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  Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
Another reason for the significance of Flanders, of less significance in the long run but rather spectacular (if sordid) at the time, was that a Count of Flanders, Baldwin IX, was installed by the Fourth Crusade as the Roman Emperor in Constantinople.
Eudes IV married the heiress, Jeanne, of the Free County of Burgundy, and then his grandson Philip was preparing to marry the heiress, Margaret, of the County of Flanders.
Flanders was one of the most prosperous places in Europe, giving the Duke a major source of revenue, and the Free County gave him a foothold in the Empire and in the old Kingdom of Burgundy.
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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Baldwin I of Constantinople   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baldwin was the son of Baldwin V of Hainaut, and Margaret I, sister of Philip of Alsace and Countess of Flanders.
Baldwin's uncle William of Thy (an illegitimate son of Baldwin IV of Hainaut) was regent for Hainaut.
Margaret II of Flanders (1202-1278) was countess of Flanders from 1244 to 1278 and countess of Hainaut from 1244 to 1246.
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 Flanders - LoveToKnow 1911
East Flanders lies east and north-east of the western province, and extends northwards to the neighbourhood of Antwerp.
In his time the long contest between Flanders and Holland for the possession of the island of Zeeland was brought to an end by a treaty signed on the 6th of March 1323, by which West Zeeland was assigned to the count of Holland, the rest to the count of Flanders.
It was Flanders that furnished to them no small part of their resources, but for this very reason, while fostering the development of Flemish industry and trade, they were the more determined to brook no opposition which sought to place restrictions upon their authority.
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 Flanders
Baldwin married Judith, daughter of the Emperor Charles the Bald, and received from his father-in-law, with the title of count, the country bounded by the North Sea, the Scheldt, and the Canche.
Baldwin I was a warm protector of the clergy, and made large grants of land to churches and abbeys.
Flanders then received a French governor, but the tyranny of the French soon brought about an insurrection, in the course of which some 3000 French were slaughtered in Bruges, and at the call of the two patriots, de Coninck and Breydel, the whole country rose in arms.
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 Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baldwin IV of Flanders (980 May 30, 1036), known as the Bearded, was Count of Flanders from 988 until his death.
Other than his predecessors Baldwin turned his attention to the east and north, leaving the southern part of his territory in the hands of his vassals the counts of Guines, Hesdin, and St.
To the north of the county Baldwin was given Zeeland as a fief by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, while on the right bank of the Scheldt river he received Valenciennes (1013) and parts of the Cambresis and Hainaut.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Baldwin IV of Flanders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baldwin V of Flanders (died September 1, 1067) was Count of Flanders from 1036 to 1067.
Baldwin IV of Flanders (died May 30, 1036), known as the Bearded, was Count of Flanders from 988 to 1036.
Baldwin IV (1161 – 1185), the son of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his first wife Agnes of Courtenay, was king of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Flanders
Flanders was inhabited by the Morini, the Menapii, and the Nervii.
The son of Arnold II, Baldwin IV, the Bearded (989-1036), was a brave and pious prince.
Flanders a powerful army, which met with a crushing defeat at Courtrai (1302); after another battle, which remained undecided, the King of France resorted to diplomacy, but in vain, and peace was restored only in 1320, after Pope John XXII had induced the Flemings to accept it.
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 Baldwin IV of Flanders - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baldwin IV of Flanders (980 – May 30, 1036), known as the Bearded, was Count of Flanders from 988 until his death.
Baldwin turned his attentions to the east and north, leaving the southern part of his territory in the hands of his vassals the counts of Guines, Hesdin, and St.
Baldwin first married Ogive of Luxemburg, by whom he had a son and heir Baldwin V.
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 Baldwin I of Flanders -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baldwin rose to prominence when he eloped with (An Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people) Judith, daughter of (As Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (1630-1685)) Charles the Bald.
Baldwin responded by traveling to (Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire) Rome to plead his case to (Click link for more info and facts about Pope Nicholas I) Pope Nicholas I.
Baldwin was succeeded by his son by Judith, (Click link for more info and facts about Baldwin II of Flanders) Baldwin II of Flanders.
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 Baron Geoffrey FitzPiers - Patrick Flynn
Baldwin (Baudouin) VIII of Hainault and Countess Marguerite of Flanders.
Comtesse Marguerite of Flanders was born in 1202.
Countess Yolande of Flanders was born in 1176.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg68 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Margaret I of FLANDERS Contessa was born 1202 and died 1280.
Baldwin IV of MONS Conte D'Hainaut [Parents] was born 1108.
Baldwin V of HAINAULT 4th was born 1150 and died 1195.
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 Lille - LoveToKnow 1911
The demolition of the fortifications on the north and east of the city, which is continued in those directions by the great suburbs of La Madeleine, St Maurice and Fives, must accelerate its expansion towards Roubaix and Tourcoing.
At the demolition of the southern fortifications, the Paris gate, a triumphal arch erected in 1682 in honour of Louis XIV., after the conquest of Flanders, was preserved.
With the rest of Flanders it passed from the dukes of Burgundy to Austria and then to Spain.
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 Baldwin IV of Flanders -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baldwin IV of Flanders ((Click link for more info and facts about 980) 980 – May 30, 1036), known as the Bearded, was (Click link for more info and facts about Count of Flanders) Count of Flanders from (Click link for more info and facts about 988) 988 until his death.
It was not until 1056, during the minority of the Emperor (The first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)) Henry IV, then he fully secured this territory, which was then recognized as fier held of the emperor.
Baldwin first married Ogive of (A grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center) Luxemburg, by whom he had a son and heir (Click link for more info and facts about Baldwin V) Baldwin V.
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 Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders help – Wiki at Help.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baldwin IV of Flanders (980–May 30, 1036), known as the Bearded, was Count of Flanders from 988 until his death.
In contrast to his predecessors Baldwin turned his attention to the east and north, leaving the southern part of his territory in the hands of his vassals the counts of Guines, Hesdin, and St.
To the north of the county Baldwin was given Zeeland as a fief by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, while on the right bank of the Scheldt river he received Valenciennes (1013) and parts of the Cambresis and Hainaut.
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 Station Information - Baldwin IV of Flanders
Baldwin IV of Flanders, known as the Bearded, was count of Flanders from 988 to 1037.
Baldwin turned his attentions to the east and north, leaving the southern part of his territory in the hands of his vassals the counts of Guines, Hesdin, and St. Pol.
Here there was a great deal of internal colonization of marshland, all of which belonged to the counts of Flanders.
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 Baldwin V, Count of Flanders Information
He was the son of Baldwin IV of Flanders, who died in 1035.
In 1028 Baldwin married Adela (Alix), daughter of King Robert II of France; at her instigation he rebelled against his father but in 1030 peace was sworn and the old count continued to rule until his death.
From 1060 to 1067 Baldwin was the co-Regent with Anne of Kiev for his nephew-by-marriage Philip I of France, indicating the importance he had acquired in international politics.
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 Baldwin V Of Flanders Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was the son of Baldwin IV of Flanders, who died in 1035.
In 1028 Baldwin married Adela (Alix), daughter of King Robert II of France; at her instigation he rebelled against his father but in 1030 peace was sworn and the old count continued to rule until his death.
However, when the latter died in 1049 Baldwin married his son Baldwin VI to Herman's widow Richildis and arranged that the sons of her first marriage were disinherited, thus de facto uniting the Count of Hainaut with Flanders.
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 Arnulf II of Flanders - Definition, explanation
Arnulf II of Flanders (960 or 961 – March 30, 988) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.
He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Matilda of Saxony.
Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, and with Arnulf's grandfather count Arnulf I of Flanders still alive.
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 Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baldwin IV (1108 – November 8, 1171) was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death.
Baldwin married Alice of Namur, heiress of Namur, and had the following issue:
Baldwin V, also count of Flanders by his marriage to Margaret I of Flanders
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 LILLE - LoveToKnow Article on LILLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The demolition of the fortifications on the north and east of the city, which is continued in those directions by the great suburbs of La Madeleine, St Maurice and Fives, must accelerate its expansion towards Roubaix and Tourcoing.
At the demolition of the southern fortifications, the Paris gate, a triumphal arch erected in 2682 in honor of Louis XIV., after the conquest of Flanders, was preserved.
With the rest of Flanders it passed from the dukes of Burgundy to Austria and then to Spain.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bruges
The chief town of the Province of West Flanders in the Kingdom of Belgium.
The great charter of liberties conferred by Baldwin IV (988-1036) provided a new incentive to business, which increased by leaps and bounds, and the town so outgrew its boundaries that his successor was compelled in 1039 to rebuild and extend its walls.
With the advent of the House of Burgundy in 1384, Flanders unhappily became involved in the religious troubles which were then agitating Europe.
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 Thierry, Count of Flanders Information
He was the youngest son of Duke Thierry II of Lorraine and Gertrude of Flanders (daughter of Robert I of Flanders).
During his absence, Baldwin IV of Hainaut invaded Flanders and pillaged Artois; Sibylla reacted strongly and had Hainaut pillaged in response.
When Thierry returned in 1150, he took vengeance on Baldwin IV at Bouchain, with the aid of Henry I, Count of Namur and Henry, Bishop of Liège.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 89
She married Count Baldwin V of Flanders, son of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders "the Bearded" and Otgiva of Luxembourgh, in 1028 as her 2nd husband.
Count Baldwin IV of Flanders "the Bearded" was born in 980 at Flanders, France.
She married Count Baldwin IV of Flanders "the Bearded", son of Count Arnold II of Flander "the Young" and Susanna of Italy, circa 1031.
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 Ancestors and Family of Baldwin IV Fair Beard of Flanders
Henry found himself obliged to grant to Baldwin IV in fief Valenciennes, the burgraveship of Ghent, the land of Waes, and Zeeland.
Baldwin's son--afterwards Baldwin V--rebelled in 1028 against his father at the instigation of his wife Adela, daughter of Robert II of France; but two years later peace was sworn at Oudenaarde, and the old count continued to reign until his death.
Baldwin married Otgiva of Luxembourg, daughter of Friedrich of Luxemburg and Ermentrud of Wetterau, circa 1012.
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 Articles - Baldwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baldwin Street in Dunedin (New Zealand), is world's steepest street, with a maximum slope of 38%.
Baldwin was a bishop of Kraków in the 12th century, died ~1109.
Baldwin Piano is the largest manufacturer of pianos and keyboard instruments in the United States.
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 Catholic, Crusader, Leper and King
Baldwin IV was born in Jerusalem of King Amalric and Queen Agnes of Courtney in 1161.
Baldwin immediately marched against the Moslem aggressors and repulsed them, though he had a much smaller army and was probably too weak to fight by this point.
Piers D. Mitchell, “An evaluation of the leprosy of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem in the context of the medieval world,” as reproduced as an appendix to The Leper King and His Heirs.
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 Titles of European hereditary rulers
The end of the union of Flandres and Hainaut-Namur with the death of Countess Margaret I, in Flandres she was succeeded by her son Baldwin IX (1194).
The end of the union of the Latin Empire of Constantinople and Flandres: Baldwin IX was succeeded in Constantinople by his brother Henry (+1216), and in Flandres by his dauhter Joan (+1244).
Margaret (+1280), Countess of Flanders and Hainaut, married Bourchard of Avesnes (+1244) in 1212.
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 Count of Flanders information - Search.com
William I Clito of Normandy (1127-1128), great-grandson of Baldwin V, grandson of William I of England
The county of Flanders passed by marriage to the Habsburgs.
The title was abolished in the aftermath of the French revolution and the annexation of Flanders by France in 1795...
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 Flemish Descent of the Lindsays
Matilda of Flanders (granddaughter of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders and Ogive of Luxembourg), wife to William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy.
Baldwin was a vassal of the Emperor, a duty that would continue for several generations.
Ralph married Gisela, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg (whose sister Ogive was married to Count Baldwin IV of Flanders).
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