The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of what is now Belgium.
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The original County of Flanders stretched around AD 900 from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt estuary and expanded from there. This county also still ...
The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, ...
Belgium portal · Coat of arms of the Counts of Flanders. The former County of Flanders — in the Low Countries region of northwestern Europe.
The original medieval county of Flanders spread from the area of Bruges, and later had its capital in nearby Ghent. Its core territories came to include French ...
The States of Flanders were a representative institution in the medieval and early modern County of Flanders. Initially it consisted only of the Third ...
The Count of Flanders was the ruler or leader of the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the French Revolution in 1790. The first count was Baldwin I ...
Flanders, medieval principality in the southwest of the Low Countries, now included in the French département of Nord (q.v.), the Belgian provinces of East ...
The County of Flanders (862-1795) was a vassal state of the Holy Roman Empire. Belgium Kingdom of Belgium (From 1839) Allied Military Government of Belgium ...
The House of Flanders was the first dynasty to transform a county function of the Carolingian Empire into a hereditary fiefdom, the County of Flanders, falling ...