County of Artois

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feudal fief former province of France historic county

The County of Artois was a historic province in northern France, centered on the city of Arras, that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European conflicts and politics.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Artois 12
Arras 2
Artois (most of) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal fief ⓘ
former province of France ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
annexationDate 1659 ⓘ
annexationTreaty Treaty of the Pyrenees ⓘ
borderedBy County of Flanders ⓘ
Hainaut ⓘ
Hauts-de-France ⓘ
surface form: Picardy
capital Arras ⓘ
centeredOn Arras ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ
France ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
language Old French ⓘ
Picard ⓘ
locatedIn northern France ⓘ
majorCity Arras ⓘ
Béthune ⓘ
RC Lens ⓘ
surface form: Lens

Saint-Omer ⓘ
modernTerritoryCorrespondsTo Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
surface form: French department of Pas-de-Calais
namedAfter County of Artois self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Artois region
notableDynasty Capetian dynasty ⓘ
House of Artois ⓘ
House of Burgundy ⓘ
House of Habsburg ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
originatedFrom County of Flanders ⓘ
partOf French Flanders ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
surface form: Low Countries (historical region)
playedRoleIn Burgundian Wars ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Franco-Flemish conflicts

Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulerTitle Count of Artois ⓘ
status dissolved as separate province during French Revolution ⓘ
strategicImportance frontier region between France and the Low Countries ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
wasPartOf Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Netherlands

County of Flanders ⓘ
Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of France ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Netherlands

Referenced by (28)

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

Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 → appliesTo → County of Artois ⓘ
Bishopric of Cambrai → borderedBy → County of Artois ⓘ
Hainaut → borderedBy → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
this entity surface form: Artois (most of)
Duke of Burgundy → controlledTerritory → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
this entity surface form: Arras
Scarpe → flowsThrough → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
Duchy of Burgundy → hadTerritory → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
Union of Arras → hasLocation → County of Artois ⓘ
Lord of the Netherlands → hasPart → County of Artois ⓘ
Seventeen Provinces → hasPart → County of Artois ⓘ
Seventeen Provinces → hasPart → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Hainaut
Seventeen Provinces → hasPart → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Namur
Bishopric of Arras → historicalRegion → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
Bishopric of Thérouanne → historicalRegion → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
Calais → historicalRegion → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
St Omer → historicalRegion → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
Habsburg Netherlands → includedTerritory → County of Artois ⓘ
Bishopric of Arras → linkedTo → County of Artois ⓘ
Bishopric of Arras → locatedIn → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
Bishopric of Thérouanne → locatedIn → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
Bishopric of Thérouanne → locatedIn → County of Artois ⓘ
County of Artois → namedAfter → County of Artois self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois region
Pas-de-Calais → partOf → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois
Union of Arras → participant → County of Artois ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre → placeOfBirth → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arras
Maximilien Robespierre → placeOfBirth → County of Artois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artois