Person:Ferdinand of Flanders (1)

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Infante Ferdinand _____, Count of Flanders
d.4 Mar 1233 Noyon, France
  1. Teresa of PortugalAbt 1176 - 1250
  2. Infanta Sancha _____, Lady of AlenquerAbt 1178 - 1229
  3. Infante Raimundo of PortugalEst 1180 - 1188/89
  4. Infanta Constança of Portugal1182 - 1202
  5. Afonso II of Portugal1185 - 1223
  6. Peter I of Urgell1187 - 1258
  7. Infante Ferdinand _____, Count of Flanders1187/88 - 1233
  8. Infante Henrique of Portugal1189 - Est 1191
  9. Berengária of PortugalAbt 1190 - 1221
  10. Infanta Branca _____, Lady of GuadalajaraEst 1192 - 1240
  11. Mafalda of PortugalAbt 1197 - 1257
  • HInfante Ferdinand _____, Count of Flanders1187/88 - 1233
  • WJoan de Hainaut1194 - 1244
m. Jan 1211/12
Facts and Events
Name Infante Ferdinand _____, Count of Flanders
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Mar 1187/88 Coimbra (city or town), Portugal
Marriage Jan 1211/12 Of, Valenciennes, Nord, Franceto Joan de Hainaut
Death[1] 4 Mar 1233 Noyon, France
Reference Number? Q469622


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Ferdinand (Portuguese: Fernando, French and Dutch: Ferrand; 24 March 1188 – 27 July 1233) reigned as jure uxoris Count of Flanders and Hainaut from his marriage to Countess Joan, celebrated in Paris in 1212, until his death. He was born in Coimbra, and he was an Infante of Portugal as the fourth son of King Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon.

While on their way to Flanders, Ferdinand and Joan were captured by Joan's first cousin Louis, eldest son of Philip II of France and Joan's aunt Isabella. Louis' aim was to acquire his dead mother's dowry, a large piece of Flemish territory including Artois, which Joan's father had taken back by force after Isabella's death.

Released after this concession, Joan and Ferdinand soon joined the old allies of her father, King John of England and Emperor Otto IV, in an alliance against France. They were decisively defeated at Bouvines in July 1214, where Ferdinand was taken prisoner.

Ferdinand was to remain in French hands for the next 12 years, while Joan ruled alone. He was released in 1226, by the French regent, Blanche of Castile, after the accession of her son Louis IX of France.

Ferdinand died in Noyon on 27 July 1233. His and Joan's only child, a daughter named Maria, died childless, and their counties eventually passed to Joan's younger sister, Margaret II.

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References
  1. Infante Ferdinand, Count of Flanders, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.