Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut

Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
Born	1150
Died	(1195-12-17)17 December 1195 (age 45)
Noble family	House of Flanders
Spouse(s)	Margaret I of Flanders
Father	Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
Mother	Alice of Namur

Baldwin V of Hainaut (1150 – 17 December 1195) was count of Hainaut (1171–1195), margrave of Namur as Baldwin I (1189–1195) and count of Flanders as Baldwin VIII (1191–1195).

History

He was the son of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut. Flanders was acquired via his marriage to his widowed third cousin once removed Margaret I of Flanders, Countess of Flanders in 1169. Namur was acquired from his mother Alice of Namur. He was described as "The Count Baldwin with eyes of blue."

Family

With Margaret, Baldwin had the following issue:

• Isabelle of Hainaut (Valenciennes, April 1170 – 15 March 1190, Paris), married king Philip II of France
• Baldwin VI of Hainaut (1171–1205), also count of Flanders and Latin Emperor
• Yolanda of Flanders (1175–1219), married Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor
• Philip I, Marquis of Namur (1175–1212)
• Henry of Flanders (1176–1216), Latin Emperor
• Sybille of Hainault (1179 – 9 January 1217), married c. 1197 Guichard IV, Sire de Beaujeu (d. 1216)
• Eustace of Hainault (d. 1219), regent of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, married in 1209 to an unnamed daughter of Michael I Komnenos Doukas, despot of Epirus
• Godfrey of Hainault

See also

• Counts of Hainaut family tree
• Counts of Flanders family tree