Balduin III. (Hainaut)

Balduin III. (* 1088 ; † 1120 ) from the House of Flanders was Count of Hainaut from 1098 . He was the son of Count Baldwin II and Ida von Löwen .

Balduin III. joined in his fight for the county of Flanders , which had been withheld from his father by his uncle Robert I , a coalition around Emperor Henry V , which was directed against Count Robert II of Flanders . They attacked in 1105, but were defeated, whereupon Baldwin had to cede Cambrai in 1110 . After the death of Count Baldwin VII of Flanders in 1119, he tried again to conquer the country against his successor Charles of Denmark , but just as unsuccessfully.

progeny

Balduin III. married Jolante von Geldern, daughter of Gerhard III. von Wassenberg , Count of Geldern ; her children were:

• Baldwin IV. , * Probably 1110, † October 6 or November 8, 1171, 1120 Count of Hainaut; ∞ around 1130 Alice von Namur , † end of July 1169, daughter of Count Gottfried
• Gerhard, † 1166; ∞ Hedwig von Dale, heiress of Dale, daughter of Hermann II. Count of Calvelage
• Gertrud; ∞ before August 9, 1138 Roger III. de Tosny , † 1162 ( Tosny House )
• Richildis; ∞ I Thierry d' Avesnes ; ∞ II Everard II. Radulf Burgrave of Tournai , attested in 1135/59

literature

• Académie royale de Belgique, Biographie Nationale de Belgique , vol 1, Bruxelles, 1886

predecessor	Office	successor
Baldwin II	Count of Hainaut 1098–1120	Baldwin IV.