Margaret de Hainault, Countess of Flanders II

1202 - 1280  (78 years)

• Name	Margaret de Hainault  [1]
  Suffix	Countess of Flanders II
  Birth	2 Jun 1202	Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Nov 1280	Douai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [1]
  Person ID	I8569	Bob Juch's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Baldwin, Count of Hainaut VI,   b. 11 Jul 1171, Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 11 Jun 1205, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marie de Champagne,   b. Abt 1174, Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France d. 9 Aug 1204, Acre, Northern District, Israel (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Jun 1186  [2]
  Family ID	F3372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bouchard d'Avesnes, Lord of Avesnes and Étrœungt IV,   b. 1182, Avesnes, Pas-De-Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France d. 7 Sep 1244, Rupelmonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Bef 23 Jul 1212
  Divorce	1221
  Children	1. John d'Avesnes, Count of Hainaut I,   b. 1 May 1218, Houffalize, Luxembourg, Belgium d. 24 Dec 1257, Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 39 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F14287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Jun 1202 - Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Death - 10 Nov 1280 - Douai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Between 1191 and 1280, Flanders and the neighboring region of Hainaut were ruled as a united countship. In 1280, following the death of Margaret of Flanders, the union was dissolved. Margaret's son, Guy de Dampierre, succeeded to the countship of Flanders, and her grandson, John II of Avesnes, became count of Hainaut. In the early 14th century, Flanders was invaded and subjugated by King Philip IV of France. Although the countship was acknowledged nominally, France became the real ruler of Flanders. In 1369 Bourgogne acquired Flanders through the marriage of Philip the Bold, duke of Bourgogne, to Margaret of Flanders, daughter of Louis II, count of Flanders. The history of Flanders as an independent state ceased that year. In 1477 Flanders passed to the house of Habsburg.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S40] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).