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Was a historic territory in the Low Countries.Up to 1477, the area under French suzerainty was west of the Scheldt and was called "Royal Flanders". the counts, from the 11th century onward, held land east of the river as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire: "Imperial Flanders". It later became part of the Burgundy-Valois Domains.
Establishment
January 1101: The Counts of Flanders from the 11th century onward also held land east of the Scheldt river as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire, an area called "Imperial Flanders" (Rijks-Vlaanderen or Flandre impériale).
Chronology
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Was a war between the Kingdoms of England and France.
October 1294: Territorial change based on available maps.
1.1.English expedition to Flanders (1297-98)
Was an English military campaign against France in the Flanders.
June 1297: The next day part of the French cavalry, led by the King's brother Charles of Valois and by Raoul de Nesle crossed the border near Râches and encountered part of the Flemish army, consisting of German mercenaries, which was defeated.
August 1297: By August 20, 1297, the troops of King Philip IV of France, had reached Veurne in the County of Flanders.
August 1297: In 1297, Artois troops led by Robert III of Artois marched upon Cassel and Sint-Winoksbergen in Flanders. The territory was eventually taken over by the Kingdom of France after the towns surrendered.
August 1297: The Flemish counterattack on Artois ended in a French victory at the Battle of Furnes.
August 1297: Lille surrendered to King Philip.
September 1297: Philip IV of France, also known as Philip the Fair, was met by a delegation from Bruges in 1297. The city surrendered to him, solidifying the territory's transfer to the Kingdom of France.
January 1298: Orchies surrendered to France.
January 1298: Damme was retaken by an army of English, Welsh and Flemish troops.
Was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders between 1297 and 1305.
June 1297: Siege of Lille (1297).
June 1300: The whole of Flanders fells under French control.
July 1302: Following the Battle of the Golden Spurs, Flanders regained full independence.
August 1302: Siege of Lille (1302).
August 1304: Siege of Lille (1304).
September 1304: Siege of Lille (1304).
2.1.Invasion of Hainaut and Zeeland
Was a Flemish invasion in Hainaut and Zealand.
January 1303: In 1302, the Flemings invaded Hainaut and conquered Lessines.
April 1303: Gui of Namur, son of the Count of Flanders, has formed a fleet at Sluis and claims the county of Zeeland.
August 1304: On August 10 and 11, 1304, a fleet combining the armies of Holland and Genoa, commanded by the Genoese Rainier I Grimaldi, confronted and defeated the Flemish fleet at the Battle of Zierikzee. Guy de Namur is captured and Zeeland remains in the hands of the Count of Holland and Hainaut.
2.2.Treaty of Athis
Was a peace treaty signed on 23 June 1305 between King Philip IV of France and Robert III of Flanders. The treaty concluded the Franco-Flemish War (1297-1305). Flanders lost Lille, Douai and Orches to France.
June 1305: The Treaty of Athis, signed on June 23, 1305, recognized Flemish independence, but at the cost of a heavy price and the loss of the cities of Lille, Douai and Orchies, which became French.
Were a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France that spanned more than a century (with interruptions) from 1337 to 1453. The immediate causes of the conflicts were the English possessions in France which were at the same time vassals of the French Kingdom, as well as disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagenet and the French royal House of Valois. At the end of the war Englans lost all its possessions in France with the exception of the city of Calais.
3.1.Edwardian War
Was the first phase of the Hundred Years' War between France and England, lasting from 1337 to 1360.
3.1.1.First English Campaign (Edwardian War)
Was the first English military campaign in France during the Edwardian War.
September 1339: As Cambrai was an ally of the king of France, on 20 September king Edward's army marched into the bishopric.
October 1339: The army of English king Edward left Cambrai to advance into France proper.
3.1.2.Second English Campaign (Edwardian War)
Was the second English military campaign in France during the Edwardian War.
January 1340: Tournai had remained loyal to Philip VI of France.
3.1.3.Crécy campaign
Was an English military campaign in northern France during the Edwardian War.
August 1347: Calais, a strategic port city in France, was captured by King Edward III of England in 1347 during the Hundred Years' War. The Treaty of Brétigny in 1360 confirmed English possession of Calais and its surroundings, establishing it as an important English stronghold on the continent.
January 1334: Mechelns is acquired by Flanders.
January 1361: In 1361, the territory of Burgund (Pfalzgrafschaft) was acquired by the Counts of Flanders. By 1384, it became part of the land holdings of the House of Burgundy, a powerful noble family in medieval Europe.
January 1370: Mecheln acquired by Burgundy.
January 1384: Flanders became part of the Valois-Burgundy Domains under the control of the House of Burgundy.
Disestablishment
January 1384: Flanders became part of the Valois-Burgundy Domains under the control of the House of Burgundy.
Flandern County
