Count_of_Guînes

County of Guînes

County of Guînes

Flemish fief and later French fief

The County of Guînes, was a Flemish fief and later French fief in the Middle Ages.

Quick Facts Comté de Guînes (French), Status ...

The county was split from the County of Boulogne in about 988.[1] Though dominated by the larger county of Flanders, it often acted independently.[2] In 1180, Guînes was passed, together with Ardres, Arras and Saint-Omer, to the French crown as part of the dowry of Isabel of Hainaut when she married Philip II of France.[3]

Counts

Ancient arms of the Counts of Guînes.
Modern arms of the Counts of Guînes.

Citations

  1. [1]
    Ardres 2010, p. 26.
  2. [2]
    Ardres 2010, p. 27.
  3. [3]
    Ardres 2010, p. 30.
  4. [4]
    Ardres 2010.
  5. [5]
    Ardres 2010, p. 28.

Sources

  • Ardres, Lambert of (24 November 2010). The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0054-6. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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