Ferdinand, Count of Flanders

Ferdinand
jure uxoris Count of Flanders
Reign	1212–1233
Predecessor	Joan
Successor	Joan
Co-Ruler	Joan
Spouse	Joan, Countess of Flanders
Issue
Infanta Maria
House	House of Burgundy
Father	Sancho I
Mother	Dulce of Aragon
Born	23 February 1187 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	2 June 1258(1258-06-02) (aged 71) Noyon, France
Burial	Marquette near Lille, France
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Infante Ferdinand of Portugal, Count of Flanders (Coimbra, March 24, 1188 – Noyon, July 27, 1233; Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du]; Portuguese Fernando; Old French Ferrand) was a Portuguese infante, fourth son of Portuguese King Sancho I and Dulce of Aragon. Born in 1188, he was Count of Flanders by marriage to Countess Joan of Flanders, eldest daughter of Baldwin IX of Flanders.

Ferdinand married Joan on January 1212 in Paris.

While on their way to Flanders the newlyweds were captured by Joan's first cousin Louis (the future Louis VIII of France), eldest son of Philip Augustus and Joan's aunt, Isabella of Flanders. Louis' aim was to acquire his dead mother's dowry, a large piece of Flemish territory including Artois, which Joan's father had taken back by force after Isabella's death.

Released after this concession, Joan and Ferdinand soon joined the old allies of her father, king John of England and Emperor Otto IV, in an alliance against France. They were decisively defeated at Bouvines in July 1214, where Ferdinand was taken prisoner.

Ferdinand was to remain in French hands for the next 12 years, while Joan ruled alone. He was released in 1226, by the French regent, Blanche of Castile, after the accession of her son Louis IX of France^[1].

He died in Noyon on July 27, 1233.

Ancestry

Notes

1. ^ Weiler Burton, Schofield and Stöber. p. 53. 

References

• Weiler, B, Burton, J, Schofield, P and Stöber, K (2007). Thirteenth century England: Proceedings of the Gregynog Conference, 2007. The Boydell Press. 

Ferdinand, Count of Flanders House of Burgundy Born: 1188 Died: 27 July 1233
Regnal titles
Preceded by Joan as sole ruler	Count of Flanders 1212–1233	Succeeded by Joan as sole ruler

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Name	Ferdinand, Count of Flanders
Alternative names
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Date of birth	23 February 1187
Place of birth	Coimbra
Date of death	2 June 1258
Place of death	Noyon