Baldwin III, count of Hainaut

Events

Date of Birth: 1087 or 1088

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Napran (p. 35).

Date of Death: 1120.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Napran (p. 35).

Relationships

Father: Baldwin II, count of Hainaut.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:774), by Smet, by Weller (p. 447), by van Eickels, and by Napran.

Mother: Ida de Louvain.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:774), by Weller (p. 447), by van Eickels, and by Napran.

Spouse: Yolende of Gueldre.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:774), by Smet, by van Eickels, and by Napran.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Baldwin IV “le Bâtisseur” (November 1171), count of Hainaut, married Alix de Namur.

Gérard (died 1166) married Hedwig von Dale.

Gertrude (Ida) married Roger of Tosny.

Richilde married Everard, castellan of Tournai.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Eickels, Karl van. Flandern genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Gilbert of Mons. Chronicle of Hainaut . (Laura Napran, trans.). (The Boydell Press, 2005).

Smet, J.-J. de, “Baudouin III” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 1 (Bruxelles:1866).

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).