Count of Artois

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County of Artois
Coat of arms of the Counts of Artois
Creation date850 (fief)
1681 (courtesy title)
PeeragePeerage of France
First holderOdalric
Last holderFrancis II, Holy Roman Emperor (fief)
Charles, Count of Artois (courtesy title)
StatusExtinct
Extinction date6 November 1836

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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Merged into royal domain.

House of Capet

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House of Capet, Valois-Burgundy line

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

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House of Habsburg (1713–present)

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House of Capet, Bourbon line

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