The
County of Namur was not often an independent state, rather under the dominion of other entities like the counties of
Hainaut and
Flanders or the
Duchy of Burgundy.
Succession is from father to son, unless otherwise noted.
Counts
House of Namur {{more citations needed, date=April 2018
The house of Namur is a family of the Lotharingian nobility, coming from Berenger count of Lommegau. He later became count of Namur, when the county of Lammegau was renamed to county of Namur. He married a s ...
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Robert I Robert I may refer to:
*Robert I, Duke of Neustria (697–748)
*Robert I of France (866–923), King of France, 922–923, rebelled against Charles the Simple
*Rollo, Duke of Normandy (c. 846 – c. 930; reigned 911–927)
* Robert I Archbishop of ...
(r. 946 – 981)
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Albert I Albert I may refer to:
People Born before 1300
* Albert I, Count of Vermandois (917–987)
*Albert I, Count of Namur ()
*Albert I of Moha
*Albert I of Brandenburg (), first margrave of Brandenburg
*Albert I, Margrave of Meissen (1158–1195)
*Alber ...
(r. 992 – 1010)
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Robert II (r. 1010 – 1018?)
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Albert II (r. 1018? – 1067)
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Albert III (r. 1067 – 1102)
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Godfrey I (r. 1102 – 1139)
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Henry I ''the Blind'' (r. 1139 – 1189)
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Alice
Alice may refer to:
* Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname
Literature
* Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll
* ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...
, sister of, married
Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
Baldwin IV (1108 – 8 November 1171) was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death.
Baldwin IV was the son of Count Baldwin III of Hainaut and Yolande de Wassenberg.Gislebertus (of Mons), ''Chronicle of Hainaut'', transl. Laura Napran, (The Boydell ...
Marquises
House of Flanders
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Baldwin I (r. 1189 – 1195), nephew of
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Philip I (r. 1195 – 1212)
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Yolanda (r.1212 – 1217), sister of, also Empress of the Latin Empire as Yolanda I, married
Peter II of Courtenay
Peter, also Peter II of Courtenay (french: Pierre de Courtenay; died 1219), was emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople from 1216 to 1217.
Biography
Peter II was a son of Peter I of Courtenay (died 1183), a younger son of Louis VI of Franc ...
House of Courtenay
The House of Courtenay is a medieval noble house, with branches in France, England and the Holy Land. One branch of the Courtenays became a Royal House of the Capetian Dynasty, cousins of the Bourbons and the Valois, and achieved the title o ...
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Philip II (r. 1217 – 1226)
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Henry II (r. 1226 – 1229), brother of
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Margaret
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian.
Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...
(r. 1229 – 1237), sister of
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Baldwin II (r. 1237 – 1256), brother of, also Emperor of the Latin Empire as Baldwin II
House of Luxembourg
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Henry III (r. 1256 – 1265), grand son of Henry I the Blind. By force.
House of Dampierre
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Guy I (r. 1265 – 1297). Bought the county from his cousin Baldwin II and chased Henry III.
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John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
* John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna
* John I o ...
(r. 1297 – 1330)
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John II (r. 1330 – 1335)
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Guy II (r. 1335 – 1336), brother of
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Philip III (r. 1336 – 1337), brother of
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William I (r. 1337 – 1391), brother of
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William II (r. 1391 – 1418)
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John III (r. 1418 – 1421; died 1429), brother of
In 1421, John III sells his estates to
Philip the Good
Philip III (french: Philippe le Bon; nl, Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonge ...
,
Duke of Burgundy.
House of Valois-Burgundy
* 1405-1419 :
John IV ''the Fearless''
* 1419-1467 -
Philip IV ''the Good''
* 1467-1477 :
Charles I ''the Bold''
* 1477-1482 :
Mary I ''the Rich'', daughter of, married
House of Habsburg
* 1493-1519 :
Maximilian, husband of, also Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Maximilian I
* 1519-1556 :
Charles II, grandson, also Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Charles V
Charles V proclaimed the
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 eternally uniting Namur with the other lordships of the Low Countries in a personal union. When the Habsburg empire was divided among the heirs of Charles V, the
Low Countries, including Namur, went to
Philip II of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...
, of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg.
* 1556-1598 :
Philip V Philip V may refer to:
* Philip V of Macedon (221–179 BC)
* Philip V of France (1293–1322)
* Philip II of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September ...
, also King of Spain as Philip II
* 1598-1621 :
Isabella Clara Eugenia
Isabella Clara Eugenia ( es, link=no, Isabel Clara Eugenia; 12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633), sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France with ...
, daughter of, married
Albert, Archduke of Austria)
* 1621-1665 :
Philip VI, half brother of, also King of Spain as Philip IV
* 1665-1700 :
Charles III, also King of Spain as Charles II
Between 1706 and 1714 Namur was invaded by the English and the Dutch during the
War of the Spanish Succession. The fief was claimed by the
House of Habsburg and the
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a European dynasty of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Spanis ...
. In 1712
Luxembourg and
Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
Namu ...
were ceded to
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria by his French allies, but with the end of the war in 1713 with the
Treaty of Utrecht Max. Emanuel was restored as Elector of Bavaria. The Treaty of Utrecht also settled the succession, and the Margraviate of Namur went to the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, along with the rest of the
Spanish Netherlands.
* 1714-1740 :
Charles IV, great grandson of Philip III
* 1740-1780 :
Mary II Theresa, daughter of, married
Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to:
* Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407)
* Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450), reigned 1442–1450
* Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France, reigned 1515–1547
* Francis I, Duke of Saxe ...
* 1780-1790 :
Joseph I, also Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Joseph II
The title was factually abolished in the aftermath of the
French revolution and the annexation of Namur by France in 1795. Although, the title remained officially claimed by the descendants of Leopold II until the reign of
Karl I of Austria.
* 1790-1792 :
Leopold, brother of, also Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Leopold II
* 1792-1835 :
Francis II, also Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Francis II
* 1835-1848 :
Ferdinand, also Emperor of Austria as Ferdinand I
* 1848-1916 :
Francis III Joseph, grandson of Francis II, also Emperor of Austria as Francis Joseph I
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Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
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Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
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Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
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History of Wallonia