Counts of Flanders family tree

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This is a family tree of the Counts of Flanders , from 864 to 1792, when the county of Flanders was annexed by France after the French Revolution.

House of Flanders House of Estridsen Baldwin I
830s–879
r. 862-879
House of Normandy House of Alsace Baldwin II
865-918
r. 879-918
House of Savoy House of Dampierre Arnulf I
890–965
r. 918-965		 Adelolf
Count of Boulogne
House of Capet House of Habsburg Baldwin III
940–962
co-r. 958-962		 Arnulf II
Count of Boulogne
House of Lorraine Arnulf II
960–987
r. 965-987		 Arnoulf III
Count of Boulogne
Baldwin IV
980–1035
r. 987-1035		 Balduin II
Count of Boulogne
Baldwin V
1012–1067
r. 1035-1067		 Eustace I
Count of Boulogne
Baldwin VI
1030–1070
r. 1067-1070		 Robert I
1032-1093
r. 1071-1093		 Matilda
Queen of England
1031-1083		 Eustace II
Count of Boulogne		 Lambert
Count of Lens
Arnulf III
1055–1071
r. 1070-1071		 Baldwin II,
Count of Hainaut
1056-1098		 Robert II
1065-1111
r. 1093-1111		 Adela
Queen of Denmark
1064-1115		 Gertrude,
Duchess of Lorraine
1080-1117		 Robert Curthose,
Duke of Normandy
1054-1134		 Eustace III
Count of Boulogne		 Godfrey
Ruler of Jerusalem		 Baldwin I
King of Jerusalem
Baldwin III,
Count of Hainaut
1088-1120		 Baldwin VII
1093-1119
r. 1111-1119		 Charles I
1083-1127
r. 1119-1127		 Theodoric
1099-1168
r. 1128-1168		 William
1102-1128
r. 1127-1128
Baldwin IV,
Count of Hainaut
1108–1171		 Philip I
1143-1191
r. 1168-1191
Baldwin VIII
1150-1195
r. 1191-1194		 Margaret I
1145-1194
r. 1191-1194
Baldwin IX
1172-1205
r. 1194-1205		 Philip I
Margrave of Namur		 Henry
Latin Emperor of Constantinople		 Eustace
Regent of kingdom of Tessalonica
Ferdinand
1188-1233
r. 1212-1233		 Joan
1194-1244
r. 1205-1244		 Thomas
1199-1259
r. 1237-1244		 Margaret II
1202-1280
r. 1244-1278
Guy
1226-1305
r. 1278-1305
Robert III
1249-1322
r. 1305-1322
Louis I,
Count of Rethel
1272-1322
Louis I
1304-1346
r. 1322-1346
Louis II
1330–1384
r. 1346-1384
Philip II
1342-1404
r. 1384-1404		 Margaret III
1350–1405
r. 1384-1405
John I
1371–1419
r. 1405-1419
Philip III
1396–1467
r. 1419-1467
Charles II
1433–1477
r. 1467-1477
Maximilian
1459-1519
r. 1477-1482		 Mary
1457–1482
r. 1477-1482
Philip IV
1478–1506
r. 1482-1506
Charles III
1500–1558
r. 1506-1555		 Ferdinand I,
Holy Roman Emperor
1503-1564
Philip V
1527–1598
r. 1555-1598		 Maximilian II,
Holy Roman Emperor
1527-1576		 Charles II,
Archduke of Austria
1540-1590
Philip III,
King of Spain
1578-1621		 Isabella Clara Eugenia
1566-1633
r. 1598-1621		 Albert
1559–1621
r. 1598-1621		 Ferdinand II,
Holy Roman Emperor
1578-1637
Philip VI
1605-1665
r. 1621-1665		 Maria Anna,
Holy Roman Empress
1606-1646		 Ferdinand III,
Holy Roman Emperor
1608-1657
Maria Theresa
Queen of France
1638-1683		 Charles IV
1661-1700
r. 1665-1700		 Leopold I,
Holy Roman Emperor
1640-1705
Louis,
Grand Dauphin
1661-1711		 Charles V
1685-1740
r. 1713-1740
Philip VII
1683-1746
r. 1700-1713		 Francis I
1708-1765
r. 1740-1765		 Maria Theresa
1717-1780
r. 1740-1780
Joseph
1741-1790
r. 1765-1790		 Leopold
1747-1792
r. 1790-1792
Francis II
1768-1835
r. 1792-1793

See also

Coat of arms of the Counts of Flanders Blason Nord-Pas-De-Calais.svg
Coat of arms of the Counts of Flanders

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