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21 Nov, 44 tweets, 10 min read
There were 43 Counts of Flanders from 862 till 1983: below a list of all of them ! So please bear with me. #twitterstorians
Baldwin I with the Iron Arm (862-879)
Baldwin II the Bald (879-918)
Arnulf I the Great (918-965)
Baldwin III (958-962) - with his father Arnulf I -
Arnulf II the Young (965-988)
Baldwin IV with the Beard (988-1035)
Baldwin V the Great (1035-1067)
Baldwin VI of Hasnon (1067-1070)
Arnulf III the Unhappy (1070-1071)
Robert I the Frisian (1071-1093)
Robert II of Jerusalem (1093-1111)
Baldwin VII Hapkin (1111-1119)
Charles I the Good (1119-1127)
William I Clito (1127-1128)
Thierry of Alsace (1128-1168)
Philip I of Alsace (1168-1191)
Margaret I and Baldwin VIII (1191-1194)
Baldwin IX (1194-1205)
Joanna of Constantinople (1205-1244)
Margaret II of Contantinople (1244-1278)
Guy of Dampierre (1278-1305)
Robert III de Bethune (1305-1322)
Louis I de Nevers (1322-1346)
Louis II of Male (1346-1384)
Margaret III - with Philip of Burgundy - (1384-1405)
John the Fearless (1405-1419)
Philip II the Good (1419-1467)
Charles II the Bold (1467-1477)
Mary the Rich (1477-1482)
Philip III the Fair (1482-1506)
Charles III (1506-1555)
Philip IV (1555-1598)
Isabella with Albert (1598-1621)
Philip V (1621-1665)
Charles IV (1665-1700)
Philip VI (1700-1713)
Charles V (1713-1740)
Maria-Theresia (1740-1780)
Joseph (1780-1790)
Leopold (1790-1792)
Francis (1792-1795)
Prince Philip (1840-1905) - dynastic title -
Prince Charles (1910-1983)

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21 Nov
Today a #thread on Count Arnulf I of Flanders, aka the Great (893-964).
Born in 893 (approx.) as son of Baldwin II of Flanders & Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great. After his father's death he did not inherit the entire county as his brother Adalolf received a part. Adalof was killed in 933 fighting the vikings after which Arnulf took that part.
In the meantime Arnulf fought Rollo of Normandy, beat the vikings in 926 and waged war against Herbert II van Vermandois and took the Norman city of Montreuil. In 942 Arnulf invited William (son of Rolle) for talks but ordered his assissination, so Arnulf kept Montreuil.
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20 Nov
On Christmas Day 861 a man called Baldwin eloped with Judith, daughter of King Charles the Bald of West-Francia. A daring and very bold move, but one with some ramifications for the place that is now called Belgium: a #thread
Charles the Bald was furious,ordered everyone not to shelter his daughter/Baldwin and asked bishops to excommunicate them. The pair therefore moved to Rome where they pleaded with Pope Nicholas I who urged Charles to reconcile with his daughter and - yet unofficial - son-in-law.
Charles finally accepted the situation and accepted an official marriage in 862. He also gave Baldwin the 'pagus Flandrensis' and in 862 Baldwin thus became the first Count of Flanders. Some said he hoped Baldwin would be killed by raiding vikings.
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5 Oct
Did you know Belgium and the Netherlands share what is probably one of the weirdest borders in the world. Curious how this came to be? Well, buckle up and check this #thread #twitterstorians Image
It all started in the 12th c. when a conflict between Duke Henry I of Brabant and Dirk VII of Holland rose. The Lord of Breda, Godfried van Schoten, pledged allegiance to Henry who gave him pieces of land and kept some land as his personal property. ImageImage
So at some point you had land called Baarle onder Breda (held by the Lord of Breda) and Baarle onder de Hertog (held by the Duke).
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19 Aug
Today we will look at the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, a state within the Holy Roman Empire that existed till 1795 and has a fascinating history. A #thread #twitterstorians
The Bishopric of Liège already existed for quite some time when in 985 and 987 Bishop Notger acquired the counties of Huy and Bruningerode, thus allowing him to claim secular power as well and morphing his bishopric into a principality.
In the course of centuries the Prince-Bishops acquired more land as they got their hands on the Lordship of Bouillon in 1096, the County of Loon in 1366 (after the Wars of the Loon Succession) and the County of Horne in 1568.
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17 Aug
The relations between the House of Habsburg and Belgium are quite old and very deep, ranging from the Habsburg sovereignty over this land to royal marriages in recent history. A short thread below 👇 #twitterstorians
The Habsburgs arrived in the history of these land in 1477 when Mary of Burgundy married Maximilian of Habsburg, this would lead to so called Habsburg Netherlands after Mary's death in 1482, who was succeeded by her son Philip. ImageImage
In the late 16th c. the Northern part went its own way as the Dutch Republic, whilst the South remained a partially autonomous part of the 'Habsburg composite monarchy' and would remain so - with the odd hickup - till 1794.
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2 Aug
Today in the Belgian aristocratic families series: the House of Lalaing. They originate from Lallaing (now in France, then part of the County of Hainaut) and became a prominent part of the establislish o/t Burgundian Netherlands in the 15th c. Some interesting members below.👇
Jacques van Lalaing (1421-1453), travelled around Europe to joust. Participated in the Siege of Poeke Castle (Ghent Rebellion) and was killed after being hit by a canon ball, one of Europe's first noblemen who has been killed by canon fire.
Joost de Lalaing (1437-1483), participated in the Battle of Nancy (1477) which killed Charles the Bold, became Lord Chamberlain of Charles' daughter Mary. Served as Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland and Admiral of Flanders. Was killed during the Siege of Utrecht in 1483.
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