Baldwin V of Hainaut (1150 – 17 December 1195) was
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 ...
(1171–1195),
margrave of Namur as Baldwin I (1189–1195) and
count of Flanders
The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. During the French Revolution, in 1790, the c ...
as Baldwin VIII (1191–1195).
History
He was the son of
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 ...
. In the winter of 1182 or 1183, the Count of Namur-Luxembourg was seriously ill and completely blind, whereupon Baldwin immediately visited him in Luxembourg. There he was reconfirmed as heir by his uncle and was able to receive the homage of several vassals from him. The succession was confirmed by Emperor
Frederick I Barbarossa
Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (; ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aa ...
on 22 May 1184 at the
Diet of Pentecost in Mainz, on which Baldwin acted as imperial sword bearer.
Flanders was acquired via his marriage to his
widowed third cousin once removed
Margaret I of Flanders, Countess of Flanders in 1169. Namur was acquired from his mother
Alice of Namur. He was described as "The Count Baldwin with eyes of blue."
[From the Chronique rimee of Philippe Mouskes]
He was buried at the monastery of Saint Waudru before the altar of Blessed James the apostle.
Family
With Margaret, Baldwin had the following issue:
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Isabelle of Hainaut
Isabella of Hainault (5 April 1170 – 15 March 1190; also spelled: Ysabella de Hainault, Ysabelle de Hainaut or Ysabeau de Hainaut) was a Queen of France as the first wife of King Philip II. She was also formally ruling Countess of Artois ''d ...
(
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 ...
, April 1170 – 15 March 1190, Paris), married king
Philip II of France
Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), also known as Philip Augustus (), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks (Latin: ''rex Francorum''), but from 1190 onward, Philip became the firs ...
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Baldwin VI of Hainaut (1171–1205), also count of Flanders and
Latin Emperor
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Yolanda of Flanders (1175–1219), married
Peter II of Courtenay
Peter II of Courtenay (; died 1219), was emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople from 1216 to 1217.
Biography
Peter II was a son of Peter I of Courtenay (died 1183), a younger son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adelaide of Mau ...
,
Latin Emperor
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Philip I of Namur
Philip I (1175 – 9 October 1212), called the Noble, was the margrave of Namur from 1195 until his death. He was the second son of Count Baldwin V of Hainault and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. His paternal grandmother was Alice of Nam ...
(1175–1212)
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Henry of Flanders (1176–1216),
Latin Emperor
* Sybille of Hainaut (1179 – 9 January 1217), married c. 1197 Guichard IV, Sire de
Beaujeu (d. 1216)
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Eustace of Flanders (d. 1219), regent of the
Kingdom of Thessalonica, married in 1209 to a daughter, name unknown, of
Michael I Komnenos Doukas, ruler of Epirus
* Godfrey of Hainaut
See also
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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 ...
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Counts of Flanders family tree
References
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1150 births
1195 deaths
12th-century counts of Flanders
12th-century counts of Hainaut
12th-century margraves of Namur
House of Hainaut
Jure uxoris counts