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Jacqueline of Bavaria

Type Figure Region County of Hainaut Time c. 1401–1436 Also known as Jacqueline of Bavaria、Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut、Jacoba van Beieren

Jacqueline of Bavaria (c. 1401–1436), Countess of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland, was a Low Countries noblewoman of the Bavarian line.…

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  1. 1421–1430The Hague · NetherlandsIn the 1420s Jacqueline fought repeatedly against John of Bavaria and Burgundian forces to hold on to her rule over Holland and Zeeland. She won several military victories and at one point sought refuge in England to win the support of Henry V, but the Burgundian alliance gradually squeezed her territories and allies.

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