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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 ).
The Flemish forces at the Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302) as depicted on the Courtrai Chest. The Franco-Flemish War ( French: Guerre de Flandre; Dutch: Vlaamse opstand) was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders between 1297 and 1305.
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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 right of the Allied line was under the Duke of York and ended near Le Cateau. A line of outposts then ran north-west along the line of the Selle river. The French plan was to attack both flanks of the allies, while sending relief columns towards Landrecies.
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.
Dec 29, 2023 · The interest of French intellectuals and politicians and of other French-speakers in the status of French in Flanders stemmed not only from a general concern for the spread of French influence and civilization, but also reflected Belgium’s position as a land that was both geographically and culturally located between France and her rival ...
May 9, 2018 · Flanders. Flanders a region in the south-western part of the Low Countries, now divided between Belgium (where it forms the provinces of East and West Flanders), France, and the Netherlands. It was a powerful medieval principality and the scene of prolonged fighting during the First World War, when Allied troops held the sector of the Western ...
