County of Guînes

{{Short description|Flemish fief and later French fief}}

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|native_name = {{native name|fr|Comté de Guînes}}

|conventional_long_name = County of Guînes

|common_name = Guînes

|status = Part of the Kingdom of France (1180–1501)

|era = Middle Ages

|empire = Kingdom of France

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|event_start = split from the county of County of Boulogne

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|year_start = 988

|event_end = incorporation into the crown lands of France

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|year_end = 1180

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|s1 = Kingdom of France

|image_coat = Blason maison de Guînes.svg

|image_map = Map of County of Guines.jpg

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|image_map_caption = Map of the County of Guînes

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|capital = Guînes

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The County of Guînes, was a Flemish fief and later French fief in the Middle Ages.

The county was split from the County of Boulogne in about 988.{{sfn|Ardres|2010|p=26}} Though dominated by the larger county of Flanders, it often acted independently.{{sfn|Ardres|2010|p=27}} In 1180, Guînes was passed, together with Ardres, Arras and Saint-Omer, to the French crown as part of the dowry of Isabel of Hainaut when she married Philip II of France.{{sfn|Ardres|2010|p=30}}