County of Boulogne

E111685
feudal fief former territorial entity medieval county

The County of Boulogne was a medieval feudal territory centered on the port city of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France, strategically important for its control of Channel trade and cross-Channel relations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
County of Boulogne canonical 14
Count of Boulogne 2
Counts of Boulogne 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal fief ⓘ
former territorial entity ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
absorbedBy French Crown ⓘ
absorbedInto royal domain of France ⓘ
allyOf William the Conqueror ⓘ
borderedBy County of Artois ⓘ
County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Ponthieu ⓘ
capital Boulogne-sur-Mer ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
economyBasedOn fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
tolls on Channel traffic ⓘ
governedBy feudal law ⓘ
hadInstitution comital court ⓘ
hadLanguage Old French ⓘ
Picard dialect ⓘ
hadReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasModernSuccessorTerritory Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
surface form: French department of Pas-de-Calais
hasPortCity Boulogne-sur-Mer ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
influencedBy Anglo-Norman politics ⓘ
Capetian dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Capetian monarchy
locatedIn Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
locatedOn Channel coast ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
militaryRole base for cross-Channel expeditions ⓘ
coastal defense against England ⓘ
namedAfter Boulogne-sur-Mer ⓘ
notableRuler Eustace II, Count of Boulogne ⓘ
Eustace III, Count of Boulogne ⓘ
Matilda I of Boulogne ⓘ
surface form: Matilda of Boulogne

Philip I, Count of Boulogne ⓘ
surface form: Philip I of Boulogne

Renaud de Dammartin ⓘ
surface form: Renaud of Dammartin
overlord Duke of Normandy ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
King of France ⓘ
participatedIn Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
partOf Picardy ⓘ
surface form: Province of Picardy

historic region of Artois–Picardy area ⓘ
ruledBy County of Boulogne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Counts of Boulogne
rulerParticipatedIn Eustace II at the Battle of Hastings ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Channel trade ⓘ
cross-Channel relations between England and France ⓘ
vassalTo Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne → associatedWith → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Eustace the Monk → birthPlace → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Eustace the Monk → citizenship → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Philip I, Count of Boulogne → positionHeld → County of Boulogne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Boulogne
Philip I, Count of Boulogne → nobleTitle → County of Boulogne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Boulogne
Philip I, Count of Boulogne → titleHolderOf → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Battle of Bouvines → belligerent → County of Boulogne ⓘ
County of Boulogne → ruledBy → County of Boulogne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Counts of Boulogne
Eustace III, Count of Boulogne → countryOfOrigin → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Matilda I of Boulogne → countryOfCitizenship → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Matilda I of Boulogne → heldTerritory → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Countess of Boulogne → country → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Countess of Boulogne → associatedWith → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Countess of Boulogne → governed → County of Boulogne ⓘ
Baldwin I of Jerusalem → countryOfCitizenship → County of Boulogne ⓘ
French fleet commander Eustace the Monk → countryOfCitizenship → County of Boulogne ⓘ
subject surface form: Eustace the Monk
Eustache le Moine → birthPlace → County of Boulogne ⓘ