List of countesses of Flanders by marriage explained

See also: Count of Flanders. This is a list of countesses of Flanders by marriage.

Countess of Flanders

House of Flanders, 862–1119

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame countessCeased to be countessDeathSpouse
JudithCharles the Bald
(Carolingian)
October 844 13 December 862879
husband's death
after 870Baldwin I
Ælfthryth of WessexAlfred the Great
(Wessex)
877893–89910 September 918
husband's death
7 June 929Baldwin II
Adele of VermandoisHerbert II, Count of Vermandois
(Herbertien)
910/1593410 October 960Arnulf I
Matilda Billung of SaxonyHerman, Duke of Saxony
(Billung)
935/45951/59958
husband's join rule with father
1 January 962
husband's death
25 May 1008Baldwin III
Rozala of ItalyBerengar II of Italy
(Ivrea)
950/96096830 March 987
husband's death
13 December 1003
or
7 February 1004
Arnulf II
Ogive of LuxembourgFrederick of Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)
980–995 101221 February/9 March 1030Baldwin IV
Eleanor of NormandyRichard II, Duke of Normandy
(Normandy)
1011/13 after 103030 May 1035
husband's death
after 1071
Adela of FranceRobert II of France
(Capet)
1009102830 May 1035
husband's accession
1 September 1067
husband's death
8 January 1079Baldwin V
Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut-1031 10511 September 1067
husband's accession
17 July 1070
husband's death
15 March 1086Baldwin VI
Gertrude Billung of SaxonyBernard II, Duke of Saxony
(Billung)
1030 106322 February 1071
husband's accession
13 October 1093
husband's death
4 August 1113Robert I
Clementia of BurgundyWilliam I, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
1078before 109213 October 1093
husband's accession
5 October 1111
husband's death
1078Robert II
Hawise of BrittanyAlan IV, Duke of Brittany
(Cornouaille)
-1105 or 11105 October 1111
husband's accession
1110 or after
marriage annulled by the Pope on grounds of consanguinity
-Baldwin VII

House of Metz, 1128–1194

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Suanhilde---28 July 1128
husband's accession
4 September 1132Thierry
Sibylla of AnjouFulk of Jerusalem
(Anjou)
1112/16 11391165
Elisabeth, Countess of VermandoisRalph I, Count of Vermandois
(Vermandois)
1143 115617 January 1168
husband's accession
28 March 1183Philip I
Theresa of PortugalAfonso I of Portugal
(Burgundy)
1157August 11831 August 1191
husband's death
6 May 1218

House of Dampierre, 1247–1405

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Beatrice of BrabantHenry II, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
1225 November 12476 June 1251
husband's death
11 November 1288William II
Matilda of BethuneRobert VII, Lord of Bethune
(Bethune)
after 12302 February 12466 June 1251
husband's accession
8 November 1264Guy
Isabelle, Marchioness of NamurHenry V, Count of Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)
1247March or May 126425 September 1298
Margaret I, Countess of BurgundyPhilip V of France
(Capet)
130922 July 132017 September 1322
husband's accession
26 August 1346
husband's death
9 May 1382Louis I
Margaret of BrabantHenry II, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
9 February 13236 June 13471380Louis II

House of Valois-Burgundy, 1405–1482

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Margaret of BavariaAlbert I, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
1363 12 April 138521 March 1405
husband's accession
10 September 1419
husband's death
23 January 1423John
Michèle de ValoisCharles VI of France
(Valois)
11 January 1395June 1409 10 September 1419
husband's accession
8 July 1422Philip II
Bonne of ArtoisPhilip of Artois, Count of Eu
(Artois)
139630 November 142417 September 1425
Isabella of PortugalJohn I of Portugal
(Aviz)
21 February 1397 7 January 143015 July 1467
husband's death
17 December 1471
Margaret of YorkRichard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
(York)
3 May 1446 9 July 14685 January 1477
husband's death
23 November 1503Charles II

House of Habsburg, 1482–1700

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Joanna of CastileFerdinand II of Aragon
(Trastámara)
6 November 147920 October 149625 September 1506
husband's death
12 April 1555 Philip III
Isabella of PortugalManuel I of Portugal
(Aviz)
24 October 1503 11 March 1526 1 May 1539Charles III
Mary I of EnglandHenry VIII of England
(Tudor)
18 February 1516 25 July 1554 16 January 1556
husband's ascension
17 November 1558Philip IV
Elisabeth of ValoisHenry II of France
(Valois)
2 April 1545 22 June 15593 October 1568
Anna of AustriaMaximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
1 November 1549 May 157026 October 1580
Elisabeth of BourbonHenry IV of France
(Bourbon)
22 November 1602 25 November 161531 March 1621
husband's ascension
6 October 1644Philip V
Mariana of AustriaFerdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 December 1634 7 October 1649 17 September 1665
husband's death
16 May 1696
Marie Louise of OrléansPhilippe I, Duke of Orléans
(Bourbon-Orléans)
26 March 1662 19 November 1679 12 February 1689 Charles IV
Maria Anna of the Palatinate-NeuburgPhilip William, Elector Palatine
(Wittelsbach)
28 October 166714 May 16901 November 1700
husband's death
16 July 1740

House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1780–1795

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Maria Louisa of SpainCharles III of Spain
(Bourbon)
24 November 17455 August 176520 February 1790
husband's ascession
1 March 1792
husband's death
15 May 1792Leopold
Maria Theresa of Naples and SicilyFerdinand 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 1807Francis

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1840–2002

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-SigmaringenCharles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)
17 November 1845 25 April 1867 17 November 1905
husband's death
26 November 1912Prince Philippe
Remained vacant under Prince Charles. Title Abolished in 2002.

See also