Baldwin de Mons, Comte de Flandre et Hainaut VI
Aft 1029 - 1070 (39 years)-
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 (Age 55 years) Relationship Natural Mother Adela of France, Countess of Flanders, b. 1009, France , d. 08 Jan 1078/79, Messines, Ypres, France (Age 70 years) Relationship Natural Married 1028 Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France [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 , d. 1098, Crusade (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
- 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.
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