List of countesses of Flanders by marriage
Appearance
The Countess of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders from the 9th century.
Countess of Flanders
House of Flanders, 862–1119
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Judith of the Franks | Charles the Bald (Carolingian) |
October 844 | 13 December 862 | 879 husband's death |
after 870 | Baldwin I | |
Ælfthryth of Wessex | Alfred the Great (Wessex) |
877 | 893–899 | 10 September 918 husband's death |
7 June 929 | Baldwin II | ||
Adele of Vermandois | Herbert II, Count of Vermandois (Herbertien) |
910/15 | 934 | 10 October 960 | Arnulf I | |||
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Matilda Billung of Saxony | Herman, Duke of Saxony (Billung) |
935/45 | 951/59 | 958 husband's join rule with father |
1 January 962 husband's death |
25 May 1008 | Baldwin III |
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Rozala of Italy | Berengar II of Italy (Ivrea) |
950/960 | 968 | 30 March 987 husband's death |
13 December 1003 or 7 February 1004 |
Arnulf II | |
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Ogive of Luxembourg | Frederick of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) |
980–995 | 1012 | 21 February/9 March 1030 | Baldwin IV | ||
Eleanor of Normandy | Richard II, Duke of Normandy (Normandy) |
1011/13 | after 1030 | 30 May 1035 husband's death |
after 1071 | |||
Adela of France | Robert II of France (Capet) |
1009 | 1028 | 30 May 1035 husband's accession |
1 September 1067 husband's death |
8 January 1079 | Baldwin V | |
Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut | - | 1031 | 1051 | 1 September 1067 husband's accession |
17 July 1070 husband's death |
15 March 1086 | Baldwin VI | |
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Gertrude Billung of Saxony | Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (Billung) |
1030 | 1063 | 22 February 1071 husband's accession |
13 October 1093 husband's death |
4 August 1113 | Robert I |
Clementia of Burgundy | William I, Count of Burgundy (Ivrea) |
1078 | before 1092 | 13 October 1093 husband's accession |
5 October 1111 husband's death |
1078 | Robert II | |
Hawise of Brittany | Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (Cornouaille) |
- | 1105 or 1110 | 5 October 1111 husband's accession |
1110 or after marriage annulled by the Pope on grounds of consanguinity |
- | Baldwin VII |
House of Estridsen, 1119–1127
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Margaret of Clermont | Renaud II, Count of Clermont | 1104/05 | before July 1119 | 17 July 1119 husband's accession |
2 March 1127 husband's death |
after 1145 | Charles I |
House of Normandy, 1127–1128
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Joan of Montferrat | Rainier, Marquess of Montferrat (Aleramici) |
1107 | January 1127 | 30 March 1127 husband's accession |
28 July 1128 husband's death |
1191 | William Clito |
House of Metz, 1128–1194
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Suanhilde | - | - | - | 28 July 1128 husband's accession |
4 September 1132 | Thierry | ||
Sibylla of Anjou | Fulk of Jerusalem (Anjou) |
1112/16 | 1139 | 1165 | ||||
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Elisabeth, Countess of Vermandois | Ralph I, Count of Vermandois (Vermandois) |
1143 | 1156 | 17 January 1168 husband's accession |
28 March 1183 | Philip I | |
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Theresa of Portugal | Afonso I of Portugal (Burgundy) |
1157 | August 1183 | 1 August 1191 husband's death |
6 May 1218 |
House of Hainaut, 1194–1278
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie of Champagne | Henry I, Count of Champagne (Blois) |
1174 | 6 January 1186 | 15 November 1194 husband's accession |
9 August 1204 | Baldwin IX |
House of Dampierre, 1247–1405
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Beatrice of Brabant | Henry II, Duke of Brabant (Leuven) |
1225 | November 1247 | 6 June 1251 husband's death |
11 November 1288 | William II | |
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Matilda of Bethune | Robert VII, Lord of Bethune (Bethune) |
after 1230 | 2 February 1246 | 6 June 1251 husband's accession |
8 November 1264 | Guy | |
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Isabelle, Marchioness of Namur | Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) |
1247 | March or May 1264 | 25 September 1298 | |||
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Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy | Philip V of France (Capet) |
1309 | 22 July 1320 | 17 September 1322 husband's accession |
26 August 1346 husband's death |
9 May 1382 | Louis I |
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Margaret of Brabant | Henry II, Duke of Brabant (Leuven) |
9 February 1323 | 6 June 1347 | 1368 | Louis II |
House of Valois-Burgundy, 1405–1482
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Margaret of Bavaria | Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) |
1363 | 12 April 1385 | 21 March 1405 husband's accession |
10 September 1419 husband's death |
23 January 1423 | John |
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Michèle de Valois | Charles VI of France (Valois) |
11 January 1395 | June 1409 | 10 September 1419 husband's accession |
8 July 1422 | Philip II | |
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Bonne of Artois | Philip of Artois, Count of Eu (Artois) |
1396 | 30 November 1424 | 17 September 1425 | |||
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Isabella of Portugal | John I of Portugal (Aviz) |
21 February 1397 | 7 January 1430 | 15 July 1467 husband's death |
17 December 1471 | ||
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Margaret of York | Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (York) |
3 May 1446 | 9 July 1468 | 5 January 1477 husband's death |
23 November 1503 | Charles II |
House of Habsburg, 1482–1700
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Joanna of Castile | Ferdinand II of Aragon (Trastámara) |
6 November 1479 | 20 October 1496 | 25 September 1506 husband's death |
12 April 1555 | Philip III | |
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Isabella of Portugal | Manuel I of Portugal (Aviz) |
24 October 1503 | 11 March 1526 | 1 May 1539 | Charles III | ||
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Mary I of England | Henry VIII of England (Tudor) |
18 February 1516 | 25 July 1554 | 16 January 1556 husband's ascension |
17 November 1558 | Philip IV | |
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Elisabeth of Valois | Henry II of France (Valois) |
2 April 1545 | 22 June 1559 | 3 October 1568 | |||
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Anna of Austria | Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) |
1 November 1549 | May 1570 | 26 October 1580 | |||
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Elisabeth of Bourbon | Henry IV of France (Bourbon) |
22 November 1602 | 25 November 1615 | 31 March 1621 husband's ascension |
6 October 1644 | Philip V | |
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Mariana of Austria | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) |
24 December 1634 | 7 October 1649 | 17 September 1665 husband's death |
16 May 1696 | ||
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Marie Louise of Orléans | Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (Bourbon-Orléans) |
26 March 1662 | 19 November 1679 | 12 February 1689 | Charles IV | ||
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Maria Anna of the Palatinate-Neuburg | Philip William, Elector Palatine (Wittelsbach) |
28 October 1667 | 14 May 1690 | 1 November 1700 husband's death |
16 July 1740 |
House of Bourbon, 1700–1706
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Luisa of Savoy | Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (Savoy) |
17 September 1688 | 2 November 1701 | c. 1706 County ceded to Austria |
14 February 1714 | Philip VI |
House of Habsburg, 1706–1780
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) |
28 August 1691 | 1 August 1708 | 20 October 1740 husband's death |
21 December 1750 | Charles V |
House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1780–1795
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Louisa of Spain | Charles III of Spain (Bourbon) |
24 November 1745 | 5 August 1765 | 20 February 1790 husband's ascession |
1 March 1792 husband's death |
15 May 1792 | Leopold |
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Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily | Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (Bourbon-Two Sicilies) |
6 June 1772 | 15 September 1790 | 1 March 1792 husband's ascession |
1795 Conquered by the French First Republic |
13 April 1807 | Francis |
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1840–2002
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) |
17 November 1845 | 25 April 1867 | 17 November 1905 husband's death |
26 November 1912 | Prince Philippe | |
Remain vacant under Prince Charles. Title Abolished in 2002. |