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Hainaut province has a rolling landscape, except for the very southern part, the so-called Boot of Hainaut, which is quite hilly and belongs to the Ardennes and its foothills Fagne and the Condroz. The village of L'Escaillère in the utmost southeastern corner, at an altitude of 365 metres, is the highest point of the province.
Hainaut Province. / 50.5°N 3.92°E / 50.5; 3.92. Hainaut [4] ( French: Hainaut, Dutch: Henegouwen, German: Hennegau, Picard: Hénau, Walloon: Hinnot, West Flemish: Enegouwn) is a province of the Walloon Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. Its capital is the city of Mons . It is the westernmost province of the Walloon Region.
The County of Hainaut ( French: Comté de Hainaut; Dutch: Graafschap Henegouwen; Latin: comitatus hanoniensis ), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled the present-day border of Belgium and France. Its most important towns included Mons ( Dutch: Bergen ), now in Belgium, and ...
The Count of Hainaut was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries. uncertain) Amaury (fl. 953-973) (uncertain) Werner (r. 973) Arnulf of Valenciennes (d. 1011/1012), also probably count of Cambrai; Baldwin IV (r. 988–1035) Baldwin V (r. 1035–1045) Herman (r. 1039–1051), Baldwin I (r. 1051–1070), also ...
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The Counties of Flanders and Hainaut are claimed by Margaret's sons, the half-brothers John I of Avesnes and William III of Dampierre in the War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault. In 1246, King Louis IX of France awards Hainaut to John, but Margaret refuses to hand over the government but was forced to do so in 1254 by John and the German anti-king William II, Count of Holland .
