This chart follows the lineages of the counts of Flanders. Today, the 11 of July, celebrates the Flemish Comunity (dag van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap). On this day we also commemorate the Battle of the Golden Spurs, in 1302 near Kortrijk, in which the Count of Flanders (n°21), together with the city militias, defeated the troops of the King of France and his allies.
So it only seemed fitting to post this chart on this special day.

Originally made by me for r/UsefulCharts

by Copherblom

9 comments

  1. Nice; currently reading “De Graven van Vlaanderen” and this chart ties it all nicely together.

  2. What’s the reasoning behind the 2001 Royal Decree, actually? Seems like pretty harmless nobility doing to nobility stuff to me.

  3. Margaret II nickname Black Margaret was first illegally wedded by her custodian Burchard D’Avesnes. The children from this marriage which was annulled by the pope were nonetheless granted the County of Hainaut by Philip IV of France in the dispute with the House of Dampierre descendants from her second marriage. The ever bigger intrusion of Philip on the way things were run in Flanders led to a populist uprising killing dozens of French and French sympathisers during the “Brugse Metten”. As a response Philip sent an army to squash the uprising. Both sides meet outside the walls of Kortrijk on a water logged field where history was written and many high ranking French knight lost his life. 11th July 1302. However the next military clashes are less fortunate and Flanders is forced to accept a very negative peace treaty. The Treaty of Athis sur Gorge.

  4. Zeg wel Vlaanderen daar was Antwerpen , Brabant en Limburg niet bij !

  5. TIL that Diederik Van De Elzas/Thierry d’Alsace was also known as Theodoric…

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