Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut

Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
Spouse(s)	Alice of Namur
Noble family	House of Flanders
Father	Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
Mother	Yolande de Wassenberg
Born	1108
Died	8 November 1171

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 1)Ivo, Count of Soissons,^[1] 2)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
• William (Guillaume) (?–1230), married Mahaut de Lalaing
• Lauretta (1150–1181), married 1}Thierry of Alost,^[3] 2)Bouchard IV, Count of Montmorency^[4]
• Baldwin V (1150–1195),^[3] also count of Flanders by his marriage to Margaret I of Flanders

References

1. Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, transl. Laura Napran, (The Boydell Press, 2005), 40.
2. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. XXVII, Tafel 32.
3. Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, 41.
4. Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, 42.

See also

• Counts of Hainaut family tree