Baldwin, II Count of Hainaut

Male 1056 - 1098  (42 years)


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  • Name Baldwin , II Count of Hainaut  [1, 2
    Suffix II Count of Hainaut 
    Born 1056  Mons, Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 1098  Crusade Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • He married Ida de Louvain, daughter of Henri II, Comte de Louvain and Adele de Bettau, in 1084. He died in 1098, while on Crusade. He succeeded to the title of Comte de Hainaut in 1071.

      Baldwin II of Mons (1056-1098?) was count of Hainaut from 1071 to his death. He was the younger son of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders and Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut.

      History

      Baldwin became Count after the death of his older brother, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. The family claim to the title Count of Flanders was lost by his brother's death, passing instead to their uncle Robert the Frisian.

      Baldwin joined the First Crusade in the company of Godfrey of Bouillon (rather than with Robert II of Flanders, whose family was still at odds with his own), after selling some of his property to the Bishopric of Liège. In 1098 he was sent back to Constantinople with Hugh of Vermandois after the siege of Antioch, to seek assistance from Byzantine emperor Alexius I. However, Baldwin disappeared during a raid by the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, and was presumably killed.

      Family

      He married Ida of Leuven (a daughter of Henry II, Count of Leuven and sister of Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia) in 1084. Their children were:

      Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
      Louis, living 1096
      Simon, a canon in Liege
      Henry, living 1096
      Willem, died after 1117
      Arnould; m. Beatrix von Ath (b. c. 1075 - before 1136), daughter of Walter von Ath and Ade de Roucy. Father of Eustace the Elder of Roeulx.
      Ida, (c. 1085 - after 1101); 1m: Guy de Chievres; 2m: c. 1100 Thomas, Lord of Coucy (also called Thomas of Marle)
      Richilde, (c. 1095 - after 1118); m. c. 1115 (div. 1118) Amaury IV de Montfort. Became a nun at Mauberge after the death of her husband.
      Aelidis, (before 1098 - 1153); m. Nicolas II de Rumigny

      Baldwin II of Mons (1056-1098?) was count of Hainaut from 1071 to his death. He was the younger son of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders and Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut.

      History

      Baldwin became Count after the death of his older brother, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. The family claim to the title Count of Flanders was lost by his brother's death, passing instead to their uncle Robert the Frisian.

      Baldwin joined the First Crusade in the company of Godfrey of Bouillon (rather than with Robert II of Flanders, whose family was still at odds with his own), after selling some of his property to the Bishopric of Liège. In 1098 he was sent back to Constantinople with Hugh of Vermandois after the siege of Antioch, to seek assistance from Byzantine emperor Alexius I. However, Baldwin disappeared during a raid by the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, and was presumably killed.

      Family

      He married Ida of Leuven (a daughter of Henry II, Count of Leuven and sister of Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia) in 1084. Their children were:

      Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
      Louis, living 1096
      Simon, a canon in Liege
      Henry, living 1096
      Willem, died after 1117
      Arnould; m. Beatrix von Ath (b. c. 1075 - before 1136), daughter of Walter von Ath and Ade de Roucy. Father of Eustace the Elder of Roeulx.
      Ida, (c. 1085 - after 1101); 1m: Guy de Chievres; 2m: c. 1100 Thomas, Lord of Coucy (also called Thomas of Marle)
      Richilde, (c. 1095 - after 1118); m. c. 1115 (div. 1118) Amaury III de Montfort. Became a nun at Mauberge after the death of her husband.
      Aelidis, (before 1098 - 1153); m. Nicolas II de Rumigny
    Person ID I4234  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Baldwin de Mons, Comte de Flandre et Hainaut VI,   b. Aft 1029,   d. 17 Jul 1070  (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut,   b. Abt 1031,   d. 15 Mar 1085/86  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 1051  [3, 4
    Family ID F613  Group Sheet

    Family Ida de Louvain 
    Married 1084  [3
    Children 
     1. Richilde de Hainaut
     2. Baldwin, III Count of Hainaut,   b. 1088,   d. 1120  (Age 32 years)
    Family ID F1216  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_III,_Count_of_Hainaut.

    2. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_II,_Count_of_Hainaut.

    3. [S189] Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook, John Morby, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.; Date: 1989;).

    4. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_VI,_Count_of_Flanders.