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Louis II (Dutch: Lodewijk van Male; French: Louis II de Flandre) (25 October 1330, Male – 30 January 1384, Lille), also known as Louis of Male, a member of the House of Dampierre, was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel from 1346 as well as Count of Artois and Burgundy from 1382 until his death.
Louis II was the count of Flanders, Nevers, and Réthel (1346–84), who, by marrying his daughter Margaret to the Burgundian duke Philip the Bold (1369), prepared the way for the subsequent union of Flanders and Burgundy.
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Joanna of Flanders, the granddaughter of Count Robert III and daughter of his son, Count Louis I, married John Montfort. During Montfort's imprisonment, she fought on his behalf, alongside English allies, during the Breton War of Succession for the ducal crown, which was won definitively by her son John V, Duke of Brittany .
Louis I ( c. 1304 – 26 August 1346, ruled 1322–1346) was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel . Life. He was the son of Louis I, Count of Nevers, and Joan, Countess of Rethel, and grandson of Robert III of Flanders. [1] . He succeeded his father as count of Nevers and his grandfather as count of Flanders in 1322.
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 "Iron Arm". [1] . By expanding its borders the early counts managed to keep Flanders independent.
Oct 22, 2023 · Louis I (1304 – August 26, 1346, ruled 1322–1346) was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel. History. He was the son of Louis, Count of Nevers and Jeanne of Rethel, and grandson of Robert III of Flanders. Louis married Marguerite of France, second daughter of Philip V of France and Jeanne II, Countess of Burgundy.
Margaret of Flanders was the only child of Louis II, count of Flanders, and Margaret of Brabant . In 1369, she married Philip the Bold who was duke of Burgundy and brother of Charles V, king of France. When Louis II died in 1384, Margaret inherited Flanders and Artois, and the cities of Antwerp and Malines.
