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The count of Flanders was the ruler
Ruler

A ruler, or rule, is an Measuring instrument used in geometry, technical drawing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines....
 or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the position by the French revolutionaries
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
 in 1790.

Although the early rulers, from Arnulf I onwards, were sometime referred to as margrave
Margrave

Margrave is the English language and French language form of the German language title Markgraf and certain equivalent nobiliary titles in other languages....
s or marques
Marqués

Marques or Marqu?s may mean:People*A. H. de Oliveira Marques*Fernando Marqu?s*Iorlando Pereira Marques Filho*Maria Marques*Marques Hagans...
ses, this alternate title largely fell out of use by the 12th century. Since then the rulers of Flanders have only been referred to as count
Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
s.

The counts of Flanders enlarged their estate through a series of diplomatic manoeuvres.






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The count of Flanders was the ruler
Ruler

A ruler, or rule, is an Measuring instrument used in geometry, technical drawing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines....
 or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the position by the French revolutionaries
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
 in 1790.

Although the early rulers, from Arnulf I onwards, were sometime referred to as margrave
Margrave

Margrave is the English language and French language form of the German language title Markgraf and certain equivalent nobiliary titles in other languages....
s or marques
Marqués

Marques or Marqu?s may mean:People*A. H. de Oliveira Marques*Fernando Marqu?s*Iorlando Pereira Marques Filho*Maria Marques*Marques Hagans...
ses, this alternate title largely fell out of use by the 12th century. Since then the rulers of Flanders have only been referred to as count
Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
s.

The counts of Flanders enlarged their estate through a series of diplomatic manoeuvres. The counties of Hainaut, Namur, Béthune
Béthune

B?thune is a city in northern France, Subprefectures in France of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France....
, Nevers, Auxerre
County of Auxerre

The County of Auxerre is a former state of current central France, with capital in Auxerre....
, Rethel, Burgundy
County of Burgundy

The Free County of Burgundy, in German Freigrafschaft Burgund, was a medieval county , within the traditional province and modern French region Franche-Comt?, whose very French name is still reminiscent of the unusual title of its count: Freigraf ....
, and Artois
County of Artois

The County of Artois was a Carolingian lordship , established in Western Francia. In Ancient Rome times, Artois was situated in the Roman provinces of Belgica and Germania Inferior and inhabited by Celts, until Germanic peoples replaced them as the Roman Empire waned....
 were acquired via marriage with the respective heiresses. Ironically, the county of Flanders itself suffered the same fate. By the marriage of Margaret III, Countess of Flanders with Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
Philip II, Duke of Burgundy

Philip the Bold , also Philip II, Duke of Burgundy , was the fourth son of King John II of France and his wife, Bonne of Luxembourg. By his marriage to Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, he also became Philip II, Count of Flanders, Philip IV, Count of Artois and Philip IV, Count Palatine of Burgundy....
, the county and the subsidiary counties were absorbed into the Duchy of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Sa?ne which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's West Franks....
 in 1405.

List of Counts of Flanders


House of Flanders
Counts of Flanders family tree

This is a family tree of the Count of Flanders, from 864 to 1405, when the county of Flanders the rest of its estates are incorporated in the duchy of Burgundy....
 


  • Baldwin I Iron Arm (r. 860s-879), married Judith and was granted lands and honours, which would evolve into the County of Flanders.
  • Baldwin II the Bald (r. 879-918), son of Baldwin I and Judith
  • Arnulf I the Great (r. 918-964), son of Baldwin II, joinly with:
    • Baldwin III (r. 958-962), son of Arnulf I
  • Arnulf II (r. 964-988), son of Baldwin III
  • Baldwin IV the Bearded (r. 988-1037), son of Arnulf II
  • Baldwin V of Lille (r. 1037-1067), son of Baldwin IV
  • Baldwin VI
    Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders

    Baldwin VI of Flanders was briefly Count of Flanders, from 1067 to 1070. He was also count of County of Hainaut from 1051 to 1070.He was the eldest son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adela of France, Countess of Flanders, a daughter of king Robert II of France....
     (r. 1067-1070), son of Baldwin V, Counts of Hainaut
  • Arnulf III
    Arnulf III, Count of Flanders

    Arnulf III , was Count of Flanders and Count of Hainaut, as Arnulf I from 1070 to his death.He was the eldest son of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders and Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut....
     (r. 1070-1071), son of Baldwin VI, Counts of Hainaut
  • Robert I the Frisian
    Robert I, Count of Flanders

    Robert I of Flanders , known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 to 1092....
     (r. 1071-1093), son of Baldwin V
  • Robert II (r. 1093-1111), son of Robert I
  • Baldwin VII Hapkin (r. 1111-1119), son of Robert II


House of Knýtling


  • Charles I the Good (r. 1119-1127), cousin of Baldwin VII, designated by him


House of Normandy


  • William I Clito
    William Clito

    William Clito was the son of Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, by his marriage with Sibylla of Conversano. He had a claim on both Normandy and England, and became count of Flanders....
     (r. 1127-1128), great-grandson of Baldwin V, designated by Louis VI of France
    Louis VI of France

    Louis VI , called the Fat , was List of French monarchs from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". The first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power, Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philip I of France and his first wife, Bertha of Hollan...


House of Alsace or House of Metz


  • Derrick I (r. 1128-1168), grandson of Robert I, recognised by Louis VI of France
    Louis VI of France

    Louis VI , called the Fat , was List of French monarchs from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". The first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power, Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philip I of France and his first wife, Bertha of Hollan...
  • Philip I (r. 1168-1191), son of Derrick I
  • Margaret I (r. 1191-1194), daughter of Philip I,
    • jointly with her husband Baldwin of Hainaut


House of Flanders
Counts of Flanders family tree

This is a family tree of the Count of Flanders, from 864 to 1405, when the county of Flanders the rest of its estates are incorporated in the duchy of Burgundy....
 


  • Baldwin VIII (r. 1191-1195), husband of Margaret, also Count of Hainaut
  • Baldwin IX (r. 1195-1205), son of Baldwin VIII, also Latin Emperor of Constantinople
  • Jeanne I (r. 1205-1244), daughter of Baldwin IX, married 1212 to Ferdinand of Portugal (d. 1233) and then (1237) to Thomas II of Savoy
  • Margaret II (r. 1244-1278), sister of Jeanne, married first to Bouchard IV of Avesnes
    Bouchard IV of Avesnes

    Bouchard IV was the lord of Avesnes and Etroengt. He was the son of James of Avesnes and Adela of Guise and brother of Walter II of Avesnes, Count of Blois by marriage....
     and then William of Dampierre
    William II of Dampierre

    William II was the lord of Dampierre from 1216 until his death. He was the son of Guy II of Dampierre, constable of Champagne , and Matilda, Duke of Bourbon....
In 1244, the Counties of Flanders and Hainaut were claimed by Margaret's sons, the half-brothers John I of Avesnes
John I of Avesnes

John I of Avesnes was the count of Hainaut from 1246 to his death. Born in Houffalize, he was the eldest son of Margaret II of Flanders by her first husband, Bouchard IV of Avesnes....
 and William III of Dampierre
William III of Dampierre

William III was the 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....
 in the War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault
War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault

The War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault was a series of feudal conflicts in the mid-thirteenth century between the children of Margaret II, Countess of Flanders....
. In 1246, King Louis IX of France
Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
 awards Flanders to William.


House of Dampierre


  • William I
    William III of Dampierre

    William III was the 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....
     (r. 1247-1251), son of Margaret II and William II of Dampierre
  • Guy I (r. 1252-1305), son of Margaret II and William II of Dampierre, imprisoned 1253-1256 by John I of Avesnes
  • Robert III of Bethune
    Robert III of Flanders

    Robert III of Flanders , also called Robert of Bethune and nicknamed The Lion of Flanders was Count of Nevers 1273-1322 and Count of Flanders 1305-1322....
     ("the Lion of Flanders") (r. 1305-1322), son of Guy
  • Louis I of Nevers
    Louis I of Flanders

    Louis I was Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers and Counts and dukes of Rethel....
     (r. 1322-1346), son of Robert III
  • Louis II of Male
    Louis II of Flanders

    File:Louis II of Flanders-Lodewijk van Male .jpgLouis II of Flanders , also Louis III of Artois and Louis I of Palatine Burgundy, known as Louis of Male, was the son of Louis I of Flanders and Marguerite of France, and Count of Flanders....
     (r. 1346-1384), son of Louis I
  • Margaret III of Male (r. 1384-1405), daughter of Louis II,
    • jointly with her husband Philip II, Duke of Burgundy
      Philip II, Duke of Burgundy

      Philip the Bold , also Philip II, Duke of Burgundy , was the fourth son of King John II of France and his wife, Bonne of Luxembourg. By his marriage to Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, he also became Philip II, Count of Flanders, Philip IV, Count of Artois and Philip IV, Count Palatine of Burgundy....


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....
 


  • John the Fearless (r. 1405-1419), son of Margaret III and Philip II of Burgundy
  • Philip II the Good (r. 1419-1467), son of John
  • Charles II the Bold (r. 1467-1477), son of Philip the Good
  • Mary the Rich
    Mary of Burgundy

    Mary, called Mary the Rich , was suo jure Duke of Burgundy from 1477 – 1482. As the only child of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon, she was the heiress to the vast Burgundian domains in France and the Low Countries upon her father's death in the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477....
     (r. 1477-1482), daughter of Charles the Bold, jointly with her husband Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
    Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Maximilian I of Habsburg was Holy Roman Empire from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his reign, from circa 1483....


House of Habsburg


  • Philip the Handsome
    Philip I of Castile

    Philip I , known as the Handsome or the Fair, was the son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Through his mother Mary of Burgundy he inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands and through his wife Juana of Castile he briefly succeeded to the Kingdom of Castile....
     (r. 1482-1506), son of Mary and Maximilian
  • Charles III
    Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

    Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
     (r. 1519-1556), son of Philip, also Holy Roman Emperor
    Holy Roman Emperor

    Image:HRR 14Jh.jpgThe Roman of the Emperor's title was a reflection of the translatio imperii principle that regarded the Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a title left unclaimed in the West after the death of Julius Nepos in 480....
     (as Charles V)


Charles V proclaimed the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549

The Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 was an edict, promulgated by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, reorganizing the Seventeen Provinces.It was Charles' plan to centralize the administrative units of Holy Roman Empire....
 eternally uniting Flanders with the other lordships of the Low Countries in a personal union. When the Habsburg empire was divided among the heirs of Charles V, the Low Countries
Seventeen Provinces

The Seventeen Provinces were a personal union of states in the Low Countries in the 15th century and 16th century, roughly covering the current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a good part of the North of France , and a small part of the West of Germany....
, including Flanders, went to Philip II of Spain
Philip II of Spain

Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
, of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg.

  • Philip III
    Philip II of Spain

    Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
     (r. 1556-1598), son of Charles III, also King of Spain
  • Isabella Clara Eugenia (r. 1598-1621), daughter of Philip II,
    • jointly with her husband Albert, Archduke of Austria)
  • Philip IV
    Philip IV of Spain

    Philip IV , was List of Spanish monarchs between 1621 and 1665, Sovereignty of the Spanish Netherlands, and List of Portuguese monarchs until 1640....
     (r. 1621-1665), grandson of Philip III, also King of Spain
  • Charles IV
    Charles II of Spain

    Charles II , was the last Habsburg Spain of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy , the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spanish empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines....
     (r. 1665-1700), son of Philip IV, also King of Spain


Between 1706 and 1714 Flanders was invaded by the English and the Dutch during the War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Spanish Succession

War of the Spanish Succession was a war fought in 1701-1714, in which several European powers combined to stop a possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under a single Bourbon monarch, upsetting the European Balance of power in international relations....
. The fief was claimed by the House of Habsburg and the House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
. In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Utrecht

The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather than a single document, comprises a series of individual peace treaty signed in the Dutch Republic city of Utrecht in March and April 1713....
 settled the succession and the County of Flanders went to the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg.

  • Charles V
    Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

    Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary from 1711 to 1740, Archduke of Austria. From 1703 to 1711 he was an active claimant to the List of Spanish monarchs as Charles III....
     (r. 1714-1740), great grandson of Philip III, also Holy Roman Emperor (elect)
  • Mary Theresa
    Maria Theresa of Austria

    Maria Theresa was the List of rulers of Austria, List of rulers of Hungary, List of rulers of Croatia, Queen of Bohemia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and a Holy Roman Emperor by marriage to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor....
     (r. 1740-1780), daughter of Charles IV, married Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
    Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real power of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa of Austria, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty....
  • Joseph I (r. 1780-1790), son of Maria Theresa and Francis I, also Holy Roman Emperor
  • Leopold
    Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

    Leopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792, King of Hungary, archduke of Austria, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790....
     (r. 1790-1792), son of Maria Theresa and Francis I, also Holy Roman Emperor
  • Francis II
    Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real power of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa of Austria, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty....
     (r. 1792-1835), son of Leopold II, also Holy Roman Emperor


The title was factually abolished in the aftermath of the French revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
 and the annexation of Flanders by France in 1795. Although, the title remained officially claimed by the descendants of Leopold II until the reign of Karl I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Karl I of Austria

Charles I was the last ruler of the Austria-Hungary. He was the last Emperor of Austria, the last Kingdom of Hungary, the last Croatia-Slavonia, and the last Kingdom of Bohemia , and the last monarch of the Habsburg dynasty....
.

Modern Usage


House of Orange-Nassau
House of Orange-Nassau

The House of Orange-Nassau , a branch of the European House of Nassau, has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands — and at times in Europe — since William I of Orange organized the Dutch revolt against Spain rule, which after the Eighty Years' War led to an independent Dutch state....
 


  • no claimants after 1839


In 1815, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Kingdom of the Netherlands

United Kingdom of the Netherlands was the unofficial name used to refer to a new unified European state created from part of the First French Empire during the Congress of Vienna in 1815....
 was established by the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815....
 and William I of the Netherlands
William I of the Netherlands

William I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....
 was made King of the Netherlands
Monarchy of the Netherlands

The Netherlands has been an independent monarchy since 16 March 1815, and has been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since....
 . The Belgian Revolution
Belgian Revolution

The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium....
 of 1830 caused a split in the kingdom between the North and the South. Neither he nor his descendants made any claims to the title of count of Flanders after 1839, when a peace treaty between the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands

From 1830 to 1954, the "Kingdom of the Netherlands" referred to the Netherlands Kingdom and its colonial possessions.Suriname was a constituent nation within the Kingdom from 1954 to 1975....
 and Belgium was signed.

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which were in personal union between 1826 and 1918....
 


  • Prince Philippe of Belgium
    Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

    Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders was the third born son of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his wife Louise-Marie of Orl?ans . He was born at the Ch?teau de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium....
    , son of King Leopold I of the Belgians (1840 – 1905)
  • Prince Charles of Belgium
    Prince Charles of Belgium

    Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium was the second son of Albert I of Belgium and Elisabeth of Bavaria . Born in Brussels, he reigned in lieu of his older brother Leopold III of Belgium from 1944 until 1950 as Prince Regent until Leopold could return to the throne....
    , son of King Albert I of the Belgians (1905 – 1983)


In modern times, from 1831 onwards the title of Count of Flanders has been given to younger sons of the Kings of the Belgians
Monarchy of Belgium

Monarchy in Belgium is constitutional and popular monarchy in nature. The hereditary monarch, presently Albert II of Belgium is the head of state and is officially called King of the Belgians ....
 .

House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
 

  • Juan Carlos I
    Juan Carlos I of Spain

    Juan Carlos I is the reigning List of Spanish monarchs of Spain. His name, while rarely Anglicisation, is rendered as John Charles Alphonse Victor Mary of Bourbon and Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
    , King of Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....


The title Count of Flanders is one of the titles of the Spanish Crown
List of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown

The current Spanish constitution refers to the monarchy as "the crown of Spain" and the constitutional title of the monarch is simply rey/reina de Espa?a: that is, "king/queen of Spain"....
.

See also

  • County of Flanders
  • Counts of Flanders family tree
    Counts of Flanders family tree

    This is a family tree of the Count of Flanders, from 864 to 1405, when the county of Flanders the rest of its estates are incorporated in the duchy of Burgundy....
  • States of Flanders
    States of Flanders

    The States of Flanders were the representation of the three Estates of the realm: Nobility, Clergy and Commons to the court of the Count of Flanders....
  • Romance Flanders
    Romance Flanders

    Romance Flanders or Gallicant Flanders is the part of the Flanders where people speak romance languages like varieties of Picard language....
  • Walloon Flanders
    Walloon Flanders

    The Walloon Flanders is a part of the Flanders .The Walloon Flanders means usually the same territory, the bailiwick of Douai and the castelleny of Lille, but in two different periods : In the Spanish Low Countries, it is that signed the Union of Arras on January 6, 1579....
  • Maritime Flanders


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