Count of Artois
County of Artois | |
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Creation date | 850 (fief) 1681 (courtesy title) |
Peerage | Peerage of France |
First holder | Odalric |
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: Comtes d'Artois, Dutch: Graven 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 (c. 850s)
- Altmar (c. 890s)
- 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
House of Capet[]
- Isabella (1180-1190)
- Louis VIII of France (1190-1223), her son
Merged into royal domain.
Capetian House of Artois[]
- 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)
House of Burgundy[]
- 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
House of Dampierre[]
- 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
House of Capet, Valois-Burgundy line[]
- 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)
House of Habsburg[]
- 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)[]
- Philp 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)
House of Capet, Bourbon line[]
- Charles X of France (1757-1836)
Categories:
- Counts of Artois
- County of Artois
- 9th-century establishments in France
- Lists of counts