Counts of Hainaut
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The counts of Hainaut were the rulers of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries.
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[edit] List of counts of Hainaut
[edit] House of Reginar
- Reginar I (r. ?-898)
- Sigard (r. 898-908, m. 920)
- Hagano (m. 921)
- Reginar I (r. 908-915), second time
- Reginar II (r. 915-after 932)
- Reginar III (r. before 940-958)
- Godfrey I (r. before 958-964)
Then divided between Mons and Valenciennes.
[edit] Counts of Mons
- Richar (r. 964-973)
- Reginald (r. 973)
- Reginar IV (r. 973-974)
- Godfrey II (r. 974-998)
- Reginar IV (r. 998-1013), second time
- Reginar V (r. 1013-1039), acquired the southern part of the Brabant province around 1024
- Herman (r. 1039-1051), married Richilda, acquired Valenciennes around 1045 or 1049
[edit] Counts and Margraves of Valenciennes
- Amalric (r. 964-973)
- Warin (r. 973)
- Reginar IV (r. 973-974)
- Arnulf (r. 974-1006)
- Baldwin I (r. 1006-1035)
- Baldwin II (r. 1035-1045)
Valenciennes then to Mons, Hainaut reunited.
[edit] House of Flanders
- Baldwin I (r. 1051-1070), also count of Flanders
- Arnulf I (r. 1070-1071), also count of Flanders
- Baldwin II (r. 1071-1098)
- Baldwin III (r. 1098-1120)
- Baldwin IV (r. 1120-1171)
- Baldwin V (r. 1171-1195), also count of Flanders
- Baldwin VI (r. 1195-1205), also count of Flanders and Byzantine emperor
- Jeanne of Flanders (r. 1205-1244), also countess of Flanders
- Margaret of Flanders (r. 1244-1280), also countess of Flanders; married for the first time to Bouchard, Count of Avesnes, second time to William II of Dampierre
[edit] House of Avesnes
- John I (r. 1280-1304)also count of Holland, as well as his descendants
- William I (r. 1304-1337)
- William II (r. 1337-1345)
- Margaret II (r. 1345-1356) married Louis IV Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Bavaria
[edit] House of Bavaria
- William III (r. 1356-1388) also Duke of Bavaria-Straubing
- Albrecht I (r. 1388-1407) also Duke of Bavaria-Straubing
- William IV (r. 1407-1417) also Duke of Bavaria-Straubing
- John II (1418-1425), also Duke of Bavaria-Straubing, brother of William VI rival of Jacqueline
- Jacqueline (r. 1417-1432)
There was a war of succession between John and Jacqueline. This war was won by Philip the Good of Burgundy, who had inherited John's claims on the duchy. Philip was a nephew of William VI, who had married a daughter of Philip the Bold of Burgundy. In 1432 he forced Jacqueline to abdicate from Hainaut and Holland on his behalf.
