County of Guînes
Comté de Guînes (French)
| |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
988–1180 | |||||||
Coat of arms | |||||||
![]()
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 | ||||||
|
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.[1] Though dominated by the larger county of Flanders, it often acted independently.[2] 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.[3]