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and remained abroad for six years. John I of Avesnes quickly comprehended that his mother did not intend to give him the government of Hainault as she had that of Flanders to her other sons. John I of Avesnes revolted against his mother and attacked his half-brother Guy of Dampierre, who had just
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intervened in 1246. Louis gave Hainault (technically not his to give) to John I of Avesnes and Flanders (indeed his vassal) to William of Dampierre. Margaret, in light of this judgement, gave the government of Flanders over to William of Dampierre in 1247. She did not however relinquish her
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The contested division of the rights to Margaret's inheritance between the sons of Avesnes and those of Dampierre were the cause of the conflicts known as the "war of the succession of Flanders and Hainault."
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and just missed being killed in a skirmish. When Louis returned in 1254, he reaffirmed his earlier arbitration and ordered his brother to get out of the conflict. Charles returned to
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on 4 July 1253, when John I of Avesnes gained a brilliant victory over Guy of Dampierre and forced him and his mother to respect the division of Louis and grant him Hainault.
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The first conflict opened with Margaret's succession in 1244. John I of Avesnes and William of Dampierre, half brothers, fought between themselves until
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Margaret did not rest in her defeat and did not recognise herself as overcome. She instead granted Hainault to
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to seize Hainault and Flemish territory within the empire. The fighting continued until the
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In 1251, William III of Dampierre died and Flanders passed to his brother Guy of Dampierre.
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Flanders passed to the Dampierres, Hainaut to the House of Avesnes
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conflicts in the mid-thirteenth century between the children of
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in 1202, he left his western domains under his eldest daughter
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Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe
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Counties
Flanders
Hainaut

House of Flanders

House of Dampierre

County of Anjou

House of Avesnes

County of Holland

County of Zeeland

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