County of Guînes
County of Guînes | |||||||
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| 988–1180 | |||||||
Map of the County of Guînes | |||||||
| Status | Part of the Kingdom of France (1180–1501) | ||||||
| Capital | Guînes | ||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• split from the county of County of Boulogne | 988 | ||||||
• incorporation into the crown lands of France | 1180 | ||||||
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The County of Guînes, was a Flemish fief and later French fief in the Middle Ages.
The county was split from the County of Boulogne in about 988. Though dominated by the larger county of Flanders, it often acted independently. In 1180, Guînes was passed, together with Ardres, Arras and Saint-Omer, to the French crown as part of the dowry of Isabel of Hainaut when she married Philip II of France.