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Up to 1477, the core area under French suzerainty was west of the Scheldt and was called "Royal Flanders" (Dutch: Kroon-Vlaanderen, French: Flandre royale). Aside from this, the counts, from the 11th century onward, held land east of the river as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire : "Imperial Flanders" ( Rijks-Vlaanderen or Flandre impériale ).
Apr 4, 2023 · Article. The Battle of Fleurus (26 June 1794) was the climax of the Flanders Campaign of 1792-95 and was one of the most decisive battles in the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). A French victory, Fleurus ensured French ascendency for the rest of the war, leading to France's conquest of Belgium and to the destruction of the Dutch Republic ...
- The Battle of Fleurus was a military engagement in the French Revolutionary Wars, fought between an army of the First French Republic and an army o...
- The Battle of Fleurus was won by an army of the First French Republic commanded by General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. The battle is often considered Jo...
- The Battle of Fleurus was fought on 26 June 1794.
- The Battle of Fleurus was significant for turning the tide of the War of the First Coalition for good. It convinced Austria that Belgium was no lon...
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Oct 14, 2018 · Flanders sits between three powerful states – England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire – and each of them wanted to have influence over the county. All of them found a noble candidate to back, but it was France’s ruler, Louis VI, who acted most decisively, coming to Flanders himself to lead the siege in Bruges.
The western districts of Flanders came finally under French rule under successive treaties of 1659 (Artois), 1668, and 1678. Providing a little more detail, the County of Flanders was an affluent part of West Francia and, subsequently, mediæval France, with several prominent trade ports on the Scheldt.
Aug 26, 2021 · On 11 July, an untrained Flemish infantry militia defeated a professional force of French cavalry during the Battle of Golden Spurs in Kortrijk, Flanders. This unexpected victory led to a generation of political ascendancy of the guilds in the urban centres and ended the threat of French annexation.
1346 - 1384: Louis II of Mâle: 1384 - 1405: Margaret of Mâle: Dau. m Philip the Bold of Burgundy (1368).: 1405: Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, had married Margaret of Mâle in 1368, and in 1384 she becomes countess of Flanders and one of the richest heiresses in Europe, thereby passing the county into the hands of the dukes of Burgundy where it remains after Philip's death.
Oct 10, 2014 · The zenith of comital power and prestige was reached under Count Philip d’Alsace (1168-91, co-ruler with his father from 1157), who ruled much of Picardy, by right of his wife, as well as Flanders. Godfather of King Philip II (Augustus) of France, he was the young king’s guardian in 1179-80, after King Louis VII was paralysed by a stroke.
