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John II, born 1247, was the eldest son of John I of Hainaut and Adelaide of Holland. [1] He became Count of Hainaut on the death of his grandmother, Countess Margaret I of Hainaut. [1] John continued the war between the House of Dampierre and the Avesnes family against Count Guy of Flanders for Imperial Flanders .
John II (born c. 1247—died September 11?, 1304, Hainaut) was the count of Hainaut (1280–1304) and of the Dutch provinces of Holland and Zeeland (1299–1304), who united the counties and prevented the northward expansion of the house of Dampierre, the counts of Flanders.
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House of Avesnes. John II (r. 1280–1304), son of John I, also Count of Holland. William I (r. 1304–1337), son of John II, also Count of Holland. William II (r. 1337–1345), son of William I, also Count of Holland.
The County of Hainaut ( French: Comté de Hainaut; Dutch: Graafschap Henegouwen; Latin: comitatus hanoniensis ), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled the present-day border of Belgium and France. Its most important towns included Mons ( Dutch: Bergen ), now in Belgium, and ...
John II (1247 – 22 August 1304) was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland. John II, born 1247, was the eldest son of John I of Hainaut and Adelaide of Holland. Categories: 1240s births. 1304 deaths. Counts of Holland. Counts of Hainaut.
The Count of Hainaut was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries
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