Ferdinand, Count of Flanders

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Ferdinand
Fernando of Portugal bouvines.jpg
jure uxoris Count of Flanders
Reign 1212–1233
Predecessor Joan
Successor Joan
Co-ruler Joan
Born 23 February 1187
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
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Noyon, France
Burial Marquette near Lille, France
Spouse Joan, Countess of Flanders
House House of Burgundy
Father Sancho I of Portugal
Mother Dulce of Aragon
Religion Roman Catholicism

Ferdinand (24 March 1188 – 27 July 1233; Portuguese: Fernando, French and Dutch: Ferrand) 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.

Count Ferdinand imprisoned after the Battle of Bouvines

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.[1]

Ferdinand died in Noyon on 27 July 1233.[2] His and Joan's only child, a daughter named Maria, died childless, and their counties eventually passed to Joan's younger sister, Margaret II.

Ancestry

Family of Ferdinand, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Henry of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Henry, Count of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Afonso I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Alfonso VI of León and Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Theresa, Countess of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Jimena Muñoz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Sancho I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Humbert II, Count of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Amadeus III, Count of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Gisela of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Maud of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Guigues III of Albon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Mahaut of Albon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Matilda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Ferdinand, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Maud of Apulia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Gilbert I, Count of Gévaudan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Douce I, Countess of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Gerberga, Countess of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Dulce of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Sancho Ramírez of Navarre and Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Ramiro II of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Felicia of Roucy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Petronila of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Agnes of Aquitaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Philippa, Countess of Toulouse
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes

  1. Weiler et al 2007, p. 53.
  2. Eugene L. Cox, The Eagles of Savoy:The House of Savoy in Thirteenth century Europe, (Princeton University Press, 1974), 56.

References

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Ferdinand, Count of Flanders
Born: 1188 Died: 27 July 1233
Regnal titles
Preceded by as sole ruler Count of Flanders
1212–1233
Succeeded by
Joan
as sole ruler