County of Flanders

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constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire feudal state former principality historical region medieval county

The County of Flanders was a powerful medieval and early modern principality in the Low Countries, centered in what is now western Belgium and parts of northern France, that played a major role in European trade, politics, and culture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
County of Flanders canonical 114
County of Flanders (ally of England) 1
County of Flanders (historical region) 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
feudal state ⓘ
former principality ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
capital Bruges ⓘ
Ghent ⓘ
Lille ⓘ
coatOfArms black lion rampant on a gold field ⓘ
conflict Battle of the Golden Spurs ⓘ
Franco-Flemish War ⓘ
War of the Flemish Cities ⓘ
surface form: Ghent Revolt

Hundred Years' War ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
currency Flemish groat ⓘ
economy international commerce ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
wool trade ⓘ
endCause annexation by France ⓘ
endDate 1795 ⓘ
era Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Flemings ⓘ
event French Revolutionary annexation ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
importantCity Bruges ⓘ
Ghent ⓘ
Lille ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
knownFor Flemish art ⓘ
Flemish cities ⓘ
Hanseatic trade connections ⓘ
medieval cloth production ⓘ
urban autonomy movements ⓘ
language Middle Dutch ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
locatedIn Low Countries ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
notableRuler Baldwin I Iron Arm ⓘ
Baldwin V, Count of Flanders ⓘ
surface form: Baldwin V of Flanders

Charles the Bold ⓘ
Louis I of Flanders ⓘ
Margaret II of Flanders ⓘ
Emperor Maximilian I ⓘ
surface form: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Philip I of Flanders ⓘ
overlord Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King of France ⓘ
partOf Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
predecessor pagus Flandrensis ⓘ
present-dayRegionIncludes East Flanders ⓘ
French Flanders ⓘ
West Flanders ⓘ
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen ⓘ
surface form: Zeelandic Flanders
presentIn Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulerTitle Count of Flanders ⓘ
startDate 862 ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
successor French departments of Lys and Escaut ⓘ
East Flanders ⓘ
surface form: Province of East Flanders

West Flanders ⓘ
surface form: Province of West Flanders

United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ

Referenced by (117)

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

Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 → appliesTo → County of Flanders ⓘ
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → birthPlace → County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Artois → borderedBy → County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Artois → originatedFrom → County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Artois → wasPartOf → County of Flanders ⓘ
Philip I of Castile → placeOfBirth → County of Flanders ⓘ
States General of the Habsburg Netherlands → hasJurisdictionOver → County of Flanders ⓘ
Flemish lion → historicalRegion → County of Flanders ⓘ
Jan van Eyck → countryOfCitizenship → County of Flanders ⓘ
Jan van Eyck → placeOfDeath → County of Flanders ⓘ
Lord of the Netherlands → hasPart → County of Flanders ⓘ
John of Gaunt → birthPlace → County of Flanders ⓘ
Lordship of Mechelen → borderedBy → County of Flanders ⓘ
Lord of the Seventeen Provinces → sovereigntyOver → County of Flanders ⓘ
Gerardus Mercator → placeOfBirth → County of Flanders ⓘ
Courtrai → battleOpponents → County of Flanders ⓘ
Siege of Ostend → locatedInRegion → County of Flanders ⓘ
Battle of Sluys → countryAtTime → County of Flanders ⓘ
Burgundian Netherlands → territoryIncludes → County of Flanders ⓘ
Union of Brussels → includes → County of Flanders ⓘ
siege and capture of Tournai (1581) → location → County of Flanders ⓘ
Flemings → historicalRegion → County of Flanders ⓘ
Audenarde → historicalRegion → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Tournai → locatedIn → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Tournai → underInfluenceOf → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Ypres → locatedIn → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Bruges → locatedIn → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Thérouanne → locatedIn → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Thérouanne → borderDioceseWith → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Thérouanne → associatedWith → County of Flanders ⓘ
Margaret of Parma → placeOfBirth → County of Flanders ⓘ
Duchy of Burgundy → successor → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Cambrai → borderedBy → County of Flanders ⓘ
Ypres → historicalRegion → County of Flanders ⓘ
Siege of Lille (1667) → location → County of Flanders ⓘ
Hainaut → wasPartOf → County of Flanders ⓘ
Douai → historicalAffiliation → County of Flanders ⓘ
Bishopric of Ghent → locatedIn → County of Flanders ⓘ
Oudenarde → historicalAffiliation → County of Flanders ⓘ
Jodocus Hondius → birthPlace → County of Flanders ⓘ
Jodocus Hondius → citizenship → County of Flanders ⓘ
Battle of Bouvines → belligerent → County of Flanders ⓘ
Robert II of Flanders → countryOfCitizenship → County of Flanders ⓘ
Robert II of Flanders → placeOfBirth → County of Flanders ⓘ
Robert II of Flanders → allegiance → County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Hainaut → borderedBy → County of Flanders ⓘ
Isabella of Hainaut → placeOfBirth → County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Boulogne → borderedBy → County of Flanders ⓘ
Coat of arms of Flanders → symbolizes → County of Flanders ⓘ
Coat of arms of Flanders → usedBy → County of Flanders ⓘ