County of Guînes


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 Isabella of Hainaut when she married Philip II of France.

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