Count of Artois

Coat of arms of the County of Artois

The Count of Artois (French: Comtes d'Artois, Dutch: Graven van Artesië) was the ruler over the County of Artois from the 9th century until the abolition of the countship by the French revolutionaries in 1790.

House of Artois

• Odalric (c. 850s)
• Altmar (c. 890s)
• Adelelm (?-932)
• Conquered by Arnulf I, Count of Flanders and directly under Flanders, 932-1180
• Philip I, Count of Flanders (1168-1180), gave Artois as dowry to Isabelle of Hainaut, niece of Philip of Flanders, for her marriage to Philip II of France

House of Capet

• Isabella (1180-1190)
• Louis VIII of France (1190-1223), her son

Merged into royal domain.

Capetian House of Artois

• Robert I (1237-1250), his second surviving son
• Robert II (1250-1302), his son
• Matilda (1302-1329), his daughter, married to Otto IV, Count of Burgundy
  • contested by Robert III (1302-1329)

House of Burgundy

• Joan I (1329-1330), her daughter
• Joan II (1330-1347), her daughter
  • married to Odo (1330-1347)
• Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1347-1361), their grandson, as Philip III

House of Capet

• Margaret I (1361-1382), his great-aunt

House of Dampierre

• Louis III (1382-1383), her son
• Margaret II (1383-1405), his daughter
  • married to Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1383-1404), as Philip IV

House of Capet, Valois-Burgundy line

• John the Fearless (1405-1419)
• Philip the Good (1419-1467), as Philip V
• Charles the Bold (1467-1477), as Charles I
• Mary the Rich (1477-1482)
  • married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1477-1482)
  • Occupied by France between 1477 and 1493 (Treaty of Senlis)

House of Habsburg

• Philip I of Castile (1482-1506), as Philip VI
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1506-1556), as Charles II
• Philip II of Spain (1556-1598), as Philip VII
• Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert (1598-1621)
• Philip IV of Spain (1621-1659), as Philip VIII
• ceded to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659)

House of Capet, Bourbon line

• Charles X of France (1757-1836)