count of Hainaut
The Count of Hainaut (; ; ) was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries (including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany). In English-la ...
from 1098 to his death.
History
Baldwin was son of Count
Baldwin II of Hainaut
Baldwin II (1056–1098?) was count of Hainaut from 1071 to his death. He was an unsuccessful claimant to the County of Flanders. He disappeared in Anatolia during the First Crusade.
Minority
Baldwin was the younger son of Count Baldwin VI of ...
County of Hainaut
The County of Hainaut ( ; ; ; ), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled the present-day border of Belgium and France. Its most important towns included Mons, Belgium, Mons (), n ...
in 1102. Baldwin married Yolande of Guelders at a young age. He had been
betrothed
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to Adelaide of
Maurienne
Maurienne (; ; ) is one of the provinces of Savoy, corresponding to the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in France. It is also the original name of the capital of the province, now Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
Location
The Maurienne val ...
, a niece of Countess Clemence of Flanders. The broken betrothal caused a scandal, and Countess Clemence brought the issue before her brother
Pope Calixtus II
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. The pope declared that the marriage was legal and could not be dissolved.Gislebertus (of Mons), Laura Napran, Chronicle of Hainaut, 2005
Baldwin died at a young age of in 1120, and was buried in
Mons, Belgium
Mons (; German and , ; Walloon language, Walloon and ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Mons was made into a fortifi ...
. His eldest son,
Baldwin IV
Baldwin IV (1161–1185), known as the Leper King, was the king of Jerusalem from 1174 until his death in 1185. He was admired by historians and his contemporaries for his dedication to the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the face of his debilitating ...
, succeeded him. His younger son Gerard inherited the counties of
Dodewaard
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Dodewaard extends south from national highway A15(exit 36 Dodewaard-Opheusden) and sits a ...
and Dale, which had been in the possession of his mother. Countess Yolande held Hainaut as her
dower
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for a while and as a regent for her son.
Family
He was married to Yolande, daughter of Count
Gerard I of Guelders
Gerard I, Count of Guelders (c. 1060 – 8 March 1129) was Count of Guelders (Gelre in Dutch). He was the son of Theodoric of Wassenberg.
He may have been married to Clementia of Aquitaine, although that proposed marriage seems to be based on a ...
. Their children were:
#
Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
Baldwin IV (1108 – 8 November 1171) was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death.
Baldwin IV was the son of Count Baldwin III of Hainaut and Yolande de Wassenberg.Gislebertus (of Mons), ''Chronicle of Hainaut'', transl. Laura Napran, (The Boyd ...
, married
Alice of Namur
Alice of Namur (died July 1169 at Valenciennes) was the daughter of Count Godfrey I of Namur and Countess Ermesinde of Luxembourg.
Her father married her off to Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut around 1130. Gislebert of Mons described her as having ...
# Gerhard of Hainaut, ancestor of the Counts of Dale
# Gertrude/Ida of Hainaut, married before 9 August 1138 to Roger III of
Tosny
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Flamstead
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Flam ...
# Richildis of Hainaut, married: 1) Thierry d’
Avesnes
Avesnes (, Picard: ''Avinne'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
The commune is a very small village situated some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D 129 E 1.
Population
...
; 2) Everard II Radulf,
castellan
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of
Tournai
Tournai ( , ; ; ; , sometimes Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies by ...
After Baldwin's death, Countess Yolande married c.1120 Godfrey II, lord of Ribemont and Bouchain, castellan of
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
and the son of
Anselm of Ribemont
Anselm of Ribemont (died 25 February 1099) was a Frankish noblemen from Flanders and a participant in the First Crusade. His letters to archbishop Manasses II of Reims are key pieces of eyewitness accounts to the First Crusade.
Biography
Orig ...
.Heather J. Tanner, Families, friends, and allies: Boulogne and politics in northern France and England, c. 879-1160, Brill, 2004 Yolande and Godfrey II had two children:
* Godfrey III, castellan of Valenciennes
* Berthe of Valenciennes, who married 1) Count Otto II of Duras and 2) Guy de Saint-Aubert
See also
*
Counts of Hainaut family tree
The Count of Hainaut (; ; ) was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries (including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany). In English-la ...
References
*''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700'', Frederick Lewis Weis (lines 98A-25, 163-25 160-23, 163-24, 163-26)