Baldwin, III Count of Hainaut

1088 - 1120  (32 years)

• Name	Baldwin , III Count of Hainaut  [1, 2]
  Suffix	III Count of Hainaut
  Born	1088  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1120  [2]
  Buried	Mons, Liege, Belgium   [2]
  Notes	Baldwin III (1088-1120) was count of Hainaut from 1098 to his death. He was son of Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut and Ida of Leuven. History Baldwin succeeded to the county of Hainaut in 1102. Baldwin married Yolande of Guelders at a young age. He had been betrothed to Adelaide of Maurienne, 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. The pope declared that the marriage was legal and could not be dissolved. Baldwin died at a young age of c. 33 in 1120, and was buried in Mons. His eldest son Baldwin succeeded him as Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut. His younger son Gerard inherited the counties of Dodewaard and Dale, which had been in the possession of his mother. Countess Yolande held Hainaut by rights of dower for a while, and as a regent for her son. Family He was married with Yolande of Guelders, daughter of Gerard I, Count of Guelders. Their children were: Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, married Alix (Adelaide) de Namur. Gerhard of Hainaut, ancestor of Counts of Dale. Gertrude/Ida of Hainaut, married before 9 August 1138 to Roger of Tosny of Conches and Flamsted. Richildis of Hainaut, married: 1) Thierry d'Avesnes; 2) Everard, Castellan of Tournai. After Badwin's death, Countess Yolande married Godfrey II, Lord of Ribemont and Bouchain, Castellan of Valenciennes and the son of Anselm of Ribemont in ca 1120. Yolande and Godfrey II had two children: Godfrey III, Castellan of Valenciennes Berthe of Valenciennes, who married 1) Count Otto of Duras and 2) Guy de Saint-Aubert
  Person ID	I5251	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Baldwin, II Count of Hainaut,   b. 1056, Mons, Liege, Belgium ,   d. 1098, Crusade  (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Ida de Louvain
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1084  [3]
  Family ID	F1216	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Yolande of Guelders
  Children	1. Baldwin, IV Count of Hainaut,   b. 1108,   d. 08 Nov 1171  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F2063	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV,_Count_of_Hainaut. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_III,_Count_of_Hainaut. [S189] Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook, John Morby, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.; Date: 1989;).