Baldwin, Count of Flanders (the Forester) IV

Male 980 - 1036  (56 years)


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  • Name Baldwin, IV  [1
    Title Count of Flanders (the Forester) 
    Birth 980  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 May 1036  [1
    Notes 
    • [dunbar_tree.FTW]

      Baldwin IV "fought successively both against the Capetian king of France
      and the emperor Henry II" who was forced to grant him "in fief
      Valenciennes, the burggraveship of Ghent, the land of Waes and Zeeland.
      The count of Flanders thus became a feudatory of the empire as well as of
      the French crown. The French fiefs are known in Flemish history as Crown
      Flanders, the German fiefs as Imperial Flanders." {Encycl. Brit., 1956,
      9:356} His nickname is "Handsome Beard". He m. (2) a daughter of Richard
      II, Duke of Normandy. He reigned 988-1035.
    Person ID I1306  Bratt Family Tree
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2015 

    Father Arnulf, II Ct. of Flanders,   b. 961   d. 30 Mar 987 (Age 26 years) 
    Mother Rosele,   b. 952   d. 26 Jan 1003 (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 968  [1
    • her 1st
    Family ID F683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Luxembourg, Ogive of,   b. 995   d. 21 Feb 1030 (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 1012  [1
    • his first wife
    Children 
    +1. Flanders, Ermengarde of
    +2. Baldwin, Count of Flanders V,   b. 1012   d. 1 Sep 1067, Lille Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Albert E. Myers, Dunbar family tree.
      Date of Import: Mar 1, 2003