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Namur / Namen
Overview.
From the 10th century to 1794, Namur was a
territory in the Holy Roman Empire.
Since 1429, the County of Namur was integrated
into a large territorial union, called the Burgundian Low Countries that in the
16th century passed to the Crown of Spain.
In the 18th century the County of Namur passed to
the Crown of Austria.
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siècle. Sources. IV. Chartes et Règlements (Namur : Ad.
Wesmael-Charlier, 1913).
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Dieudonné; Lahaye, Léon Henri Pierre Joseph. Cartulaire
de la commune de Dinant (Namur : Ad. Wesmael-Charlier, 1880-)
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pieces pour faire suite au cartulaire general de l'Yonne, XIIIe siecle (Paris :
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Cleve und Mark, und der Reichsstifte Elten, Essen und Werden (Düsseldorf :
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1864-).
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l'église et du chapître de Saint-Aubin, à Namur (Namur :
F.J. Douxfils, 1881).
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formation of the Burgundian state (Woodbridge : Boydell, 2002).
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1723-1748; 2nd edit.).
Geographical names.
Burgundy -> Bourgogne, Bourgondien (in
France).
Burgundy Palatine -> Franche-Comté (in
France).
Flanders -> Vlaenderen (in
Belgium);
Hainaut->Hennegau (in
Belgium).
Lotharingia [the Lower Lorraine] -> Lothryck,
Lothier (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg),
Mechelen / Mecheln -> Malines (in
Belgium).
Namur-> Namen (in Belgium).
Sluis -> Slusa; L'Écluse; Sluus (in
Zeeland, the Netherlands).
--- the 11th century-1139
Count of Namur;
(Nov 1121) [10: p.8-9; Doc.# 2]
< Geoffrey (+1139), Count of Namur 1102
>
Ego Godefridus comes Namucensis,
et
Ermesendis comitissa
--- 1139-1189 ( Henry I "the Blind" )
-- the 1st form
Count of Namur, Luxembourg;
@ Added:
- Luxembourg
Henry, Count of Luxembourg, succeeded his father
Geoffrey in Namur (1139).
@ Samples:
(1148) [7: Band 1; p.614-615; Doc.#
443]
< Henry I "the Blind" (+1196), Count of
Luxembourg 1136, of Namur 1139 >
Henricus comes de Namuco et Luzelemburch
(1154) [10: p.22-23; Doc.# 9]
Ego Henricus, Dei gratia comes Namuci et
Luzeleburch
(June 1163) [7: Band 1; p.654-655; Doc.# 476]
[10: p.41; Doc.# 15]
Ego Henricus, comes Namucensis et
Lusceleburgensis
(1171) [10: p.47; Doc.# 18]
Ego Henricus, Dei gratia Namucensis comes et
Luzeleburch
(Apr 1184) [7: Band 1; p.708-709; Doc.# 510] [10:
p.55-56; Doc.# 25]
Ego Henricus comes Namuci et
Lusceleburc
-- the 2nd form
Count of Namur;
@ Samples:
(1151) [10: p.17; Doc.# 6]
< Henry I "the Blind" (+1196), Count of
Luxembourg 1136, of Namur 1139 >
ego Henricus, comes Namucensis
(1163) [10: p.42-44; Doc.# 16]
Heinricus, comes Nammucensis
(1184) [10: p.60; Doc.# 27]
Ego Henricus, Dei gratia comes
Namuci
--- 1189-1194 ( Baldwin )
Count of Flanders, Hainaut;
Margrave of Namur;
@ Added:
- Flanders
Baldwin, Margrave of Namur and Count of Hainaut,
married Margaret I of Alsace, Countess of Flanders.
@ Replaced:
- Luxembourg with
Hainaut
Namur passed to Baldwin I (+1195), Count of
Hainaut.
@ Samples:
(1192) [3: tome 1; p.30; Doc.# XVIII]
< Baldwin (+1195), Count of Hainaut
(Baldwin V), Margrave of Namur; ~ Margaret I of Alsace (+1194), Countess of
Flanders >
Balduinus, comes Flandrie et Hainoie,
et
marchio primus Namuci
(1193) [3: tome 1; p.35; Doc.# XXI]
Balduinus, Flandrie et Hainoie comes,
et
primus marchio Namuci
--- 1194-1195 ( Baldwin )
Count of Hainaut;
Margrave of Namur;
@ Removed:
- [1194] Flanders
The union of Namur and Flanders ended with the
death of Margaret I of Alsace, Countess of Flanders (1194).
@ Samples:
(May 1195) [3: tome 1; p.39; Doc.# XXIII]
< Baldwin (+1195), Count of Hainaut
(Baldwin V), Margrave of Namur; ~ Margaret I of Alsace (+1194), Countess of
Flanders >
Balduinus comes Hainoensis, et
marchio primus Namucensis
(Dec 1195) [3: tome 1; p.39; Doc.# XXIII]
Balduinus comes Hainoensis, et
marchio primus Namucensis,
Balduini comitis et Alidis comitisse filius
...
--- 1195-1212 ( Philip I )
-- the 1st form
Margrave of Namur;
@ Samples:
(1198) [6: p.118; Doc.# 2]
< Philip I (+1212), Margrave of Namur 1195
>
Philippus, marchio secundus
namucensis
(Mar 1204, n.s.) [6: p.183-184; ]
Philippus, marchio namurcensis
(Nov 1208) [6: p.139; Doc.# 15]
Ego Philippus, marchio
namurcensis
(Oct 1212) [6: p.160; Doc.# 29]
Ego, Philippus, marchio
namucensis
-- the 2nd form
Count of Namur;
@ Samples:
(1196) [6: p.117; Doc.# 1]
< Philip I (+1212), Margrave of Namur 1195
>
Ego Phylippus, Dei gratia namucensis
comes
(Jan 1200, n.s.) [6: p.125; Doc.# 4]
Ego Philippus, comes namurcensis
(Sep 1202) [6: p.126-127; Doc.# 5]
ego Philippus, comes namucensis
(May 1207) [6: p.14; ]
Ego Philippus, Dei gratia comes
namucensis
-- the 3rd form
Margrave & Count of Namur;
@ Samples:
(Nov 1208) [6: p.137-138; Doc.#
14]
Ego Philippus, marchio ac comes namucensis
(Apr 1209) [6: p.141; Doc.# 17]
Philippus, marchio et comes namucensis
(Mar 1210, n.s.) [6: p.146; Doc.#
20]
Ego Philippus, marchio ac comes
namurcensis
(1211) [6: p.159; Doc.# 28]
Ego Philippus, comes, marchio
namucensis
--- 1212-1217 ( Yolanta & Peter of Courtenay
)
Count of Auxerre;
Margrave of Namur;
@ Added:
- [1212] Auxerre
Yolanda, wife of Peter of Courtenay, Count of
Auxerre, succeeded her brother Philip in Namur (1212).
@ Samples:
(Aug 1213) [8: tome 1; p.104]
< Yolanda (+1219), Margravine of Namur
1212; ~ Peter of Courtenay (+1219), Count of Auxerre >
Ego Petrus comes Antissiodorensis
et
marchio Namucensis,
Yolendis comitissa Antissiodorensis
et
marchionissa Namucensis
(1215) [15: p.73; Doc.# 158]
Ego Petrus comes Autissiodori et
marchio Namurcensis
(1216) [23: tome I (1723); p.300; Doc.#
LXXIX]
Ego Jolendis Comitissa Antisiodorensis &
Marchionissa Namucensis
--- 1217-1229
Margrave of Namur;
@ Samples:
(Jan 1217, n.s.) [12: tome I; p.19; Doc.#
41]
< Philip II of Courtenay (+1226), Margrave
of Namur 1217 >
Ego, P[hili]ppus, comes, marchio
Namurcensis,
(1220) [12: tome I; p.21; Doc.#
45]
Ego Philippus marchio
Namurcensis
(Oct 1221) [5: tome I; p.20; Doc.#
8]
Ego Philippus, marchio
Namucensis
(June 1223) [17: Preuves; p.17]
Ego Philippus Marchio Namurcii
(Dec 1229) [19: tome VIII (1871); p.370; Doc. #
I]
< Henry of Courtenay (+1229), Margrave of
Namur 1226 >
Ego Henricus marchio Namurcensis et
ego Margareta marchionissa
Namurcensis
--- 1229-1237 ( Margaret of Courtenay & Henry of
Vianden )
-- the 1st form
Margrave of Namur;
Count of Vianden;
@ Added:
- [1229] Vianden
On the death of Margrave Henry II of Namur, his
sister Margaret, wife of Count Henry I of Vianden, took Namur, as their brother
Baldwin of Constantinople was in the East (1229).
@ Samples:
(Jan 1230, n.s.) [12: tome I; p.36; Doc.#
66]
< Margaret (+1270), Margvine of Namur
[1229-1237]; ~ (2) 1216 Henry (+1252), Count of Vianden
>
H[enricus], marchio Namucensis et
comes Viannensis
(May 1233) [5: tome I; p.23; Doc.# 9]
Henricus, marchio Namucensis et
comes Vienne, et
Margareta, marchionissa et comitissa, uxor
eius
(Apr 1235) [5: tome I; p.31; Doc.#
12]
Henricus, marchio Namurcensis et
Viennensis comes, et
Margareta, marchissa et comitissa, uxor
ejus
(Sep 1236) [12: tome I; p.57; Doc.#
94]
Henricus, Namucensis marchio et
Viennensis comes, et
Margareta uxor eius
-- the 2nd form
Count of Namur, Vianden;
@ Samples:
(Apr 1231) [12: tome I; p.40; Doc.#
70]
< Margaret (+1270), Margvine of Namur
[1229-1237]; ~ (2) 1216 Henry (+1252), Count of Vianden
>
Henricus, comes Namucensis et Viennensis, et
Margareta, comitissa, uxor eius
--- 1237- ~1239 ( Baldwin of Courtenay [ as II in
Constantinople ] )
@ Removed:
- [1237] Vianden
Baldwin of Constantinople took Namur from his
sister Margaret, wife of the Count of Vianden (1337).
-- the 1st form
Margrave of Namur;
@ Samples:
(Apr 1239) [14: tome V (1790);
p.418]
< Baldwin (+1273), Emperor of
Constantinople (Baldwin II); Margrave / Count of Namur [1237-1256]
>
Balduinus, haeres imperii Romaniae &
marchio Namucensis
(June 1239) [14: tome V (1790);
p.421]
Ego Balduinus haeres imperii Romaniae &
marchio Namucensis
-- the 2nd form
Count of Namur;
@ Samples:
(Oct 1237) [12: tome I; p.63; Doc.#
101]
< Baldwin (+1273), Emperor of
Constantinople (Baldwin II ) [1228/1237-1261]; Margrave / Count of Namur
[1237-1256] >
Balduinus haeres Imperii romani et
comes Namurcensis
(Mar 1238, n.s.) [5: tome I; p.33; Doc.# 13]
Baldoinus, heres imperii Romani
et
comes Namucensis
(July 1239) [19: tome VIII (1871); p.371; Doc. #
II]
Nos Balduinus heres imperii Romanie et
comes Namucensis
--- ~1239-1256 ( Baldwin of Courtenay [ as II in
Constantinople ] )
Emperor & Moderator of the Romans;
Margrave of Namur;
@ Samples:
(June 1247) [10: p.31; Doc.# 10] [11: tome VI
(1873); p.171]
< Baldwin (+1273), Emperor of
Constantinople (Baldwin II); Margrave / Count of Namur [1237-1256]
>
Baulduin, par le grâce de Dieu, empereur
tres fidel en Dieu, coroné et adorné moderateur des Romains,
tousjour auguste, et aussy
marquis de Namur
--- 1256-1264
Notes.
1. In 1256, Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, seized
Namur from Emperor Baldwin II of Constantinople.
In 1263, Philip of Courtenay (+1283), son of
Emperor Baldwin II, sold the rights to Namur to Guy of Dampierre, Count of
Flanders [12: tome I; p.104-116; Doc.# 147-153].
@ Samples [Auxiliary]:
(Oct 1263) [12: tome I; p.121; Doc.#
159]
Guy of Dampierre (+1305), Count of Flanders
1251; Margrave of Namur >
Nous Guis cuens de Flandres et de
Namur
--- 1264-1297 ( Isabelle of Luxembourg & Guy of
Dampierre )
Count of Namur;
+
Count of Flanders;
Margrave of Namur;
@ Added:
- Flanders
In 1264, by a peace treaty, Henry V "the Blond",
Count of Luxembourg, ceded Namur to Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders, who
married his daughter Isabelle of Luxembourg [12: tome I; p.122-130; Doc.#
160-165].
@ Samples:
(Aug 1264) [5: tome I; p.41; Doc.#
18]
< Isabelle of Luxembourg (+1298), Countess
of Namur; ~ 1264 Guy of Dampierre (+1305), Count of Flanders 1251; Margrave of
Namur >
Nos, Guis, cuens de Flandres et
marchis de Namur
(Feb 1273, n.s.) [5: tome I; p.51; Doc.#
22]
Nous, Guis, cuens de Flandre et
marchis de Namur, et
Isabiaus, sa chière feme, contesse de
Namur
(Jan 1289, n.s.) [5: tome I; p.81; Doc.#
34]
Nous, Guis, cuens de Flandres et
marchis de Namur, et
Ysabiaus, sa chière compaigne, contesse de
Namur
(Mar 1297, n.s.) [5: tome I; p.144; Doc.#
45]
Nous, Guis, cuens de Flandres et
marchis de Namur, et
Isabeaus, sa chière compaigne, contesse de
Namur
--- 1297-1365
Count of Namur;
@ Removed:
- Flanders
John succeeded his mother Isabelle in Namur
(1297) [20: p.45].
@ Samples:
(Oct 1298) [16: tome I (1844); p.300; Doc.#
CXVI]
< John I (+1330), Count of Namur
>
Nous Jehans, fils au conte de Flandres,
cuens de Namur
(Sep 1313) [5: tome I; p.170; Doc.#
53]
< John II (+1335), Count of Namur 1330
>
Nous Jehans de Flandres, cuens de
Namur
(Jan 1333) [18: Band III; p.214; Doc.#
264]
Nous .. Jehans cuens de Namur,
Guis de Namur frere au dit conte de
Namur
(June 1336) [14: tome VI (1791);
p.86]
< Philip III (+1337), Count of Namur 1336
>
Philippus comes Namucensis
(July 1359) [13: tome I, livraison II; p.116;
Doc.# 38]
< William I (+1391), Count of Namur 1337
>
Guillammes, contes de Namur
@ Samples [Auxiliary]:
(Sep 1343) [5: tome II; p.1; Doc.#
66]
< Mary of Artois (+1365), Lady of Sluis; ~
1309 John I (+1330), Count of Namur >
Nous, Marie d'Artoys, contesse de Namur
et
dame del Escluse en Flandres
--- 1365-1386
Count of Namur;
Lord of Sluis;
@ Added:
- Sluis
The Lordship of Sluis passed to Count William I
of Namur.
@ Samples:
(Apr 1371) [5: tome II; p.82; Doc.# 89]
< William I (+1391), Count of Namur 1337
>
Guillaumes de Flandres, contes de
Namur,
signeur de l'Escluse
(Jan 1381, n.s.) [4: tome II (1883); p.295; Doc.#
DLXXXIV]
Guillaumes de Flandres, contes de Namur et
sires de l'Escluse,
Guillaumes de Namur, chevaliers, ses fils
ainsnés, et
Jehans de Namur, escuiers, ses fils et
frères audit Guillaume
(Mar 1384) [5: tome II; p.141; Doc.# 104]
Guilleames de Flandres, conte de
Namur,
sires de l'Escluse
@ Samples [Auxiliary]:
(Dec 1372) [5: tome II; p.90; Doc.#
91]
< Robert (+1391), Lord of
Beaufort-sur-Meuse >
Nous, Robier de Namur, sire de Beauffort sur
Meuse et de Ronay em Flandres
(Apr 1384) [5: tome II; p.143; Doc.# 105]
< William II (+1418), Count of Namur 1391
>
Guillaumes aisnés filz le conte de
Namur
--- 1386-1391
Count of Namur;
@ Removed:
- Sluis
The Count of Namur exchanged Sluis for
Béthune with the Duke of Burgundy [21: p.170].
@ Samples:
(Aug 1391) [5: tome II; p.184; Doc.# 114]
< William I (+1391), Count of Namur 1337
>
Guilleaumes de Flandres, contes de Namur,
et
Guilleaume, son aisneit filz
@ Samples [Auxiliary]:
(Feb 1389) [5: tome II; p.178; Doc.#
113]
< William II (+1418), Lord of
Béthune; Count of Namur 1391; with John III (+1429), Count of Namur 1418
>
Guilleames aisneit fils du conte de Namur,
sieres de Béthune, et
Johans, ses frères, sires de
Winendalles
--- 1391-1439
Count of Namur;
Lord of Béthune;
@ Added:
- [1391] Béthune
William, Lord of Béthune, succeeded in
Namur (1391).
@ Samples:
(Nov 1392) [5: tome II; p.188; Doc.# 115]
< William II (+1418), Lord of
Béthune; Count of Namur 1391 >
Guillaumes de Flandres, contes de Namur
et
seigneur de Béthune
(Aug 1405) [5: tome II; p.259; Doc.#
125]
Nous, Guillaume de Flandres, conte de Namur
et
seigneur de Bethune
(Aug 1418) [5: tome II; p.334; Doc.#
145]
< John III (+1429), Count of Namur 1418
>
Jehan de Flandres, conte de Namur
et
seingneur de Béthune
(June 1423) [5: tome II; p.386; Doc.#
157]
Nous, Jehan de Flandres, conte de Namur
et
seigneur de Béthune
@ Samples [Auxiliary]:
(Dec 1428) [5: tome II; p.398; Doc.#
160]
< Philip "the Good" (+1467), Duke of
Burgundy 1419; Count of Namur 1429 >
Phelippe, duc de Bourgoingne,
conte de Flandres, d'Artois, de Bourgoingne
palatin,
seigneur de Salins et de Malines
--- 1429-1477 see Burgundy
Notes. In 1421, Count John III of Namur
sold his County to the Duke of Burgundy. John III was to remain in possession
and enjoy the usufruct until his death in 1429 [22: p.30-31].
--- 1477-1794 see Luxembourg