Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
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Baldwin V of Hainaut was count of Hainaut (1171–1195), count of Flanders
as Baldwin VIII (1191–1195) and margrave of Namur as Baldwin I (1189–1195).
. Flanders was acquired via his marriage to Margaret I of Flanders in 1169. Namur was acquired from his mother Alice of Namur
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Count of Flanders
The Count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the position by the French revolutionaries in 1790....
as Baldwin VIII (1191–1195) and margrave of Namur as Baldwin I (1189–1195).
History
He was the son of Baldwin IV, Count of HainautBaldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
Baldwin IV was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death. He was the son of Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, and Yolande de Wassenberg.-History:...
. Flanders was acquired via his marriage to Margaret I of Flanders in 1169. Namur was acquired from his mother Alice of Namur
Alice of Namur
Alice of Namur was the heiress of Namur when her brother Henry IV of Luxembourg died childless in 1196. She was the wife of Baldwin IV Count of Hainault...
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Family
With Margaret, Baldwin had the following issue:- Isabelle of HainautIsabelle of HainautIsabella of Hainault was queen consort of France as the first wife of King Philip II of France.- Early life :...
(ValenciennesValenciennesValenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
, April 1170 – 15 March 1190, Paris), married king Philip II of FrancePhilip II of FrancePhilip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne... - Baldwin VI of HainautBaldwin I of ConstantinopleBaldwin I , the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI Count of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine...
(1171–1205), also count of Flanders and Latin Emperor - Yolanda of FlandersYolanda of FlandersYolanda of Flanders ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I and then Henry, were emperors in Constantinople...
(1175–1219), married Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor - Philip I, Marquis of Namur (1175–1212)
- Henry of FlandersHenry of FlandersHenry was the second emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. He was a younger son of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut , and Margaret I of Flanders, sister of Philip of Alsace, count of Flanders....
(1176–1216), Latin Emperor - Sybille of Hainault (1179 – 9 January 1217), married c. 1197 Guichard IV, Sire de BeaujeuBeaujeu, RhôneBeaujeu is a commune of the Rhône department in eastern France.It lies between Mâcon and Lyon.Beaujeu gives its name to the famous wine region of Beaujolais , a former province of France of which it is the historical capital...
(d. 1216) - Eustace of Hainault (d. 1219), regent of the Kingdom of ThessalonicaKingdom of ThessalonicaThe Kingdom of Thessalonica was a short-lived Crusader State founded after the Fourth Crusade over the conquered Byzantine lands.- Background :...
- Godfrey of Hainault
See also
- Counts of Hainaut family treeCounts of Hainaut family treeThis is a family tree of the Counts of Hainaut, sometimes spelled though not pronounced Hainault from 1055 to 1432, when the County of Hainaut and the County of Holland are incorporated in the estates of the Duchy of Burgundy, following the end of the Hook and Cod wars...
- Counts of Flanders family treeCounts of Flanders family treeThis is a family tree of the Counts of Flanders, from 864 to 1792, when the county of Flanders was annexed by France.-See also:*County of Flanders - Other family trees...