Count of Hainaut

The Count of Hainaut was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries

• uncertain) Amaury (fl. 953-973)
• (uncertain) Werner (r. 973)
• Arnulf of Valenciennes (d. 1011/1012), also probably count of Cambrai
• Baldwin IV (r. 988–1035)
• Baldwin V (r. 1035–1045)
• Herman (r. 1039–1051),
• Baldwin I (r. 1051–1070), also Count of Flanders
• Arnulf I (r. 1070–1071), also Count of Flanders
• Baldwin II (r. 1071–1098),
• Baldwin III (r. 1098–1120),
• Baldwin IV (r. 1120–1171),
• Baldwin V (r. 1171–1195), also Count of Flanders from 1191
• Baldwin VI (r. 1195–1205), also Count of Flanders and Latin Emperor of Constantinople
• Joan (r. 1205–1244), also Countess of Flanders
• Margaret I (r. 1244–1253),
• John I (r. 1253–1257)
• Margaret I (r. 1257–1280),
• John II (r. 1280–1304),
• William I (r. 1304–1337),
• William II (r. 1337–1345),
• Margaret II (r. 1345–1356), one century later Jacqueline was opposed by her uncle John, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing, son of Count Albert I in a war of succession. John's claims devolved upon Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, a nephew of William IV,