Namur
Namur was a county of the Holy Roman Empire, centred on the fortified town where the Sambre met the Meuse. In 1337 Philip III of the House of Dampierre ruled the county, which his family had acquired from the counts of Flanders.
The last count, John III, sold Namur to Philip the Good of Burgundy in 1430. Under the Habsburgs it became a Catholic stronghold against Calvinism, gaining a bishopric in 1559. French armies conquered the territory in 1795 and made it part of the Sambre-et-Meuse department.
Characters
- Margaret, Marchioness of Namur
- Elisabeth of Namur
- Guy II of Namur
- William I of Namur
- Henry II of Namur
- John I of Namur
- John II of Namur
- Louis of Namur
- Margaret of Namur
- Marie of Artois
- Philip II of Namur
- Philip III of Namur
- Robert of Namur