Namur county
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| County of Namur around 1400 | |
| Alternative names | Names (nl.) |
| Arose from | Lommegau |
| Form of rule | county |
| Ruler / government | Count |
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BE-WNA
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| Reichskreis | Burgundian |
| Capitals / residences | Namur |
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Namur 1189: Flanders 1217: Courtenay 1265: Dampierre 1429: Burgundy 1477: Habsburg |
| Denomination / Religions | Roman Catholic |
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| Incorporated into | 1548: Seventeen provinces
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Namur (Dutch: name ; French formerly Namurois ) was a county in the Frankish Empire and later in the Holy Roman Empire in the area of the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse . Its territory largely corresponds to today's Belgian arrondissement Namur and the northwest of the arrondissement Dinant . Its neighbors were in the west of Hainaut , in the north Brabant , in the south and east the bishopric Liège , in the south-east Luxembourg .
history
The county of Namur developed around the castle and city of Namur in the 10th century . For a long time, its development was restricted by its strong neighbors, Hainaut , Brabant and Hochstift Liège . Thanks to a planned marriage policy , which was pursued by the counts for 3 generations, Count Heinrich the Blind united in his hands around 1150 the rule over Namur, La Roche , Durbuy , Longwy and Luxembourg as well as the bailiffs over Stablo , St. Maximin before Trier and Echternach .
After his death, however, the property is divided and the county is limited to its actual domain, making Namur a principality of secondary importance. Since Heinrich had left no male heir, the county came to the Counts of Flanders in 1191 and became their outlying lands . In 1217 Namur was passed on to the House of Courtenay , a branch of the Capetians . Again by inheritance, the county of Namur came back to Flanders, which was now under the rule of the House of Dampierre . The last count from this family, Johann III. who had no heir, sold the right of inheritance to the county on April 23, 1421 to Philip the Good , Duke of Burgundy .
The succession occurred on March 1, 1429 and Namur - like its neighboring countries before - came under the rule of the House of Burgundy and in 1477, after the death of Charles the Bold , to the Habsburgs . The Habsburg Netherlands were initially combined by Charles V in the newly created Burgundian Imperial Circle and finally in 1548 into a constitutional unit .
List of the Counts of Namur
House Namur
- Berengar , 907 Graf im Lommegau, † after 924
- Robert I , † around 981, built the castle of Namur
- Albert I , 992 Count of Namur, † shortly before 1011
- Robert II , † before 1031, his son
- Albert II , † 1063/64, Count of Namur, his brother
- Albert III , † 1102, 1063/64 Count of Namur, his son;
- Gottfried , † 1139, 1102 Count of Namur, his son
- 1139–1188: Henry I the Blind , † 1196, 1136 Count of Luxembourg , 1139 Count of Namur, his son
House of Flanders
- 1188–1195: Baldwin I , Count of Hainaut (Baldwin V), maternal nephew of Heinrich I.
- 1196–1212: Philip I , his son
- 1212–1216: Jolante , his sister, ∞ Peter von Courtenay , Emperor of Constantinople 1216–1217 / 19
Courtenay house
- 1216–1226: Philip II , their son
- 1226–1229: Heinrich II , his brother
- 1229–1237: Margarete , his sister, ∞ Count Heinrich I. von Vianden
- 1237–1259: Baldwin II , her brother, Emperor of Constantinople
- sold his rights to the Count of Flanders in 1263
House Limburg-Arlon
- 1259–1265: Heinrich III. the blonde , Count of Luxembourg, grandson of Henry I the Blind on his mother's side
House Dampierre
- 1265–1297: Guido I , Count of Flanders , his son-in-law, buys Namur in 1263
- 1297–1330: John I , his son, Count of Namur
- 1330–1335: John II , his son, Count of Namur
- 1335–1336: Guido II , his brother, Count of Namur
- 1336-1337: Philip III. , his brother, Count of Namur
- 1337–1391: Wilhelm I , his brother, Count of Namur
- 1391–1418: Wilhelm II , his son, Count of Namur
- 1418-1429: John III. , his brother, Count of Namur
Johann III. sells the successor in Namur on April 23, 1421 to Philip the Good , Duke of Burgundy , so the county of Namur goes with the death of John III. 1429 in the Duchy of Burgundy.
Namur - together with Burgundy - was inherited by the Habsburgs in 1477 .
literature
- Léon Vanderkindere : La formation territoriale des principautés belges , 2 volumes, Brussels 1909
- Rousseau (ed.): Actes des comtes de Namur , 1936f.
- E. Brouette: Introduction aux études historiques, archéologiques et folkloriques du Namurois , Namur 1947
- J. Balon: La maison de Namur sur la scene de la grand histoire , Namur 1950
- Genicot: Le Namurois politique , 1964
- Hermann Grote : Family Tables , Leipzig 1877
Web links
Namur at genealogie-mittelalter.de
Free County of Burgundy | Imperial city Besançon | County Artois | County of Flanders and South Flanders (around Lille ) | Reign of Mechelen | Namur County | Hainaut county | County of Zeeland | County of Holland | Duchy of Brabant | Margraviate of Antwerp | Duchy of Limburg | Duchy of Luxembourg | Dominion Friesland | Tournai | Lordship of Breda | County of Hoorn | County Egmond | IJsselstein | Reign of Bergh
As well as from 1548 additionally: Duchy of Geldern | Zutphen county | Reign of Utrecht | Lordship of Groningen | Lordship of Overijssel and Drenthe | Rule of Jever (until 1588, before and later independent)