Count of Artois

French noble title

County of Artois

Coat of arms of the Counts of Artois

Creation date| 850 (fief)
1681 (courtesy title)
Peerage| Peerage of France
First holder| Odalric
Last holder| Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (fief)
Charles, Count of Artois (courtesy title)
Status| Extinct
Extinction date| 6 November 1836

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The count of Artois (French: Comte d'Artois, Dutch: Graaf van Artesië) was the ruler over the County of Artois from the 9th century until the abolition of the countship by the French revolutionaries in 1790.

## House of Artois

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* Odalric (c. 850s)
* Altmar (c. 890s)
* Adelelm (?–932)
* Conquered by Arnulf I, Count of Flanders and directly under Flanders, 932–1180
* Philip I, Count of Flanders (1168–1180), gave Artois as dowry to Isabelle of Hainaut, niece of Philip of Flanders, for her marriage to Philip II of France

## House of Capet

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* Isabella (1180–1190)
* Louis VIII of France (1190–1223), her son

Merged into royal domain.

## Capetian House of Artois

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* Robert I (1237–1250), his second surviving son
* Robert II (1250–1302), his son
* Matilda (1302–1329), his daughter, married to Otto IV, Count of Burgundy
* contested by Robert III (1302–1329)

## House of Burgundy

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* Joan I (1329–1330), her daughter
* Joan II (1330–1347), her daughter
* married to Odo (1330–1347)
* Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1347–1361), their grandson, as Philip III

## House of Capet

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* Margaret I (1361–1382), his great-aunt

## House of Dampierre

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* Louis III (1382–1383), her son
* Margaret II (1383–1405), his daughter
* married to Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1383–1404), as Philip IV

## House of Capet, Valois-Burgundy line

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* John the Fearless (1405–1419)
* Philip the Good (1419–1467), as Philip V
* Charles the Bold (1467–1477), as Charles I
* Mary the Rich (1477–1482)
* married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1477–1482)
* Occupied by France between 1477 and 1493 (Treaty of Senlis)

## House of Habsburg

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* Philip I of Castile (1482–1506), as Philip VI
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1506–1556), as Charles II
* Philip II of Spain (1556–1598), as Philip VII
* Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert (1598–1621)
* Philip IV of Spain (1621–1659), as Philip VIII
* ceded to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659)
* Charles III (King Charles II of Spain) 1665–1700

### House of Bourbon, claimants of the title (1700–1713)

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See also: House of Bourbon

* Philip IX (King Philip V of Spain) 1700–1713

### House of Habsburg (1713–present)

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* Charles IV (Emperor Charles VI) 1713–1740
* Maria Theresa 1740–1780
* Francis I (Emperor Francis I) (1740–1765 with his wife, titular only)
* Joseph (Emperor Joseph II) (1780–1790, titular only)
* Leopold (Emperor Leopold II) (1790–1792, titular only)
* Francis II (Emperor Francis II) (1792–1795/1835)
* Ferdinand (Emperor Ferdinand I) (1835–1848, titular only)
* Franz Joseph (Emperor Franz Joseph I) (1848–1916, titular only)
* Charles V (Emperor Charles I) (1916–1918, titular only, later renounced)

## House of Capet, Bourbon line

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* Charles X of France (1757–1836)

*[c.]: circa