State · 866 – 1797
County of Flanders
A state of 866 – 1797 — 931 years in Europe. It was replaced by French First Republic. The atlas records 15 things within it — wars and battles 7 · unrest and atrocity 1 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 4 people, 3 with dated terms. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 931 years
- 866 – 1797
- Rulers
- 4
- the Count of Flanders
- Most ground
- 36,700 km²
- in 1169
- Within it
- 15
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 4
- on record, with years
990 · first mapped · 19,100 km²
1169 · at its largest · 36,700 km²
1333 · last mapped · 25,000 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- French First Republic · replaced by · 1792 – 1804
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, 1795. Read from the article's section “History - Last years (1789–97)” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The county of Flanders officially ceased to exist in 1795, when it was annexed by France, and divided into two departments: Lys (present day West Flanders) and Escaut (present day East Flanders and Zeelandic Flanders).
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of Count of Flanders - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin V of Hainaut | 1191 – 1194 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Baldwin I, Latin Emperor | 1194 – 1205 | 11 years | executedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Joan, Countess of Flanders | 1205 – 1244 | 39 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
4 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1191 – 1244. Median reign 11 years. 1 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
19,100 km² in 991, 25,000 km² in 1366; at its largest 29,100 km² in 1291. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedBlason Comté de Flandre · CC BY-SA 3.0 
coat of arms, undatedBlason Flandre ancien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Odejea 
flag, undatedGenerieke vlag van Vlaanderen · CC0 
coat of arms, undatedArms of Flanders · CC0
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1000 – 10992 rows
- Robert II of Flanders · person · 1065 – 1111
- Arnulf of Chocques · religious leader · 1060 – 1118
1100 – 11992 rows
- Baldwin I, Latin Emperor · ruler · 1172 – 1205
- Baldwin V of Hainaut · ruler · 1150 – 1195
1200 – 12992 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Joan, Countess of Flanders · ruler · 1200 – 1244
- Battle of Furnes · battle · 1297
1300 – 13997 rows · 5 wars and battles
- John of Gaunt · politician · 1340 – 1399
- Battle of the Golden Spurs · battle · 1302
- Battle of Sluys · battle · 1340
- Margaret III of Flanders · politician · 1350 – 1405
- Battle of Cadzand · battle · 1337
- Battle of Roosebeke · battle · 1382
- Siege of Tournai · battle · 1340
1500 – 15991 row · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Revolt of Ghent · unrest · 1539 – 1540
1600 – 16991 row · 1 wars and battles
- Four Days' Battle · battle · 1666
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood931 years
stood longer than 97% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held36,700 km²
held more ground at its peak than 30% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median11 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 38% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 773 – 1890, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1169, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q157070 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.