne, who succeeded him....
     (son of)


House of Boulogne

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* 1032-1049 : Eustace I
Eustace I of Boulogne

Eustace I, count of Boulogne, was a son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adeline of Holland. He held the county from 1046 until his death in 1049....
 (son of)
  • 1049-1070 : Eustace II
    Eustace II of Boulogne

    Eustace II, was count of Boulogne from 1049-1093, fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received a large honour in England....
     (son of)
  • 1087-1125 : Eustace III
    Eustace III of Boulogne

    Eustace III, was a count of Boulogne, successor to his father Count Eustace II of Boulogne. His mother was Ida of Lorraine.Eustace appeared at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 as an ally of William the Conqueror, and is listed as a possible killer of Harold II; he is also believed to have given William his own horse after the duke's was kille...
    (son of)
  • 1125-1151 : Matilda I
    Matilda of Boulogne

    Matilda I or Maud , was suo jure Count of Boulogne. She was also wife of Stephen of England and thus queen consort of Kingdom of England....
     (daughter of, married to Stephen of Blois
    Stephen of England

    Stephen often known as Stephen of Blois was a grandson of William I of England. He was the last Norman dynasty King of England, from 1135 to his death, and also the Count of Boulogne jure uxoris....
    , also count of Blois, count of Mortain, Duke of Normandy and king of England)


House of Blois

  • 1151-1153 : Eustace IV
    Eustace IV of Boulogne

    Eustace IV was a Count of Boulogne and the son and heir of King Stephen of England. He became the Heir Apparent to his father's lands by the death of an elder brother before 1135, and inherited Boulogne through his mother, Matilda of Boulogne....
     (son of, also count of Mortain)
  • 1153-1159 : William I
    William of Blois

    William I of Blois was Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey . He was the third son of King Stephen of England and Matilda of Boulogne.When his elder brother, Eustace IV of Boulogne, died in 1153, William was passed over in the succession to England....
      (son of, also count of Mortain and Earl of Surrey)
  • 1159-1170 : Mary I (daughter of, married Matthew of Alsace
    Matthew of Alsace

    Matthew of Alsace was the second son of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. By marriage to Marie de Boulogne, he became Count of Boulogne, in 1160....
    )


House of Alsace

  • 1170–1173 : Matthew I
    Matthew of Alsace

    Matthew of Alsace was the second son of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. By marriage to Marie de Boulogne, he became Count of Boulogne, in 1160....
  • 1173–1216 : Ida
    Ida, Countess of Boulogne

    Ida of Boulogne , was Count of Boulogne. She was the eldest daughter of Matthew of Alsace by Marie, Countess of Boulogne. Her maternal grandparents were King Stephen of England and Matilda of Boulogne....
     (daughter of, married Renaud of Dammartin
    Renaud de Dammartin

    Renaud de Dammartin was Count of Boulogne from 1190, Count of Dammartin from 1200 to 1214 and Count of Aumale from 1204 to 1214. He was son of Alb?ric II de Dammartin, and Mathilde de Clermont....
    , count of Dammartine and count of Aumale)
    • 1173–1180 : Matthew II
    • 1181–1182 : Gerard
    • 1183–1186 : Berthold


House of Dammertin

  • 1216-1260 : Matilda II
    Matilda II of Boulogne

    Mahaut or Matilda II of Boulogne was sovereign Count of Boulogne, and List of Portuguese queens by marriage to King Afonso III of Portugal from 1248 until their divorce in 1253....
     (also queen of Portugal, countess of Mortain, countess of Aumale, and countess of Dammartin, married)
    • 1223-1235 : Philip (also count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis)
    • 1235-1253 : Alphonse
      Afonso III of Portugal

      Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian or the Brave , the fifth List of Portuguese monarchs and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, since 1249....
       (also king of Portugal)


House of Auvergne

  • 1253-1260 : Damìèn of Auvergne (count of Auvergne)
  • 1260-1261 : Adelaide (cousin of, married William III, count of Auvergne)
  • 1261-1277 : Robert I (son of, also count of Auvergne)
  • 1277-1314 : Robert II (son of, also count of Auvergne)
  • 1314-1325 : Robert III (son of, also count of Auvergne)
  • 1325-1332 : William II (son of, also count of Auvergne)
  • 1332-1360 : Joanna I (daughter of, also countess of Auvergne, married)
    • 1338-1346 : Philip II (also count of Auvergne)
    • 1350-1360 : John
      John II of France

      John II , called John the Good , was Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Duke of Normandy from 1332, Count of Poitiers from 1344, Duke of Aquitaine from 1345, and King of France from 1350 until his death, as well as Duke of Burgundy from 1361 to 1363....
       (also king of France, count of Auvergne)


House of Burgundy
House of Burgundy

The House of Burgundy was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, descending from Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, a younger son of Robert II of France....

  • 1360-1361 : Philip III
    Philip I, Duke of Burgundy

    Philip I of Burgundy, also Philip II of Palatine Burgundy, Philip II of Boulogne, Philip III of Artois, Philip III of Boulogne, nicknamed Philip of Rouvres was Duke of Burgundy from 1350 until his death....
     (son of, also duke of Burgundy, count of Auvergne, count of Artois and count of Franche-Compté)


House of Auvergne

  • 1361-1386 : John II (son of, also count of Auvergne)
  • 1386-1404 : John III (son of, also count of Auvergne)
  • 1404-1424 : Joanna II (daughter of, also countess of Auvergne, married)
    • 1404-1416 : John IV (also duke of Berry)
    • 1416-1424 : George
  • 1424-1437 : Mary II (cousin of, also countess of Auvergne)


House of La Tour d'Auvergne
La Tour d'Auvergne

La Tour d'Auvergne was a French noble family. Its senior branch, extinct in 1501, held the titles of count of Auvergne and count of Boulogne for about half a century....

Armoiries De La Tour D'auvergne
* 1437-1461 : Bertrand I (son of, also count of Auvergne)
  • 1461-1497 : Bertrand II (son of, also count of Auvergne)
  • 1497-1501 : John V
    John III, Count of Auvergne

    John III of Auvergne , Count of Auvergne, was the son of Bertrand VI of Auvergne and Louise de La Tremoille , Dame de Boussac, the daughter of Georges de la Tr?moille....
     (son of, also count of Auvergne)


After the death of John V, count of Boulogne, the county of Boulogne was integrated into the royal domain
Crown lands of France

The crown lands, crown estate, royal domain or domaine royal of France refers to the lands, fiefs and rights directly possessed by the List of French monarchs....
.