County of Namur

Territory of the Holy Roman Empire

Namur (Dutch: Namen ) was a county in the Frankish Empire and later the Holy Roman Empire in the area of the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse. Its territory corresponds largely to the present-day Belgian arrondissement Namur and the northwest of the arrondissement Dinant. His neighbors were in the west of Hainaut, in the North Brabant, in the south and east of the Bishopric of Liège, Luxembourg to the southeast.

History

The county of Namur developed in the 10th century to the castle and town of Namur. Their development has long been limited by the strong neighbor Hainault, Brabant and Liège Bishopric. Thanks to early marriage policy, which was operated by the counts over 3 generations, united Count Henry the Blind in 1150 in his hand is the dominion over Namur, La Roche, Durbuy, Luxembourg and Longwy and the bailiwicks about Stablo, St. Maximin near Trier and Echternach.

After his death, however, the property is divided and the county limited to its proper domain, which Namur became a principality of secondary importance. Since Henry had left no male heir, the county came in 1191 to the Counts of Flanders and became their by country. 1217 Namur was passed on to the House of Courtenay, a branch line of the Capetians. Again, by inheritance came the earldom of Namur again to Flanders, which was now under the rule of the house of Dampierre. The last Earl of this family, John III. , Who was without heirs, the inheritance of the county sold on April 23, 1421 to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.

The succession occurred on March 1, 1429 Namur came - as before its neighbors - the dominion of the House of Burgundy, and in 1477, after the death of Charles the Bold, to the Habsburgs. The Habsburg Netherlands were finally merged in 1548 by Charles V first in the newly Burgundian kingdom circle and a constitutional unit.

List of Counts of Namur

House of Namur

  • Berengar, 907 Count in Lommegau, † after 924
  • Robert I, † 981, built the castle of Namur
  • Albert I., 992 Count of Namur, † shortly before 1011
  • Robert II, † before 1031, whose son
  • Albert II, † 1063/64, Count of Namur, whose brother
  • Albert III, † 1102 1063/64 Count of Namur, whose son. ;
  • Gottfried, † 1139, 1102 Count of Namur, whose son
  • Henry the Blind, † 1196, 1136 Count of Luxembourg, Count of Namur in 1139, whose son the male line goes out, Henry 's sister Alice married
  • Baldwin V of Hainault, whose son is disinherited by Henry after his daughter was born Ermesinde ( 1186 ), upon which the legacy Baldwin gets at gunpoint. He is recognized by the Emperor as presumptive heir and appointed on May 16, 1188 to Margrave of Namur.

House Flanders

House France - Courtenay

House of Dampierre

Johann III. sold the succession in Namur on April 23, 1421 to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, so goes the county of Namur with the death of John III. 1429 in the Duchy of Burgundy.

Namur is - 1477 inherited by the Habsburgs - together with Burgundy.

Namur (province) Imperial Circle Residenz Dynasty Seventeen Provinces Meuse (river) County of Hainaut Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg County of Flanders Berengar of Namur Albert I, Count of Namur Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg Philip I of Namur Yolanda of Flanders Peter II of Courtenay Philip II, Marquis of Namur Henry II of Namur Margaret, Marchioness of Namur Henry I, Count of Vianden Counts of Vianden Baldwin II of Constantinople Henry V of Luxembourg Guy, Count of Flanders John I, Marquis of Namur William II, Marquis of Namur Mechelen County of Holland Breda County of Horne IJsselstein Zutphen County
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