country_of_citizenship mary of avesnes
William I , Count of Hainaut ( 7 June 1337 ), was Count William III of Avesnes , Count William III of Holland and Count William II of Zeeland from 1304 to his death . Zeeland ( Zeelandic : " Zeêland " ) is the westernmost province of the ___MASK53___ . The province , located in the south - west of the country , consists of a number of islands and peninsulas ( hence its name , meaning " sea - land ") and a strip bordering Belgium . Its capital is Middelburg . Its area is about , of which almost is water , and it has a population of about 380 , 000 . ___MASK65___ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and ___MASK38___ to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of ___MASK65___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK65___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . John II of Avesnes ( 1247  22 August 1304 ) was Count of Hainaut , Holland , and Zeeland . Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the ___MASK53___ . The name " Holland " is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the ___MASK53___ . This usage is commonly accepted in other countries , and not entirely uncommon among the Dutch themselves , though some in the ___MASK53___ and particularly in other regions of the country may find it undesirable , misleading or insulting . Philippa of Hainault ( 24 June 1314  15 August 1369 ) was Queen of ___MASK65___ as the wife of King Edward III . Edward , Duke of Guyenne , her future husband , promised in 1326 to marry her within the following two years . She was married to Edward , first by proxy , when Edward dispatched the Bishop of Coventry " to marry her in his name " in Valenciennes ( second city in importance of the ___MASK37___ ) in October 1327 . The marriage was celebrated formally in York Minster on 24 January 1328 , some months after Edward ' s accession to the throne of ___MASK65___ . In August 1328 , he also fixed his wife ' s dower . Philippa of ___MASK75___ ( 1252  6 April 1311 ) was the daughter of Count Henry V of ___MASK75___ and his wife , Marguerite of Bar . She married John II , Count of Holland . Two of her granddaughters were Philippa of Hainault , Queen consort of England , and Margaret II , Countess of Hainault in her own right and wife of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV . Marie of Hainaut ( 1280 -- 1354 ) was the daughter of John II , Count of Holland and Philippa of ___MASK75___ , her brother was William I , Count of Hainaut . The Count of Hainaut was the ruler of the ___MASK37___ , a historical region in the Low Countries ( including the modern countries of Belgium , the Netherlands , Luxembourg and parts of northern ___MASK29___ and western Germany ). In English - language historical sources , the title is often given the archaic spelling Hainault .