Counts of Hainault

Hainault (or Hainaut), Hennegau in German, was a small County of Lorraine adjacent to Flanders. It was inhabited by the Germanic Nervians in the Old Ages, who Julius Ccsar subjected to the Roman Empire in the first century BC. Later on, Hainaut became part of the Francian Empire and Lorraine. In the 10th century, the county contained most of the area of the present-day province. It was twice united with Flanders, first by count Boldwin VI (I in Hainault), who could keep it for the period of his reign (1051-1071), and a second time by Boldwin VIII (V in Hainault). The last unification lasted until 1280. From 1299, John of Avesnes also ruled over Holland and Zeeland.

Philippa of Hainault was the Queen consort of Edward III of England. She was born in Valenciennes (then in Flanders, now France) and was the daughter of William III, Count of Hainaut and Jeanne de Valois, the grandaughter of Philip III of France. She married Edward at York Minster, on October, 1327, nine months after his accession to the English throne and, unlike many of her predecessors, she did not alienate the English people by retaining her foreign retinue upon her marriage or bringing large numbers of foreigners to the English court. ..... next

Philippa of Hainault

• A1 = Fastre d'Oisy, Vogt of Doornick, d:1093;
  • B1 = Fastre II d'Oisy, Vogt of Doornick;
    • C1 = Wautier I d'Oisy, Sn d'Avesnes;
      • D1 = Nicolas, Sn d'Avesnes, d:1170;
        • E1 = Jacques, Sn d'Avesnes, d:1189, m. Adele de Guise;
          • F1 = Bouchard, Sn d'Avesnes, d:1244, m. Margaret of Flanders;  ==>  Flanders
            • G1 = Count Jean d'Avesnes of Hainault, lvd:1218/1257, m. Adelaide of Holland;  ==>  House of Holland
              • H1 = Count Jean II d'Avesnes of Hainault, lvd:1247/1304, m. Philippa of Luxembourg;  ==>  Luxembourg
                • I1 = Count Willem III d'Avesnes of Hainault, d:1337, m. Jeanne de Valois;  ==>  Capetians
                  • J1 = Philippa of Hainault, lvd:1311/1369, m. King Edward III Plantagenet;  <==  Plantagenet