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Roll of the Counts of Hainault |
These are the dates for their reign, beginning to end. There are some cases where the end of the reign was not the end of their life, so I give the death date if I know it. I have tried to give some indication (where I can) of how they died (or ended their reign.)
ab. = abdicated, kib. = killed in battle, as. = assassinated, ex. = executed, dep = deposed
| Giselbert | ???-877 | ||
| Ranier I (Longneck) | 877-915 | ||
| Ranier II | 915-932 | ||
| Ranier III | 932-958 | ||
| Ranier IV | 958-1013 | ||
| Ranier V | 1013-1029 | ||
| Richildis | 1029-1070 | d. 1086 | Countess, marries Baldwin of Flanders |
| Baldwin I | 1051-1070 | kib | Also Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders |
| Arnulf (the Unlucky) | 1070-1071 | kib | also Arnulf III, Count of Flanders |
| Baldwin II the Peaceable | 1071-1098 | ||
| Baldwin III | 1098-1120 | ||
| Baldwin IV | 1120-1171 | ||
| Baldwin V | 1191-1194 | Also Baldwin VIII, Count of Flanders | |
| Baldwin VI | 1194-1202 | Also Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders | |
| Johanna | 1202-1244 | ||
| Marguerite I | 1244-1280 | ||
| John I | 1280-1304 | Nephew of Marguerite | |
| Also John I, Count of Holland | |||
| William I (the Good) | 1304-1337 | Also William III, Count of Holland | |
| William II | 1337-1345 | kib | Also William IV, Count of Holland |
| Margaret II | 1345-1347 | d. 1356 | Marries Louis of Bavaria |
| Louis | 1345-1347 | Also Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor | |
| William III | 1347-1389 | ab (due to insanity) | Also William V, Count of Holland |
| Albert | 1389-1404 | also Duke of Bavaria | |
| also Count of Holland | |||
| William V | 1404-1417 | also William IV, Duke of Bavaria | |
| also Count of Holland | |||
| Jacqueline | 1417-1436 | dep. | also Countess of Holland |
Jacqueline is deposed by Philippe le Bon (though he wasn't very bon to her) Duke of Burgundy, and Hainault passes into Burgundian hands.
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