Hennegau County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

February 962: The county was divided in 958 and emerged in its more or less final form in 1071.

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.

1.1.Incoronation of Otto I

East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.

2. Franco-Flemish War

Was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders between 1297 and 1305.

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.

3. Hundred Years´ War

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.French Invasion of Hainaut

French invasion of Hainaut during the Edwardian War.

June 1340: French forces invaded Hennegau (Hainaut) in May.

July 1340: When news reached reached the French about the disaster at Sluys, they left Hainaut.