County of Boulogne Comté de Boulogne (French) | |||||||
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| 896–1477 | |||||||
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 County of Boulogne (upper left on map) in 1465–1477 | |||||||
| Status | Fief of the Kingdom of France | ||||||
| Capital | Boulogne | ||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• acquisition by the House of Flanders | 896 | ||||||
• incorporation into the crown lands of France | 1477 | ||||||
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The County of Boulogne was a county within the Kingdom of France during the 9th to 15th centuries, centred on the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer. It was ruled by the counts of Flanders in the 10th century, but a separate House of Boulogne emerged during the 11th century.[1] It was merged into the County of Artois by Philip II of France in 1212 and eventually annexed to the royal domain itself in 1477.
- ^ Heather J. Tanner, The Expansion of the Power and Influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II', Anglo-Norman Studies XIV: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1991, Ed. Marjorie Chibnall (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1992), p. 251