===
House of Flanders === ===
House of Estridsen === ===
House of Normandy === ===
House of Alsace or House of Metz === ===
House of Flanders === In 1244, the Counties of Flanders and Hainaut were claimed by Margaret II's sons, the half-brothers
John I of Avesnes and William III of Dampierre in the
War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault. In 1246,
King Louis IX of France awarded Flanders to William. ===
House of Dampierre === ===
House of Burgundy === ===
House of Habsburg === Charles V proclaimed the
Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 eternally uniting Flanders with the other lordships of the Low Countries in a personal union. When the Habsburg empire was divided among the heirs of Charles V, the
Low Countries, including Flanders, went to
Philip II of Spain, of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg. ===
House of Bourbon === Between 1706 and 1714, Flanders was invaded by the English and the Dutch during the
War of the Spanish Succession. The fief was claimed by the
House of Habsburg and the
House of Bourbon. In 1713, the
Treaty of Utrecht settled the succession and the County of Flanders went to the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg. ===
House of Habsburg === The title was abolished
de facto after
revolutionary France annexed Flanders in 1795. Emperor Francis II relinquished his claim to the Low Countries in the
Treaty of Campo Formio of 1797, and the area remained part of France until the end of the
Napoleonic Wars. ==Modern usage==