Description: Louis I, Count of Flanders and Nevers Figurine of Louis I, Count of Flanders and Nevers, holding swordby Unknown Louis I (c. 1304 – 26 August 1346, ruled 1322–1346) was Count of Flanders, Nevers, and Rethel. He was the son of Louis I, Count of Nevers, and Joan, Countess of Rethel, and grandson of Robert III of Flanders. He succeeded his father as count of Nevers and his grandfather as count of Flanders in 1322. In 1320 Louis married Margaret, second daughter of King Philip V of France and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, who would later inherit her mother's counties of Burgundy and Artois in 1361. This marriage alliance made him break with the anti-French policy of his grandfather Robert III and great-grandfather Guy I. Louis' pro-French policies and excessive taxations caused an uprising in 1323. Beginning as a series of scattered rural riots, the peasant insurrection escalated into a full-scale rebellion that dominated public affairs in Flanders for nearly five years until 1328. The rebels, led by Nicolaas Zannekin, captured the towns of Nieuwpoort, Veurne, Leper, and Kortrijk. In Kortrijk, Zannekin was able to capture Louis himself. On 30 November 1325 in the church of St. Basil, Louis swore amnesty to the rebels. The following day, Louis was released and he fled to Paris. On 26 April 1326, the King of France, Charles IV, intervened and the Peace of Arques was sealed. This treaty presented the King of France as the aggrieved party, leaving Louis as a bystander. The treaty, not supported by rebel districts in Flanders, did not last long, and soon hostilities erupted again. Philip VI of France had to come to Louis' aid, and Zannekin and his adherents were decisively defeated by the French royal army in the Battle of Cassel. Control of Flanders was returned to Louis, with the warning from Philip that if Louis needed rescuing again that Flanders would be incorporated into the kingdom of France. Louis died in the Battle of Crecy in 1346. Description: Approximately 4 1/2" Tall. This item is in mint/excellent condition.
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