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List of countesses of Hainaut by marriage

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Countess of Mons, 964–1086

Countess and Margravine of Valenciennes, 964–1086

House of Hainaut, 1070–1280

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Ida of Leuven Henry II, Count of Leuven
(Leuven)
- 1084 1098
husband's disappearance
1139 Baldwin II
Yolande of Guelders Gerard I, Count of Guelders
(Wassenberg)
- 1107 1120
husband's death
after 1122 Baldwin III
Alice of Namur Godfrey I, Count of Namur
(Namur)
1112/14 1130 end July 1169 Baldwin IV
Margaret I, Countess of Flanders Thierry, Count of Flanders
(Metz)
1145 April 1169 8 November 1171
husband's accession
15 November 1194 Baldwin V
Marie of Champagne Henry I, Count of Champagne
(Blois)
1174 6 January 1186 17 December 1195
husband's accession
9 August 1204 Baldwin VI

House of Avesnes, 1246–1257

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Adelaide of Holland Floris IV, Count of Holland
(Holland)
1230 9 October 1246 1246
husband's accession
24 December 1257
husband's death
1 March/7 April 1284 John I

House of Flanders, 1257–1280

House of Avesnes, 1280–1354

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Philippa of Luxembourg Henry V, Count of Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)
1252 1265 10 February 1280
husband's accession
22 August 1304
husband's death
6 April 1311 John II
Joan of France Charles, Count of Valois
(Valois)
1294 19 May 1305 7 June 1337
husband's death
7 March 1342 William I
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant John III, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
24 June 1322 before 27 November 1334 7 June 1337
husband's accession
26 September 1345
husband's death
1 November 1406 William II
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Maud, Countess of Leicester Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
(Plantagenet)
4 April 1339 1352 7 December 1354
husband's accession
10 April 1362 William III
Margaret of Brieg Ludwik I, Duke of Legnica-Brzeg
(Piast)
1342/43 after 19 July 1353 26 February 1386 Albert I
Margaret of Cleves Adolph I, Count of Cleves
(De la Marck)
1375 2 April 1394 13 December 1404
husband's death
14 May 1411
Margaret of Burgundy Philip II, Duke of Burgundy
(Valois-Burgundy)
October 1374 12 April 1385 13 December 1404
husband's accession
31 May 1417
husband's death
8 March 1441 William IV
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Isabella of Portugal John I of Portugal
(Aviz)
21 February 1397 7 January 1430 8 October 1436
husband's accession
15 July 1467
husband's death
17 December 1471 Philip I
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 I

House of Habsburg, 1482–1700

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Joanna of Castile Ferdinand II of Aragon
(Trastámara)
6 November 1479 20 October 1496 25 September 1506
husband's death
12 April 1555 Philip II
Isabella of Portugal Manuel I of Portugal
(Aviz)
24 October 1503 11 March 1526 1 May 1539 Charles II
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 III
Elisabeth of Valois Henry II of France
(Valois)
2 April 1545 22 June 1559 3 October 1568
Anna of Austria Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
1 November 1549 May 1570 26 October 1580
Elisabeth of Bourbon Henry IV of France
(Bourbon)
22 November 1602 25 November 1615 31 March 1621
husband's ascension
6 October 1644 Philip IV
Mariana of Austria Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 December 1634 7 October 1649 17 September 1665
husband's death
16 May 1696
Marie Louise of Orléans Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
(Bourbon-Orléans)
26 March 1662 19 November 1679 12 February 1689 Charles III
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
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 V

House of Habsburg, 1706–1780

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
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 IV
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
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 I
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 II
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Vacant under Prince Baudouin who was only a child when he held the title. Title Abolished in 2002.

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