The county of Hainaut, located in the west of the German Empire, near to the borders with the Kingdom of France, emerged from the refeudalisation of three counties in 1071: the county of Mons, the southern county of the (medieval) province of Brabant and the Ottonian margraviate of Valenciennes.
The unification of the county of Hainaut as imperial fief was accomplished in 1071, when countess Richilde of Hainaut tried to sell her fiefs to Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor after she was defeated in the Battle of Kassel.
With the murder of Jacqueline of Hainaut and Holland in 1436, her estates were acquired by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
The county of Hainaut was created in the late 9th cent., and in the divisions of the Carolingian empire became a fief of Lotharingia.
Baldwin VI of Hainaut (as Baldwin IX, count of Flanders) took part in the Fourth Crusade and became (1204) emperor of Constantinople as Baldwin I. After Baldwin's death the two counties were united; in 1278 they were again separated.
Hainaut remained under the house of Burgundy until the death (1482) of Mary of Burgundy when its history became that of the AustrianNetherlands (see Netherlands, Austrian and Spanish).
The ancient County of Hainaut is now divided and is part of the modern day Province of Hainaut in Belgium with a smaller piece of the ancient countship lying in northern France, the latter which informally still carries the name of Hainaut.
On the 275th anniversary of the arrival of the Hainaut Colonists to Louisiana, Father Leon Lybaert, Historian and Pastor of the Catholic Church of Macon, Hainaut, Belgium, made a trip to Louisiana to celebrate Mass at the historic St.
On January 13, 1720, before "the royal notories of Hainaut residing in the city of Maubeuge", contracts were signed by the some of the engages on behalf of their wives and children who would accompany the husbands to Louisiana.
...The daughter and heiress of William IV, duke of Bavaria and count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland, and of Margaret of Burgundy, Jacqueline was passed over for the...
91,726), capital of Hainaut prov., SW Belgium, near the French border.
67,732), Hainaut prov., SW Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
The DeCuir family of the United States is descended from our common ancestor, Albert deCuire (1673-1750), native of Macon, Hainaut (now Belgium), who migrated as one of the earliest colonists to Louisiana in 1720.
The DeCuir family was very active in the Catholic Church in Hainaut, and continued in Louisiana as Albert was one of the founding Godfathers of the Bell to establish the first church of Pointe Coupee with St. Frances Church.
On July 19, 1998, many DeCuir cousins joined at Macon, Hainaut, Beglium, to attend the 50th anniversary Mass of Father Lybaert as a Catholic Priest, and had a weekend reunion tour of the DeCuir ancestral village, as well as a visit to Chimay and the Chateau deCuiry in France.
Dallas Bordelon of Marksville, Louisiana, a descendant of the DeCuir family of Macon, Hainaut, Belgium, fought on Belgium soil during the first World War.
At least one of the thousands of soldiers who came to the aid of Belgium in 1944 was an Hainaut descendant.
Raymond Dauzat (Photo of Raymond Dauzat taken near Macon, Belgium by LaHaye family in 1944) of Louisiana was descended from the families of central Louisiana, including DeCuir and Pourceau, who came from this very area he helped defend some 224 years after their immigration to the New World.
The municipality and town (Ville) of Enghien (in Dutch, Edingen; 10,500 inhabitants; 4,057 ha) is located in northern Hainaut, 30 km south-west of Brussels, on the border with FlemishBrabant.
The town of Enghien gave its name to a powerful medieval family which had to maintain itself against powerful neighbours such as the count of Hainaut and the duke of Brabant.
The most famous of them was Zeger II who inherited the county of Brienne and (the title of) the duchy of Athens, and was beheaded after a mock trial (he was accused of being too much in favour of Edward III of England) in 1364.
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Count Reginar Long-Neck made himself master (late 9th-early 10th cent.) of the duchy of Lower Lorraine, which continued under his elder son (see Lotharingia), while his younger son inherited Hainaut.
Harry Gruyaert Magnum Photos 01-01-1981 Province of Hainaut.
Harry Gruyaert Magnum Photos 01-01-1975 Province of Hainaut.
