Baldwin II of Boulogne (
† ) was a son of
Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne, whom he succeeded as
count of Boulogne
Count of Boulogne was a historical title in the Kingdom of France. The city of Boulogne-sur-Mer became the centre of the County of Boulogne during the ninth century. Little is known of the early counts, but the first holder of the title is rec ...
.
Life
Baldwin II was the son of
Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne and succeeded his father as count circa 990. Both Arnulf III and his father Arnulf II had freed themselves of Flemish rule during the minority of
Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders
Baldwin IV (980 – 30 May 1035), called the Bearded, was the count of Flanders from 987 until his death.
Baldwin IV was the son of Count Arnulf II of Flanders (c. 961 — 987) and Rozala of Italy (950/60 – 1003), of the House of Ivrea.Detlev ...
. In 1022 both Baldwin and his son
Eustace, along with the counts of Normandy, Valois, and Flanders, met with
Robert II, King of France and formed an alliance against
Odo II, Count of Blois who was challenging the king's authority.
[Heather J. Tanner, ''Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160'' (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004), p. 78] But when
Emperor Henry II died in July 1024 the alliance quickly fell apart as King Robert reconciled with count Odo II.
In the wake of these changing alliances and for reasons that remain unclear, Baldwin was killed in battle c. 1027 warring with
Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu, who then wed Baldwin's widow.
Family and issue
He married
Adelina of Holland, possibly the daughter of
Arnulf, Count of Holland[Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1989), Tafel 635] and
Lutgardis of Luxemburg.
[Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 2] and was the father of:
*
Eustace I of Boulogne, who succeeded him.
After Baldwin's death Adelina married secondly, Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu.
References
10th-century births
1020s deaths
10th-century French nobility
11th-century French nobility
Counts of Boulogne
House of Flanders
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