Notes for Baldwin* II De Hainaut: Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baldwin II of Mons (10561098) 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.
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 Liθge. 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.
[edit] Family and children He married Ida of Leuven (a daughter of Count Henry II 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. ca 1075 before 1136), daughter of Walter von Ath and Ade de Roucy Ide, (ca 1085 after 1101); 1m: Guy de Chievres; 2m: ca 1100 Thomas I de Coucy Richilde, (ca 1095 after 1118); m.ca 1115 (div 1118) Amaury IV de Montfort Aelidis, (before 1098 1153); m.Nicolas II de Rumigny [edit] See also Counts of Hainaut family tree [edit] Sources Alan V. Murray, The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History, 1099-1125. Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2000.
Preceded by: Arnulf I Count of Hainaut 10711098 Succeeded by: Baldwin III
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More About Baldwin* II De Hainaut: Degree: 28 great grandparent from Leo Moss' side.
More About Baldwin* II De Hainaut and Ida* De Leuven: Marriage: 1084
Children of Baldwin* II De Hainaut and Ida* De Leuven are:
Count of Hainaut Baldwin* II De Hainaut (b. 1056, d. 1098)
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