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Encyclopedia: Count-of-Hainaut (2164 words) |
 | Hainaut (Dutch: Henegouwen) is the westernmost province of Wallonia. |
| Baldwin V of Hainaut (1150-December 17, 1195) was count of Hainaut (1120?_1195), count of Flanders as Baldwin VIII (1191-1195) and margrave of Namur as Baldwin I (1189-1195). |
| Margaret II of Flanders (1202-1278) was countess of Flanders from 1244 to 1278 and countess of Hainaut from 1244 to 1246. |
| Count of Hainaut - definition of Count of Hainaut in Encyclopedia (241 words) |
| The virtually independent county of Hainaut emerged from chaotic conditions at the end of the 9th century as a semi-independent state, at first a vassal of the crown of Lotharingia. |
| The counts of Hainaut have had an historical connection to the counts of Flanders and Holland, to whom they had strong family ties. |
| With the murder of Jacqueline of Hainaut and Holland in 1436, her estates were acquired by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. |
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