The following is a list of Marquis or Margraves of Namur . Namur was not often an independent state, rather under the dominion of other entities like the counties of Hainaut and Flanders or the Duke of Burgundy .
Succession is from father to son, unless otherwise noted
Counts of Namur
House of Luxemburg Albert I (r. 992 – 1011 ) Robert I (r. 1011 – 1016 ) Albert II (r. 1016 – 1037 ) Albert III (r. 1037 – 1102 ) Godfrey I (r. 1102 – 1139 ) Henry the Blind (r. 1139 – 1189 ) also Count of Luxemburg Sister Alice of Namur married Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
Marquis (Margraves) of Namur
House of Courtenay Philip II (r. 1217 – 1226 ) son Henry II (r. 1226 – 1229 ) brother Margaret (r. 1229 – 1237 ) sister Baldwin II (r. 1237 – 1256 ) also Latin Emperor; brother
House of Vianden Henry III (r. 1256 – 1265 ) nephew?
Guy of Dampierre (r. 1265 – 1297 ) also Count of Flanders John I (r. 1297 – 1330 ) John II (r. 1330 – 1335 ) Guy II (r. 1335 – 1336 ) brother Philip III (r. 1336 – 1337 ) brother William I (r. 1337 – 1391 ) brother William II (r. 1391 – 1418 ) John III (r. 1418 – 1421 ; died 1429 ) brother In 1421, John III of Dampierre, Marquis of Namur, sells his estates to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
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**Namur is a province in Wallonia, Belgium, named after the provincial capital city. **Namur is a municipality and a city of Belgium, the capital of Wallonia as well. **It is the seat of the Catholic Bishopric of Namur .
Counts and Margraves of Namur (74 words)
The county of Namur evolved from the county of Lomme (Lommengouw) during the 10 The last margrave/marquis of Namur sold the margraviate to the duke of Burgundy 1421 . Namur is today a French speaking province in Belgium.
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