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The county of Flanders officially ceased to exist in 1795, when it was annexed by France, and divided into two departments: Lys (present day West Flanders) and Escaut (present day East Flanders and Zeelandic Flanders).
The County of Flanders was created in the year 862 as a feudal fief in West Francia, the predecessor of the Kingdom of France. After a period of growing power within France, it was divided when its western districts fell under French rule in the late 12th century, with the remaining parts of Flanders came under the rule of the counts of ...
Flandre. Flemish: Vlaanderen. Date: c. 750 - c. 1792. Major Events: Hundred Years' War. Battle of Bouvines. Treaty of Cambrai. Battle of the Golden Spurs. Key People: Jacob van Artevelde. Jean de Ockeghem. Augier Ghislain de Busbecq. Robert I. Louis II. Related Places: France. Netherlands. Belgium.
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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. Unlike its neighbours such as the counties of Brabant and Hainaut, it was within the territory of the Kingdom of France.
The County of Flanders was a feudal fief in West Francia. The first certain Count in the comital family, Baldwin I of Flanders, is first reported in a document of 862, when he eloped with a daughter of his king Charles the Bald. The region developed as a medieval economic power with a large degree of political autonomy.
Contents. Consolidation of territorial states (1384–1567) Among the many territorial principalities of the Low Countries, Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut-Holland, and Gelderland (Guelders) in the mid-14th century had a dominating military and diplomatic position.
Contents. The development of the territorial principalities and the rise of the towns (925– c. 1350) Politically speaking, the period between 925 and about 1350 is characterized by the emergence, growth, and eventual independence of secular and ecclesiastical territorial principalities.
