Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameBaldwin V , Count of Flanders
Birth1012, Lille, France
Death1067
MotherOgiva (986-1030)
Misc. Notes
Baldwin V of Flanders (d. 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, is a descendant of Elfrida (d. 949), daughter of Alfred the Great, Saxon King of England.

In 1028 Baldwin married Adela (Alix), 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 Count 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 had acquired in international politics.

Baldwin and Adela had four children:
• Baldwin VI, 1030-1070
• Matilda, c.1031-1083 who married William the Conqueror
• Robert I of Flanders, c.1033–1093
• Henry of Flanders c.1035
Spouses
Birth1003
Death8 Jan 1079
MotherConstance of Arles (~973-1034)
Marriage1031
ChildrenMatilda (1031-1083)
Last Modified 13 Mar 2006Created 12 Oct 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
Created Thursday, October 12, 2023 by Mike Perry

using Reunion for Macintosh