Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut

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Noble family House of Flanders Died November 8, 1171 Role Count of Hainaut		Name Baldwin Count Mother Yolande de Wassenberg Spouse Alice of Namur
Father Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut Parents Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut Children Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut Grandchildren Yolanda of Flanders, Isabella of Hainault, Baldwin I, Latin Emperor, Henry of Flanders, Philip I of Namur Grandparents Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut, Ida of Louvain

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.

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, heiress of Namur, and had the following issue:

Yolande (1131–1202), married first to Ivo II, Count of Soissons, and second to Hugh IV, Count of St Pol

Baldwin (1134–1147)

Agnes (1142–1168), married Ralph I, Lord of Coucy and had issue including Yolande de Coucy, wife of Robert II, Count of Dreux.

Geoffrey, Count of Ostervant (1147–1163), first husband of Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois

William (Guillaume) (?–1230), married Mahaut de Lalaing

Lauretta (1150–1181), married first to Thierry of Alost, and second to Bouchard IV, Count of Montmorency

Baldwin V (1150–1195), also count of Flanders by his marriage to Margaret I of Flanders.

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