Baudouin Baldwin Count of Flanders Le Chauvre
980-1036
Born: Flanders, France
Died: Belgium
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980-1036
Born: Flanders, France
Died: Belgium
<div><div style=""></div> <div style=""></div> <!-- sitenotice --> <div><div> <div style=""> <div>Hide</div> <div> <div> <div> <div> Wikipedia is getting a new lookHelp us find bugs and complete user interface translations </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <span> Notice something different? We've made a few improvements to Wikipedia. Learn more. </span> <span> [Hide] </span><br> <span> [Help us with translations!] </span> </div> </div> <!-- /sitenotice --> <!-- firstHeading --> Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders <!-- /firstHeading --> <!-- bodyContent --> <div> <!-- tagline --> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <!-- /tagline --> <!-- subtitle --> <div></div> <!-- /subtitle --> <!-- jumpto --> <div> Jump to: navigation, search </div> <!-- /jumpto --> <!-- bodytext --> <p><b>Baldwin IV of Flanders</b> (980–May 30, 1035<sup><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></sup>)<sup><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></sup>, known as <i>the Bearded</i>, was Count of Flanders from 988 until his death. He was the son of Arnulf II, Count of Flanders. His mother was Rozala of Lombardy.</p> <span>[edit]</span> <span>History</span> <p>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 Guînes, Hesdin, and St. Pol.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>In the French territories of the count of Flanders, the supremacy of the Baldwin remained unchallenged. They organized a great deal of colonization of marshland along the coastline of Flanders and enlarged the harbour and city of Brugge.</p> <span>[edit]</span> <span>Family</span> <p>Baldwin first married Ogive of Luxembourg, daughter of Frederick of Luxembourg, by whom he had a son and heir Baldwin V.</p> <p>He later married Eleanor of Normandy daughter of Richard II of Normandy, by whom he had at least one daughter Judith who married Tostig Godwinson and Welf I, Duke of Bavaria.</p> <p>His granddaughter, Matilda of Flanders, would go on to marry William the Conqueror, therefore starting the line of Anglo-Norman Kings of England.</p> <span>[edit]</span> <span>References</span> <ol> <li><b>^</b> BAUDOUIN de Flandre ([980-30 May 1035)]</li> <li><b>^</b> http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50075/Baldwin-IV</li> </ol> Preceded by<br> <span style="">Arnulf II</span> <b>Count of Flanders</b><br> 988–1035 Succeeded by<br> <span style="">Baldwin V</span> <!-- NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 158/1000000 Post-expand include size: 569/2048000 bytes Template argument size: 111/2048000 bytes Expensive parser function count: 0/500 --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:360703-0!1!0!default!!en!4 and timestamp 20100711154917 --> <div> Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV,_Count_of_Flanders"</div> <!-- /bodytext --> <!-- catlinks --> <div><div>Categories: <span>980 births</span> | <span>1035 deaths</span> | <span>House of Flanders</span> | <span>Counts of Flanders</span> | <span>Counts of Zeeland</span> | <span>Margraves of Valenciennes</span> | <span>Medieval child rulers</span></div></div> <!-- /catlinks --> <div></div> </div> <!-- /bodyContent --> </div>
Baldwin IV of Flanders<div><!-- start content --><p><strong>Baldwin IV of Flanders</strong> (980 – May 30, 1036), known as <em>the Bearded</em>, was Count of Flanders from 988 until his death. He was the son of Arnulf II of Flanders. </p><p>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. </p><p>To the east was Lotharingia, and here Baldwin took Valenciennes, the Cambresis, and Hainaut. It was not until 1056, during the minority of the Emperor Henry IV, then he fully secured this territory, which was then recognized as fier held of the emperor. </p><p>In the more central and northerly parts of Flanders, the count's supremacy was unchallenged. Here there was a great deal of internal reclamation and colonization of marshland, all of which belonged to the counts of Flanders. </p><p>Baldwin first married Ogive of Luxemburg, by whom he had a son and heir Baldwin V. He later married Eleanor of Normandy, daughter of Richard II of Normandy, by whom he had a daughter Judith. Before Baldwin she had been married to Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberland, and then Duke Welf of Bavaria. These widespread family connections demonstrate the political interests of the Flemish counts, both in England to the west and in Germany to the east. </p><p> </p></div>