Everything about Baldwin V Count Of Flanders totally explained
Baldwin V of Flanders (died
September 1,
1067) was
Count of Flanders from
1036 until his death.
He was the son of
Baldwin IV of Flanders, who died in 1035. He, in turn, was a descendant of
Ælfthryth, daughter of
Alfred the Great, Saxon King of England.
History
In
1028 Baldwin married
Adèle of France in Amiens, 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.
During a long war (
1046–
1056) as an ally of
Godfrey the Bearded,
Duke of Lorraine, against the
Holy Roman Emperor Henry III, he initially lost Valenciennes to
Hermann of Hainaut. 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
County of Hainaut with Flanders. Upon the death of Henry III this marriage was acknowledged by treaty by
Agnes de Poitou, mother and regent of
Henry IV.
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'd acquired in international politics.
Family
Baldwin and Adèle had five children:
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