See also:

• HAINAUT (Flem. Henegouwen, Ger. Hennegau)

HAINAUT (Flem. Henegouwen, Ger. Hennegau)  , a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium formed out of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• HAINAUT (Flem. Henegouwen, Ger. Hennegau)

Hainaut . See also:

• MODERN

Modern Hainaut is famous as containing the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• COAL

coal and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron mines of Belgium . There are about 150,000 men and See also:

• WOMEN

women employed in the mines, and about as many more in the iron and See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• WORKS

works of the province . About 188o these See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers were not more than See also:

• HALF

half their See also:

• PRESENT

present totals . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns of Hainaut are See also:

• MONS (Flemish Bergen)

Mons, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, See also:

• CHARLEROI
• CHARLEROI (Carolus Rex)

Charleroi, See also:

• TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai, Jumet and La Louviere . The province is watered by both the See also:

• SCHELDT (Fr. Escaut, Flem. Schelde)

Scheldt and the Sambre, and is connected with See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders by the Charleroi-See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . The See also:

• AREA

area of the' province is computed' at 930,405 acres or 1453 sq. m . In 1904 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 1,192,967, showing an See also:

• AVERAGE

average of 821 per square mile . Under the successors of See also:

• CLOVIS [Chlodovech] (c. 466-511)

Clovis Hainaut formed See also:

• PART

part, first of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• METZ

Metz, and then of that of Lotharingia . It afterwards became part of the duchy of See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine . The first to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Hainaut was Reginar " See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long-See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

Neck " (c . 875), who, later on, made himself See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the duchy of Lorraine and died in 916 .

His eldest son inherited See also:

• LOWER

Lower Lorraine, the younger, Reginar II., the countship of Hainaut, which remained in the male See also:

• LINE

line of his descendants, all named Reginar, until the See also:

• DEATH

death of Reginar V. in ro36 . His heiress, Richildis, married en secondes notes See also:

• BALDWIN, JAMES MARK (1861– )
• BALDWIN, ROBERT (1804–1858)

Baldwin VI. of Flanders, and, by him, became the ancestress of the Baldwin (VI. of Hainaut) who in 1204 was raised by the Crusaders to the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . The See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Baldwin's See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder daughter Jeanne brought the countship of Hainaut to her husbands See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal (d . 1233) and See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy (d . 1259) . On her death in 1244, however, it passed to her See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret, on whose death in 1279 it was inherited by her See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of See also:

• AVESNES

Avesnes, count of See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland (d . 1304) . The countship of Hainaut remained See also:

• UNITED

united with that of Holland during the 14th and 15th centuries . It was under the See also:

• COUNTS

counts See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William I . " the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good " (1304-1337), whose daughter Philippa married See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and William II . (1337-1345) that the communes of Hainaut attained See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• POLITICAL

political importance . Margaret, who succeeded her See also:

• BROTHER

brother William II. in 1345, by her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with the emperor See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis IV. brought Hainaut with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of her dominions to the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• WITTELSBACH

Wittelsbach .

Finally, See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, the countess Jacqueline was dispossessed by See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip the Good of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, and Hainaut henceforward shared the See also:

• FATE

fate of the rest of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands .