Count of Flanders

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feudal title hereditary title medieval noble title

The Count of Flanders was a powerful medieval noble title ruling a wealthy and strategically important principality in northwestern Europe, encompassing parts of modern-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Count of Flanders canonical	29
Count of Hainaut	1
Counts of Flanders	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feudal title ⓘ hereditary title ⓘ medieval noble title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	County of Flanders ⓘ
capital	Bruges ⓘ Ghent ⓘ
conflict	Franco-Flemish War ⓘ Hundred Years' War ⓘ
country	County of Flanders ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished	1795 ⓘ
economy	cloth trade ⓘ international commerce ⓘ
endTime	1795 ⓘ
feudalRank	count ⓘ
firstHolder	Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders ⓘ surface form: Baldwin I of Flanders
hasCharacteristic	economically wealthy ⓘ powerful feudal principality ⓘ strategically important ⓘ
hasPart	territory in modern Belgium ⓘ territory in modern France ⓘ territory in modern Netherlands ⓘ
inception	9th century ⓘ
languageUsed	Middle Dutch ⓘ Old French ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	northwestern Europe ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Burgundy ⓘ House of Dampierre ⓘ House of Flanders ⓘ House of Habsburg ⓘ House of Valois-Burgundy ⓘ
notableHolder	Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders ⓘ surface form: Baldwin I of Flanders Baldwin II, Count of Flanders ⓘ surface form: Baldwin II of Flanders Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders ⓘ surface form: Baldwin IX of Flanders Baldwin V, Count of Flanders ⓘ surface form: Baldwin V of Flanders Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Charles the Bold ⓘ Charles the Good ⓘ Louis II, Count of Flanders ⓘ Margaret II of Flanders ⓘ surface form: Margaret II, Countess of Flanders Emperor Maximilian I ⓘ surface form: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Philip II of Spain ⓘ Philip the Bold ⓘ Philip the Good ⓘ
officialResidence	Bruges ⓘ Ghent ⓘ
overlord	Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ King of France ⓘ
partOf	Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
positionHeldOver	County of Flanders ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime	c. 862 ⓘ
successorTitle	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Austrian Netherlands (as administrative unit) French département of Escaut ⓘ French département of Lys ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Philip I of Castile → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Philip I of Castile → nobleTitle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Battle of Bouvines → weakened → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Robert II of Flanders → nobleTitle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Robert II of Flanders → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Henry the Young King → alliedWith → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Philippe, Count of Flanders → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Baldwin I of Constantinople → title → Count of Flanders ⓘ

House of Flanders → hasTitle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

House of Flanders → heldTitle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Philip the Handsome → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

John the Fearless → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Charles the Rash → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

County of Flanders → rulerTitle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Basilica of the Holy Blood → relicBroughtBy → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Philip the Bold → nobleTitle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Philip the Bold → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders → nobleTitle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Philip the Good → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Charles the Bold → title → Count of Flanders ⓘ

William I, Count of Hainaut → nobleTitle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of Hainaut

Gravensteen castle → wasSeatOf → Count of Flanders ⓘ

subject surface form: Gravensteen

this entity surface form: Counts of Flanders

Philip of Habsburg → title → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands → titleStyle → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Prince Charles of Belgium → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Prince Charles of Belgium → title → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Baldwin of Flanders → positionHeld → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Baldwin of Flanders → title → Count of Flanders ⓘ

Council of Flanders → subordinateTo → Count of Flanders ⓘ