Count of Hainaut

Charles II proclaimed the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 eternally uniting Hainaut with the other lordships of the Low Countries in a personal union.

In 1714, the Treaty of Rastatt settled the succession and the County of Hainaut went to the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg.

Although, the title remained officially claimed by the descendants of Leopold I until the reign of Charles I of Austria.

In the Kingdom of Belgium, the title of Count of Hainaut was traditionally given to the eldest son of the Belgian crown prince, who was himself styled as Duke of Brabant.

In 2001, with the birth of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium (now Duchess of Brabant), heir and elder daughter of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant (now Philippe, King of the Belgians), it was decided not to feminize and award her the title of Countess of Hainaut, but to abolish the title.

Coat of arms of the county of Hainaut
Baldwin V, count of Flanders Aelide, princess of France Gertrude of Saxony Robert I, count of Flanders Counts of Flanders#House of Flanders Baldwin I of Hainaut Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut Ida of Louvain Baldwin II of Hainaut Arnulf I of Hainaut Richilde of Hainaut (1095–1118) Amaury III de Montfort Baldwin III of Hainaut Yolande van Wassenberg Gertrude of Hainaut Richilde of Hainaut (12th century) Gerhard of Hainaut Baldwin IV of Hainaut Alice of Namur Yolande of Hainaut Hugh IV of Saint Pol Henry of Hainaut Baldwin of Hainaut (1134–1147) Geoffrey of Ostervant Agnes of Hainaut Laurette of Hainaut Bouchard IV of Montmorency Margaret I of Flanders Baldwin V of Hainaut Sybille of Hainaut Eustach of Hainaut Godfrey of Hainaut Philip I of Namur Isabelle of Hainaut Philip II of France Peter II of Courtenay Yolanda of Namur Henry of Constantinople Maria of Bulgaria, Latin Empress Mary of Champagne Baldwin VI of Hainaut Thomas II of Savoy Joanna of Flanders Infante Ferdinand, Count of Flanders Margaret II of Flanders Bouchard IV of Avesnes William II of Dampierre Counts of Flanders#House of Dampierre Baldwin of Avesnes Baldwin of Avesnes (died 1219) John I of Avesnes Adelaide of Holland Joanna of Flines Bouchard of Metz Guy of Avesnes William of Cambrai Floris of Zeeland John II of Hainaut Philippine of Luxembourg John of Ostervant Joanna of Hainaut (nun at Fontenelles) Henry of Hainaut Mary of Avesnes Louis I of Bourbon Isabelle of Hainaut (died 1305) Raoul of Clermont Alice of Hainaut Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk Margaret of Hainaut Robert II of Artois Margaret of Soissons John of Beaumont William I of Hainaut Joan of Valois (1294–1352) Robert of Namur (1323–1391) Isabelle of Hainaut (1323–1361) John of Hainaut (died 1316) Louis of Hainaut (1325–1328) Agnes of Hainaut (died 1327) Joanna of Hainaut Philippa of Hainaut Edward III of England William V of Julich William II of Hainaut Joanna, Duchess of Brabant Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Margaret II of Hainaut Ulrich of Württemberg (died 1388) Elizabeth of Bavaria (1329–1402) Anna of Bavaria Otto V, Duke of Bavaria Beatrice of Bavaria Eric XII of Sweden Margaret of Bavaria (1325–1374) Gerhard of Hohenlohe William I, Duke of Bavaria Matilda of Lancaster Albrecht I of Wittelsbach Margaret of Brieg Margaret of Cleves Albert II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing John of Bavaria-Straubing Elisabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg Catherine of Wittelsbach William I of Gelders and Jülich Margaret of Bavaria John the Fearless Joanna of Bavaria Wenzel IV of Bohemia William VI of Hainaut Margaret of Burgundy (1374–1441) Jacqueline of Holland John, Dauphin of France (1398–1417) John IV, Duke of Brabant Humphrey of Gloucester Frank van Borsselen