Baldwin de Mons, Comte de Flandre et Hainaut VI

Male Aft 1029 - 1070  (39 years)


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  • Name Baldwin de Mons, Comte de Flandre et Hainaut VI  [1, 2
    Suffix Comte de Flandre et Hainaut VI 
    Born Aft 1029  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Jul 1070  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • He married Richilde de Hainaut circa 1055. Baldwin VI de Mons, Comte de Flandre et Hainaut also went by the nick-name of Baldwin 'the Peaceable'. He gained the title of Comte d'Artois. He gained the title of Comte de Hainaut in 1051. He succeeded to the title of Comte de Flandre in 1067.

      Baldwin VI of Flanders (c. 1030 - 17 July 1070) was briefly Count of Flanders, from 1067 to 1070. He was also (as Baldwin I) count of Hainaut from 1051 to 1070.

      He was the eldest son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adele, a daughter of king Robert II of France.

      History and family

      In 1051 he married Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut, widow of count Herman of Mons. By this marriage Flanders took control of Hainaut (at that moment still a conglomerate of the county of Mons, the margraviate of Valenciennes and the southern part of the landgraviate of Brabant).

      Baldwin's early death left Flanders and Hainaut in the hands of his young son Arnulf III, with Richilde as regent. The countship was soon usurped by Baldwin's brother Robert the Frisian, who became count Robert I of Flanders. The young Arnulf III was killed the next year at the Battle of Cassel (1071) and Baldwin's younger son eventually became Baldwin II of Hainaut.
    Person ID I2096  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Baldwin, V Count of Flanders,   b. 19 Aug 1012,   d. 01 Sep 1067, Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Adela of France, Countess of Flanders,   b. 1009, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jan 1078/79, Messines, Ypres, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 1028  Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F213  Group Sheet

    Family Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut,   b. Abt 1031,   d. 15 Mar 1085/86  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married 1051  [1, 5
    Children 
     1. Baldwin, II Count of Hainaut,   b. 1056, Mons, Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1098, Crusade Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     2. Agnes de Flandre,   d. Aft 1071
     3. Arnulf, Comte de Flandre et Hainaut III,   d. 1071
    Family ID F613  Group Sheet

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

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

    3. [S188] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED).

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

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