Count of Artois explained

County of Artois
Creation Date:	850 (fief) 1681 (courtesy title)
Last Holder:	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (fief) Charles, Count of Artois (courtesy title)
Status:	Extinct
Extinction Date:	6 November 1836

The count of Artois (French: Comte d'Artois, Dutch: Graaf van Artesië) was the ruler over the County of Artois from the 9th century until the abolition of the countship by the French revolutionaries in 1790.

House of Artois

• Odalric
• Altmar
• Adelelm (?–932)
• Conquered by Arnulf I, Count of Flanders and directly under Flanders, 932–1180
• Philip I, Count of Flanders (1168–1180), gave Artois as dowry to Isabelle of Hainaut, niece of Philip of Flanders, for her marriage to Philip II of France

• Isabella (1180–1190)
• Louis VIII of France (1190–1223), her son

Merged into royal domain.

• Robert I (1237–1250), his second surviving son
• Robert II (1250–1302), his son
• Matilda (1302–1329), his daughter, married to Otto IV, Count of Burgundy
  • contested by Robert III (1302–1329)

• Joan I (1329–1330), her daughter
• Joan II (1330–1347), her daughter
  • married to Odo (1330–1347)
• Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1347–1361), their grandson, as Philip III

House of Capet

• Margaret I (1361–1382), his great-aunt

• Louis III (1382–1383), her son
• Margaret II (1383–1405), his daughter
  • married to Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1383–1404), as Philip IV

• John the Fearless (1405–1419)
• Philip the Good (1419–1467), as Philip V
• Charles the Bold (1467–1477), as Charles I
• Mary the Rich (1477–1482)
  • married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1477–1482)
  • Occupied by France between 1477 and 1493 (Treaty of Senlis)

• Philip I of Castile (1482–1506), as Philip VI
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1506–1556), as Charles II
• Philip II of Spain (1556–1598), as Philip VII
• Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert (1598–1621)
• Philip IV of Spain (1621–1659), as Philip VIII
• ceded to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659)
• Charles III (King Charles II of Spain) 1665–1700

House of Bourbon, claimants of the title (1700–1713)

See also: House of Bourbon.

• Philip IX (King Philip V of Spain) 1700–1713

House of Habsburg (1713–present)

• Charles IV (Emperor Charles VI) 1713–1740
• Maria Theresa 1740–1780
  • Francis I (Emperor Francis I) (1740–1765 with his wife, titular only)
• Joseph (Emperor Joseph II) (1780–1790, titular only)
• Leopold (Emperor Leopold II) (1790–1792, titular only)
• Francis II (Emperor Francis II) (1792–1795/1835)
• Ferdinand (Emperor Ferdinand I) (1835–1848, titular only)
• Franz Joseph (Emperor Franz Joseph I) (1848–1916, titular only)
• Charles V (Emperor Charles I) (1916–1918, titular only, later renounced)

• Charles X of France (1757–1836)