Counts of Hainaut Totally Explained

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The counts of Hainaut were the rulers of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries.

List of counts of Hainaut

House of Reginar

Reginar I (r. ?-898)
Sigard (r. 898-908, m. 920)
Hagano (m. 921)
Reginar I (r. 908-915), second time
Reginar II (r. 915-after 932)
Reginar III (r. before 940-958)
Godfrey I (r. before 958-964)

Then divided between Mons and Valenciennes. ť Counts of Mons

   *Richar (r. 964-973) ť *Reginald (r. 973)

   *Reginar IV (r. 973-974) ť *Godfrey II (r. 974-998)

   *Reginar IV (r. 998-1013), second time ť *Reginar V (r. 1013-1039), acquired the southern part of the Brabant province around 1024

   *Herman (r. 1039-1051), married Richilda, acquired Valenciennes around 1045 or 1049 ť Counts and Margraves of Valenciennes

   *Amalric (r. 964-973) ť *Warin (r. 973)

   *Reginar IV (r. 973-974) ť *Arnulf (r. 974-1006)

   *Baldwin I (r. 1006-1035) ť *Baldwin II (r. 1035-1045)

Valenciennes then to Mons, Hainaut reunited.

House of Flanders

Baldwin I (r. 1051-1070), also Count of Flanders

Arnulf I (r. 1070-1071), son of Baldwin VI, also Count of Flanders

Baldwin II (r. 1071-1098), son of Baldwin I

Baldwin III (r. 1098-1120), son of Baldwin II

Baldwin IV (r. 1120-1171), son of Baldin III

Baldwin V (r. 1171-1195), son of Baldwin IV, also Count of Flanders

Baldwin VI (r. 1195-1205), son of Baldwin V, also Count of Flanders and Latin Emperor of Constantinople

Jeanne (r. 1205-1244), daughter of Baldwin VI, also Countess of Flanders

Margaret (r. 1244-1253), daughter of Baldwin VI, also Countess of Flanders, married first to Bouchard IV of Avesnes and then William of Dampierre ť The Counties of Flanders and Hainaut are claimed by Margaret's sons, the half-brothers John I of Avesnes and William III of Dampierre in the War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault. In 1246, King Louis IX of France awards Hainaut to John, but Margaret refuses to hand over the government but was forced to do so in 1254 by John and the German anti-king William II, Count of Holland.

House of Avesnes

John I (r. 1253-1257, son of Margaret II and Bouchard IV of Avesnes

House of Flanders

Margaret (r. 1257-1280), resumed control after John I's death

House of Avesnes

John II (r. 1280-1304), son of John I, also Count of Holland

William I (r. 1304-1337), son of John II, also Count of Holland

William II (r. 1337-1345), son of William I, also Count of Holland

Margaret II (r. 1345-1356), daughter of William I,

jointly with her husband Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1347) and their son William III

House of Bavaria

William III (r. 1345-1388), son of Margaret II and Louis IV

jointly with his brothers Louis the Brandenburger, Louis the Roman and Otto the Bavarian (1347-1349),
Stephen II of Bavaria (1347-1353) and Albert I

Margaret returned in 1350 in opposition to her son and held Hainaut until 1356.

Albert I, Regent since 1358, Count 1388-1404)

William IV (r. 1404-1417), son of Albert I

Jacqueline (r. 1417-1432), daughter of William IV ť Jacqueline was opposed by her uncle John, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing, son of Count Albert I in a war of succession. John's claims devolved upon Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, a nephew of William III, whose mother had been the sister of William. In 1432 he forced Jacqueline to abdicate from Hainaut and Holland in his favour.

House of Burgundy

Philip I the Good (r. 1432-1467)

Charles I the Bold (r. 1467-1477), son of Philip the Good

Mary the Rich (r. 1477-1482), daughter of Charles the Bold, jointly with her husband Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

House of Habsburg

Philip II the Handsome (r. 1482-1506), son of Mary and Maximilian

Charles II (r. 1519-1556), son of Philip, also Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V) Charles V proclaimed the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 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, including Flanders, went to Philip II of Spain, of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg.

Philip III (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 (r. 1621-1665), grandson of Philip III, also King of Spain

Charles IV (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. The fief was claimed by the House of Habsburg and the House of Bourbon. In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht settled the succession and the County of Flanders went to the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg.

Charles IV (r. 1714-1740), great grandson of Philip III, als Holy Roman Emperor (elect)

Mary Theresa (r. 1740-1780), daughter of Charles IV, married Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph I (r. 1780-1790), son of Maria Theresa and Francis I, also Holy Roman Emperor

Leopold (r. 1790-1792), son of Maria Theresa and Francis I, also Holy Roman Emperor

Francis II (r. 1792-1835), son of Leopold II, also Holy Roman Emperor The title was factually abolished in the aftermath of the French revolution 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.

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