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Count of Flanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (406 words) |
 | The counts of Flanders ruled over the county of Flanders from the 9th century. |
| The county of Flanders passed by marriage to the Habsburgs. |
| The title was abolished in the aftermath of the French revolution and the annexation of Flanders by France in 1795... |
| NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Count of Flanders (577 words) |
| Ironically, the county of Flanders itself, along with all its possessions, suffered the same fate and was annexed by the duchy of Burgundy in 1405. |
| In his time the long contest between Flanders and Holland for the possession of the island of Zeeland was brought to an end by a treaty signed on the 6th of March 1323, by which West Zeeland was assigned to the count of Holland, the rest to the count of Flanders. |
| Baldwin was the son of Baldwin V of Hainaut, and Margaret I, sister of Philip of Alsace and Countess of Flanders. |
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