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Count of Hainaut
Ruler of the county of Hainaut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Countess of Hainaut" redirects here. For the wife of a count of Hainaut, see List of countesses of Hainaut by marriage.
The Count of Hainaut (French: Comte de Hainaut; Dutch: Graaf van Henegouwen; German: Graf von Hennegau) was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries (including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany). In English-language historical sources, the title is often given the older spelling Hainault.
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