Editing Count of Flanders (section)

==List of counts==
=== [[House of Flanders]] ===
{{For|a complete table of rulers|House of Flanders #Rulers}}
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|[[Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders|Baldwin I]]
|{{Circa|830s}} – 879
|862 – 879
|[[Judith of Flanders]]<br>{{circa|861}}<br>4 children
|Married [[Judith of Flanders|Judith]], daughter of [[Charles the Bald]]
|-
|[[Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders|Baldwin II]]
|{{circa|865}} – 10 September 918
|879 – 10 September 918
|[[Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders|Ælfthryth]]<br>{{circa|893}}<br>4 children
|Son of Baldwin I and Judith
|-
|[[Arnulf I, Count of Flanders|Arnulf I]]
|{{circa|893}}/899 – 27 March 964
|10 September 918 – 27 March 964
|[[Adele of Vermandois]]<br>934<br>5 children
|Son of Baldwin II
|-
|[[Baldwin III, Count of Flanders|Baldwin III]]
|{{circa|940|962}}
|958-962
|[[Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders|Matilda of Saxony]]<br>{{circa|961}}<br>1 son
|Ruled jointly with his father Arnulf I
|-
|[[Arnulf II, Count of Flanders|Arnulf II]]
|{{circa|961}} – 30 March 987
|965 – 30 March 987
|[[Rozala of Italy]]<br>976<br>2 children
|Son of Baldwin III
|-
|[[Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders|Baldwin IV]]
|980 – 30 May 1035
|988 – 30 May 1035
|(1) [[Frederick of Luxembourg|Ogive of Luxembourg]]<br>1012<br>1 son<br>(2) [[Eleanor of Normandy]]<br>1031<br>1 daughter
|Son of Arnulf II
|-
|[[Baldwin V, Count of Flanders|Baldwin V]]
|19 August 1012 – 1 September 1067
|30 May 1035 – 1 September 1067
|[[Adela of France]]<br>1028<br>3 children
|Son of Baldwin IV
|-
|[[Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders|Baldwin VI]]
|{{circa|1030}} – 17 July 1070
|1 September 1067 – 17 July 1070
|[[Richilde, Countess of Hainaut]]<br>{{circa|1050}}<br>2 sons
|Son of Baldwin V; also Count of Hainaut
|-
|[[Arnulf III, Count of Flanders|Arnulf III]]
|{{circa|1055}} – 22 February 1071
|17 July 1070 – 22 February 1071
|Never married
|Son of Baldwin VI; also Count of Hainaut
|-
|[[Robert I, Count of Flanders|Robert I]]
|{{circa|1035}} – 13 October 1093
|22 February 1071 – 13 October 1093
|[[Gertrude of Saxony]]<br>1063<br>5 children
|Son of Baldwin V
|-
|[[Robert II, Count of Flanders|Robert II]]
|{{circa|1065}} – 5 October 1111
|13 October 1093 – 5 October 1111
|[[Clementia of Burgundy]]<br>1097<br>1 son
|Son of Robert I
|-
|[[Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders|Baldwin VII]]
|1093 – 17 July 1119
|5 October 1111 – 17 July 1119
|[[Alan IV, Duke of Brittany|Hawise of Brittany]]<br>1105<br>no issue
|Son of Robert II
|}

=== [[House of Estridsen]] ===
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|[[Charles the Good|Charles I]]
|1084 – 2 March 1127
|1119 – 2 March 1127
|[[Margaret of Clermont]]<br>{{circa|1118}}<br>no issue
|Son of [[Canute IV of Denmark]] and Adela of Flanders, cousin of Baldwin VII and designated by him. Also grandson of Robert I.
|}

=== [[House of Normandy]] ===
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|[[William Clito|William I]]
|25 October 1102 – 28 July 1128
|2 March 1127 – 28 July 1128
|(1) [[Sibylla of Anjou]]<br>{{circa|1123}}<br>no issue<br>(2) [[Rainier, Marquis of Montferrat|Joanna of Montferrat]]<br>{{circa|1127}}<br>no issue
|Great-grandson of Baldwin V, designated by [[Louis VI of France]]
|}

=== [[House of Lorraine|House of Alsace or House of Metz]] ===
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|[[Thierry, Count of Flanders|Theoderic]]
|{{circa|1099}} – 17 January 1168
|28 July 1128 – 17 January 1168
|(1) [[Margaret of Clermont]] (or Swanhilde)<br>before 1132<br>1 daughter<br>(2) [[Sibylla of Anjou]]<br>{{circa|1134}}<br>6 children
|Grandson of Robert I, recognised by Louis VI of France
|-
|[[Philip I, Count of Flanders|Philip I]]
|1143 – 1 August 1191
|17 January 1168 – 1 August 1191
|(1) [[Elisabeth of Vermandois]]<br>1159<br>no issue<br>(2) [[Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders|Theresa of Portugal]]<br>{{circa|1183}}<br>no issue
|Son of Thierry; also Count of Vermandois
|-
|[[Margaret I, Countess of Flanders|Margaret I]]
|{{circa|1145}} - 15 November 1194
|1 August 1191 - 15 November 1194
|(1) [[Ralph I, Count of Vermandois|Ralph II of Vermandois]]<br>1160<br>no issue<br>(2) [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]]<br>{{circa|1169}}<br>8 children
|Daughter of Thierry
|}

=== [[House of Flanders]] ===
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|[[File:Baldwin8.jpg|110px]]
|[[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut|Baldwin VIII]]
|1150 – 17 December 1195
|1 August 1191 - 17 December 1194 
|[[Margaret I, Countess of Flanders|Margaret I]]<br>{{circa|1169}}<br>8 children
|Husband of Margaret I
|-
|[[File:Baldwin_I_of_Constantinople.jpg|110px]]
|[[Baldwin I, Latin Emperor|Baldwin IX]]
|July 1172 – {{circa|1205}}
|1194 - 1205 
|[[Marie of Champagne]]<br>6 January 1186<br>[[Valenciennes]]<br>2 daughters
|Son of Margaret I and Baldwin VIII, also [[Latin Emperor of Constantinople]]
|-
|[[File:Joan_of_Constantinople.jpg|110px]]
|[[Joan, Countess of Flanders|Joan]]
|{{circa|1199}} – 5 December 1244
|1205 – 5 December 1244<br><small>(sole-rule between 1214 and 1223)</small> 
|(1) [[Ferdinand, Count of Flanders|Ferdinand of Portugal]]<br>1212<br>[[Paris]]<br>no issue<br>(2) [[Thomas, Count of Flanders|Thomas of Savoy-Piedmont]]<br>2 April 1237<br>no issue
|Daughter of Baldwin IX
|-
|
|[[Ferdinand, Count of Flanders|Ferdinand]]
|24 March 1188 – 27 July 1233
|1212 – 27 July 1233
|[[Joan, Countess of Flanders]]<br>1212<br>[[Paris]]<br>no issue
|Husband of Joan
|-
|
|[[Thomas, Count of Flanders|Thomas]]
|{{circa|1199}} – 7 February 1259
|2 April 1237 – 5 December 1244
|[[Joan, Countess of Flanders]]<br>2 April 1237<br>no issue
|Husband of Joan
|-
|[[File:Marguerite_2.jpg|110px]]
|[[Margaret II, Countess of Flanders|Margaret II]]
|1202 – 10 February 1280
|5 December 1244 – 29 December 1278
|(1) [[Bouchard IV of Avesnes]]<br>{{circa|23 July 1212}}<br>3 sons<br>(2) [[William II of Dampierre]]<br>18 August/15 November 1223<br>5 children
|Sister of Joan
|}

In 1244, the Counties of Flanders and Hainaut were claimed by Margaret II'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, [[Louis IX of France|King Louis IX of France]] awarded Flanders to William.

=== [[House of Dampierre]] ===
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|[[File:Vilém_2_Flandry.jpg|110px]]
|[[William II, Count of Flanders|William II]]
|1224 – 6 June 1251
|1247 - 6 June 1251
|[[Beatrice of Brabant]]<br>November 1247<br>no issue
|Son of Margaret II and William II of Dampierre
|-
|[[File:Guidonis.jpg|110px]]
|[[Guy, Count of Flanders|Guy]]
|{{circa| 1226}} – 7 March 1305
|6 June 1251 - 7 March 1305
|(1) [[Matilda of Béthune]]<br>June 1246<br>8 children<br>(2) [[Isabelle of Luxembourg]]<br>March 1265<br>8 children
|Brother of William II
|-
|[[File:Robertus1.jpg|110px]]
|[[Robert III, Count of Flanders|Robert III]]
|1249 – 17 September 1322
|7 March 1305 – 17 September 1322
|(1) [[Blanche of Sicily]]<br>1265<br>1 son (died young)<br>(2) [[Yolande II, Countess of Nevers]]<br>{{circa|1271}}<br>5 children
|Son of Guy: also Count of Nevers
|-
|[[File:Louis2Fl.jpg|110px]]
|[[Louis I, Count of Flanders|Louis I]]
|{{circa|1304}} – 26 August 1346
|17 September 1322 – 26 August 1346
|[[Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy]]<br>1320<br>1 son
|Grandson of Robert III
|-
|[[File:Louis_II_of_Flanders-Lodewijk_van_Male_(1330-1384).jpg|110px]]
|[[Louis II, Count of Flanders|Louis II]]
|25 October 1330 – 30 January 1384
|26 August 1346 – 30 January 1384
|[[Margaret of Brabant, Countess of Flanders|Margaret of Brabant]]<br>1347<br>1 daughter
|Son of Louis I; also Count of Burgundy
|-
|[[File:Flemish_School_-_Lille_-_Margaret_of_Dampierre.jpg|110px]]
|[[Margaret III, Countess of Flanders|Margaret III]]
|13 April 1350 – 16 March 1405
|30 January 1384 – 16 March 1405
|(1) [[Philip I, Duke of Burgundy]]<br>1355<br>no issue<br>(2) [[Philip the Bold|Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]]<br>19 June 1369<br>9 children
|Daughter of Louis II
|}

=== [[House of Valois-Burgundy|House of Burgundy]] ===
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|[[File:16th-century_unknown_painters_-_Philip_the_Bold_-_WGA23677.jpg|110px]]
|[[Philip the Bold|Philip II]]
|17 January 1342 – 27 April 1404
|30 January 1384 – 27 April 1404
|[[Margaret III, Countess of Flanders|Margaret III]]<br>19 June 1369<br>9 children
|Husband of Margaret III; also Duke of Burgundy
|-
|[[File:Flemish_School_-_Lille_-_John,_Duke_of_Burgundy.jpg|110px]]
|[[John the Fearless|John]]
|28 May 1371 – 10 September 1419
|27 April 1404 – 10 September 1419
|[[Margaret of Bavaria]]<br>12 April 1385<br>[[Cambrai]]<br>8 children
|Son of Philip II and Margaret III 
|-
|[[File:Philip_the_good.jpg|110px]]
|[[Philip the Good|Philip III]]
|31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467
|10 September 1419 – 15 June 1467
|(1) [[Michelle of Valois]]<br>June 1409<br>1 daughter (died young)<br>(2) [[Bonne of Artois]]<br>30 November 1424<br>[[Moulins-les-Engelbert]]<br>no issue<br>(3) [[Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy|Isabella of Portugal]]<br>7 January 1430<br>3 sons<br>18 illegitimate children
|Son of John
|-
|[[File:Charles_the_Bold_1460.jpg|110px]]
|[[Charles the Bold|Charles II]]
|10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477
|15 June 1467 – 5 January 1477
|(1) [[Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais|Catherine of France]]<br>19 May 1440<br>[[Blois]]<br>no issue<br>(2) [[Isabella of Bourbon]]<br>30 October 1454<br>[[Lille]]<br>1 daughter<br>(3) [[Margaret of York]]<br>3 July 1468<br>[[Damme]]<br>no issue
|Son of Philip III
|-
|[[File:Mary_of_Burgundy_(1458–1482),_by_Netherlandish_or_South_German_School_of_the_late_15th_Century.jpg|110px]]
|[[Mary of Burgundy|Mary]]
|13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482
|5 January 1477 – 27 March 1482
|[[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]]<br>19 August 1477<br>[[Ghent]]<br>3 children
|Daughter of Charles II
|}

=== [[House of Habsburg]] ===
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|[[File:Portret van Maximiliaan I (1459-1519) Rijksmuseum SK-A-3293.jpeg|110px]]
|[[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]]
|22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519
|19 August 1477 – 27 March 1482
|(1) [[Mary of Burgundy]]<br>19 August 1477<br>[[Ghent]]<br>3 children<br>(2) [[Anne of Brittany|Anne, Duchess of Brittany]]<br>19 December 1490<br>[[Rennes Cathedral]]<br>no issue<br>(3) [[Bianca Maria Sforza]]<br>16 March 1494<br>[[Hall in Tirol]]<br>no issue
|Husband of Mary
|-
|[[File:16e eeuw onbekend schilder - Filips de Schone, Aartshertog van Oostenrijk, Hertog van Bourgondie.jpg|110px]]
|[[Philip I of Castile|Philip IV]]
|22 July 1478 – 25 September 1506
|27 March 1482 – 25 September 1506
|[[Joanna of Castile]] (Joan the Mad) <br>20 October 1496<br>[[Lier, Belgium|Lier]]<br>6 children
|Son of Mary and Maximilian I, known as Philip the Fair
|-
|[[File:Anonymous, Portrait of Charles V, Rijksmuseum-(trans back).png|110px]]
|[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles III]]
|24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558
|25 September 1506 – 25 October 1555
|[[Isabella of Portugal]]<br>10 March 1526<br>[[Alcázar of Seville|Alcázar Palace]]<br>7 children
|Son of Philip IV, also King of Spain as Charles I, titular Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, Holland and Zeeland, 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 [[Seventeen Provinces|Low Countries]], including Flanders, went to [[Philip II of Spain]], of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg.

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|[[File:Portrait_of_Philip_II_of_Spain_by_Sofonisba_Anguissola_-_002b.jpg|110px]]
|[[Philip II of Spain|Philip V]]
|21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598
|16 January 1556 – 6 May 1598
|(1) [[Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal|Maria Manuela of Portugal]]<br>12 November 1543<br>[[Salamanca]]<br>1 son<br>(2) [[Mary I of England]]<br>25 July 1554<br>[[Winchester Cathedral]]<br>no issue<br>(3) [[Elisabeth of Valois]]<br>1559<br>[[Guadalajara]]<br>2 daughters<br>(4) [[Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain|Anna of Austria]]<br>May 1570<br>5 children
|Son of Charles III (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V), also King of Spain as Philip II
|-
|[[File:Isabella_Clara_Eugenia_of_Spain_-_Frans_Pourbus_II.jpg|110px]]
|[[Isabella Clara Eugenia]]
|12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633
|6 May 1598 – 13 July 1621
|[[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria]]<br>18 April 1599<br>[[Valencia]]<br>no issue
|Daughter of Philip V; ruled jointly with her husband [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria]]
|-
|[[File:Rubens_-_arquiduquealbertoVII01.jpg|110px]]
|[[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Albert]]
|13 November 1559 – 13 July 1621
|6 May 1598 – 13 July 1621
|[[Isabella Clara Eugenia]]<br>18 April 1599<br>[[Valencia]]<br>no issue
|Husband of Isabella Clara Eugenia
|-
|[[File:Philip_IV_of_Spain_-_Velázquez_1644.jpg|110px]]
|[[Philip IV of Spain|Philip VI]]
|8 April 1605 – 17 September 1665
|13 July 1621 – 17 September 1665
|(1) [[Elisabeth of France (1602–1644)|Elisabeth of France]]<br>18 October 1615<br>[[Bordeaux]]<br>8 children<br>(2) [[Mariana of Austria]]<br>7 October 1649<br>[[Navalcarnero]]<br>5 children
|Grandson of Philip V
|-
|[[File:King_Charles_II_of_Spain_by_John_Closterman.jpg|110px]]
|[[Charles II of Spain|Charles IV]]
|6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700
|17 September 1665 – 1 November 1700
|(1) [[Marie Louise d'Orléans]]<br>19 November 1679<br>[[Quintanapalla]]<br>no issue<br>(2) [[Maria Anna of Neuburg]]<br>14 May 1690<br>[[Valladolid]]<br>no issue
|Son of Philip VI
|}

=== [[House of Bourbon]] ===
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|[[File:Felipe_V_de_España,_Rey_de.jpg|110px]]
|[[Philip V of Spain|Philip VII]]
|19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746
|1 November 1700 – 14 March 1713
|(1) [[Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy|Maria Luisa of Savoy]]<br>2 November 1701<br>4 sons<br>(2) [[Elisabeth Farnese]]<br>16 September 1714<br>[[Parma]]<br>6 children
|Great-grandson of Philip VI
|}

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.

=== [[House of Habsburg]] ===
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|[[File:Johann Gottfried Auerbach 004.jpg|110px]]
|[[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]]
|1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740
|7 September 1714 – 20 October 1740
|[[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br>1 August 1708<br>[[Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona|Santa Maria del Mar]]<br>4 children
|Great-grandson of Philip III, also Holy Roman Emperor
|-
|[[File:Maria Theresia im Spitzenbesetzten Kleid.jpg|110px]]
|[[Maria Theresa]]
|13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780
|20 October 1740 – 29 November 1780
|[[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]<br>12 February 1736<br>[[Augustinian Church, Vienna]]<br>16 children
|Daughter of Charles V, jointly with Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
|-
|[[File:Martin van Meytens d. J. - Kaiser Franz I. Stephan von Lothringen - 4270 - Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.jpg|110px]]
|[[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis I]]
|8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765
|21 November 1740 – 18 August 1765
|[[Maria Theresa]]<br>12 February 1736<br>[[Augustinian Church, Vienna]]<br>16 children
|Husband of Maria Theresa
|-
|[[File:Portret van keizer Joseph II Gertrude Cornélie Marie de Pélichy Musea Brugge 0000.GRO0450.I.jpg|110px]]
|[[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph]]
|13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790
|18 August 1765 – 20 February 1790
|(1) [[Princess Isabella of Parma|Isabella of Parma]]<br>October 1760<br>[[Vienna]]<br>5 children (died young)<br>(2) [[Maria Josepha of Bavaria]]<br>25 January 1765<br>[[Schönbrunn Palace]]<br>no issue
|Son of Maria Theresa and Francis I
|-
|[[File:Johann Daniel Donat, Emperor Leopold II in the Regalia of the Golden Fleece (1806).png|110px]]
|[[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold]]
|5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792
|20 February 1790 – 1 March 1792
|[[Maria Luisa of Spain]]<br>16 February 1764<br>[[Madrid]]<br>16 children
|Brother of Joseph
|-
|[[File:Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor at age 25, 1792.png|110px]]
|[[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]]
|12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835
|1 March 1792 – 17 October 1797
|(1) [[Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg|Elisabeth of Württemberg]]<br>6 January 1788<br>[[Vienna]]<br>1 daughter (died young)<br>(2) [[Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily]]<br>15 September 1790<br>12 children<br>(3) [[Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este]]<br>6 January 1808<br>no issue<br>(4) [[Caroline Augusta of Bavaria]]<br>29 October 1816<br>no issue
|Son of Leopold
|}

The title was abolished ''de facto'' after [[French Revolution|revolutionary France]] annexed Flanders in 1795. Emperor Francis II relinquished his claim to the Low Countries in the [[Treaty of Campo Formio]] of 1797, and the area remained part of France until the end of the [[Napoleonic Wars]].