Individual Details

Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut

(1108 - 8 Nov 1171)

According to Wikipedia:

Baldwin IV (1108 - 8 November 1171) was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death. He was the son of Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, and Yolande de Wassenberg. [1]

History
Also known as Baldwin the Builder, he purchased the property of Ath in 1158 and built the Burbant tower. He ceded the locality of Braine-la-Willotte also known as Braine-le-Comte to the chapter of Sainte-Waudru in 1158. In 1159, he incorporated the seigniory of Chimay and in 1160, the châtellenies of Valencians and of Ostrevent.

Family
Baldwin married Alice of Namur,[1] heiress of Namur, and had the following issue:

Yolande (1131-1202), married first to Ivo II, Count of Soissons,[1] and second to Hugh IV, Count of St Pol[1]
Baldwin (1134-1147)
Agnes (1142-1168), married Ralph I, Lord of Coucy[1] and had issue including Yolande de Coucy, wife of Robert II, Count of Dreux.[2]
Geoffrey, Count of Ostervant (1147-1163), first husband of Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois
Lauret(t)a (1150-1181), married first to Thierry of Alost,[3] and second to Bouchard IV, Count of Montmorency[4]
Baldwin V (1150-1195),[3] also count of Flanders by his marriage to Margaret I of Flanders.
References
Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, transl. Laura Napran, (The Boydell Press, 2005), 40.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. XXVII, Tafel 32.
Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, 41.
Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, 42.


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According to Wikipedia:

Baldwin IV (1108 - 8 November 1171) was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death. He was the son of Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, and Yolande de Wassenberg. [1]

History
Also known as Baldwin the Builder, he purchased the property of Ath in 1158 and built the Burbant tower. He ceded the locality of Braine-la-Willotte also known as Braine-le-Comte to the chapter of Sainte-Waudru in 1158. In 1159, he incorporated the seigniory of Chimay and in 1160, the châtellenies of Valencians and of Ostrevent.

Family
Baldwin married Alice of Namur,[1] heiress of Namur, and had the following issue:

Yolande (1131-1202), married first to Ivo II, Count of Soissons,[1] and second to Hugh IV, Count of St Pol[1]
Baldwin (1134-1147)
Agnes (1142-1168), married Ralph I, Lord of Coucy[1] and had issue including Yolande de Coucy, wife of Robert II, Count of Dreux.[2]
Geoffrey, Count of Ostervant (1147-1163), first husband of Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois
Lauret(t)a (1150-1181), married first to Thierry of Alost,[3] and second to Bouchard IV, Count of Montmorency[4]
Baldwin V (1150-1195),[3] also count of Flanders by his marriage to Margaret I of Flanders.
References
Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, transl. Laura Napran, (The Boydell Press, 2005), 40.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. XXVII, Tafel 32.
Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, 41.
Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, 42.

Events

Birth1108
Acceded1120
Death1171
Death8 Nov 1171
Alt nameBaldwin IV Count of Hainaut

Families

SpouseAlice of Namur ( - 1169)
ChildLiving
ChildBaldwin V, Count of Hainaut (1150 - 1195)
ChildLiving
ChildBaldwin V, Count of Hainaut (1150 - )
ChildLiving
ChildBaldwin V, Count of Hainaut (1150 - 1195)
FatherBaldwin III, Count of Hainaut (1088 - 1120)
MotherLiving