County of Hainaut

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The County of Hainaut was a historic principality in the Low Countries, centered around present-day western Belgium and parts of northern France, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European politics.

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Label Occurrences
County of Hainaut canonical 41
Count of Hainaut 11
Counts of Hainaut 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former polity
historic county
medieval principality
alternativeName Hainault
Hainaut
borderedBy County of Flanders
Duchy of Brabant
Kingdom of France
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence)
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
capital Mons
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
currency Hainaut gros
dynasty House of Avesnes
House of Burgundy
House of Dampierre
House of Habsburg
endTime 18th century
event Burgundian inheritance
Eighty Years' War
surface form: Eighty Years War

Habsburg emperors
surface form: Habsburg rule

War of the Spanish Succession
governmentForm feudal monarchy
historicalRegion Low Countries
Southern Netherlands
languageUsed Middle Dutch
Old French
locatedIn present-day Belgium
present-day France
namedAfter Hainaut
surface form: Hainaut region
notableRuler Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
Baldwin VI of Hainaut
Countess of Hainaut
surface form: Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut

Margaret II of Flanders
partOf Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

Burgundian Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands
Low Countries
Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
playedRoleIn early modern European politics
medieval European politics
presentIn Province of Hainaut
surface form: Belgian province of Hainaut

Aisne (department)
surface form: French department of Aisne

Nord department
surface form: French department of Nord
religion Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle County of Hainaut self-linksurface differs
surface form: Count of Hainaut
startTime 11th century
strategicImportance frontier principality between France and the Empire
successor French First Republic
Belgium
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Referenced by (53)

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Habsburg Netherlands includedTerritory County of Hainaut
Middle Dutch spokenIn County of Hainaut
Battle of Fleurus (1794) historicalRegion County of Hainaut
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 appliesTo County of Hainaut
Lord of the Netherlands hasPart County of Hainaut
Union of Arras participant County of Hainaut
Queen Philippa of Hainault birthRegion County of Hainaut
subject surface form: Philippa of Hainault
Burgundian Netherlands territoryIncludes County of Hainaut
William of Windsor hasMotherOrigin County of Hainaut
Bishopric of Cambrai borderedBy County of Hainaut
Hainaut hasPart County of Hainaut
County of Hainaut rulerTitle County of Hainaut self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
Valenciennes historicalRegion County of Hainaut
Burgundian Circle appliesToJurisdiction County of Hainaut
Baldwin I of Constantinople title County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
Baldwin I of Constantinople associatedWith County of Hainaut
Henry of Flanders associatedWith County of Hainaut
House of Flanders heldTitle County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
Philip the Handsome positionHeld County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
Charles the Rash positionHeld County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
Philip the Bold deathPlace County of Hainaut
Philip the Good positionHeld County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
House of Reginar titleHeld County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
Duchy of Lower Lotharingia followedBy County of Hainaut
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor birthPlace County of Hainaut
Netherlandish lands historicallyIncludes County of Hainaut
Lower Lorraine includesTerritory County of Hainaut
Binche historicalRegion County of Hainaut
Treaty of Arras (1579) partyTo County of Hainaut
Philippa placeOfBirth County of Hainaut
subject surface form: Philippa of Hainault
House of Avesnes ruled County of Hainaut
House of Avesnes hasCadetBranch County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Counts of Hainaut
House of Avesnes heldTitle County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
William I, Count of Hainaut countryOfOrigin County of Hainaut
William I, Count of Hainaut positionHeld County of Hainaut
this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut
William I, Count of Hainaut reignedOver County of Hainaut
Countess of Hainaut country County of Hainaut
Countess of Hainaut appliesToJurisdiction County of Hainaut
Philippa of Hainaut birthRegion County of Hainaut
Philippa of Hainaut countryOfOrigin County of Hainaut
Countess of Holland birthRegion County of Hainaut
subject surface form: Philippa of Hainault
John III, Duke of Brabant alliance County of Hainaut
Belgium and France sharesHistoricalEntity County of Hainaut
Louis Hennepin placeOfBirth County of Hainaut
County of Namur borderedBy County of Hainaut
Baldwin of Flanders countryOfCitizenship County of Hainaut