The CountyofHainaut (French: Comté de Hainaut; Dutch: Graafschap Henegouwen; Latin: comitatus hanoniensis), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial
The Count ofHainaut (French: Comte de Hainaut; Dutch: Graaf van Henegouwen; German: Graf von Hennegau) was the ruler of the countyofHainaut, a historical
half of the CountyofHainaut (including Valenciennes). Later, in the War of the Reunions and the Nine Years' War, France annexed other parts of the region
the dowry of a 10-year-old Flemish noblewoman, Isabelle ofHainaut, and was again made a separate county in 1237 for Robert, a grandson of Isabelle. Through
significant parts of the department. Territories that were a part of Austrian Netherlands were also a part of Holy Roman Empire. The Bishopric of Basel was a