Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut

Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
Spouse(s)	Yolande of Guelders
Noble family	House of Flanders
Father	Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut
Mother	Ida of Louvain
Born	1088
Died	1120
Buried	Mons, Belgium

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 Louvain.

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.^[1]

Baldwin died at a young age of c. 33 in 1120, and was buried in Mons, Belgium. 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.^[1]

Family

He was married with Yolande of Guelders, daughter of Gerard I, Count of Guelders. Their children were:

1. Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, married Alix (Adelaide) de Namur.
2. Gerhard of Hainaut, ancestor of the Counts of Dale.
3. Gertrude/Ida of Hainaut, married before 9 August 1138 to Roger of Tosny of Conches and Flamsted.^[1]
4. Richildis of Hainaut, married: 1) Thierry d'Avesnes; 2) Everard, Castellan of Tournai.^[1]

After Baldwin'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.^[2] Yolande and Godfrey II had two children:

• Godfrey III, Castellan of Valenciennes
• Berthe of Valenciennes, who married 1) Count Otto II of Duras and 2) Guy de Saint-Aubert

Ancestry

Ancestors of Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut

16. Baudouin IV, Count of Flanders               8. Baudouin V, Count of Flanders                       17. Ogive de Luxembourg               4. Baudouin VI, Count of Flanders                             18. Robert II, King of France               9. Adèle, Princess of France                       19. Constance of Arles               2. Baudouin II, Count of Hainaut                                   5. Richilde, Countess of Hainaut                             1. Baudouin III, Count of Hainaut                                         24. Lambert I, Count of Louvain               12. Lambert II, Count of Louvain                       25. Gerberga of Lower Lorraine               6. Henry II, Count of Louvain and Brussels                             26. Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine               13. Oda de Ardennes-Verdun                       3. Ida de Louvain                                   14. Everhard, Count of Teisterbant                       7. Adela van Teisterbant

See also

• Counts of Hainaut family tree

References

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis (lines 98A-25, 163-25 160-23, 163-24, 163-26)

Footnotes

1. Gislebertus (of Mons), Laura Napran, Chronicle of Hainaut, 2005
2. Heather J. Tanner, Families, friends, and allies: Boulogne and politics in northern France and England, c. 879-1160, Brill, 2004