Baldwin III Count of Hainault 
Baldwin III Count of was born in 1088 in Hainaut, Flanders. Baldwin III Count of's father was Baldwin II Count of Hainault and his mother was Ida of Louvain. His paternal grandparents were Baldwin VI Count of Flanders & Artois and Richilda Countess of Hainault & Namur. He was an only child. He died at the age of 32 in 1120.General Notes
Baldwin was recognized as Count of Hainault after his mother's returnfrom Rome. He died 1120. Robert le Jeune, Count of Flanders, found whenhe returned from the Crusade that his father had given to Baldwin III theChateau of Douai with its dependencies. Not daring to retrieve it byforce, he proposed to give Baldwin in marriage to a niece of his wife,and exacted as surety the possession of the Chateau of Douai. When thisniece Adelaide of Savoy, later Queen of France, was presented to Baldwinhe found her so ugly that he refused to marry her, and thus forfeitedDouai. He married Yolande, daughter of Gerald, Count of Guelders, and hadBaldwin IV, Count of Hainault, Yolande, Gertrude and Richilda.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0970 d.30 Mar 0997
- b.0968 in Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.0950 in Luxembourg d.26 Jan 1002/1003 in Gent, Belgium
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.0955 in Moselgau, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.1004 d.21 Feb 1029/1030 in Flanders, France
- b.0968 in Gleiberg, Germany d.UNKNOWN
- b.1032 d.1098
- b.0939 in Paris,Seine,France d.Aug 0996 in Paris,Isle de France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans,France d.20 Jul 1031 in Melun,France
- b.0952 in Germany d.1004
- b.1010 d.1079 in Monastere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0945 in Toulouse, France
- b.0973 in Toulouse, France d.1032 in Melun, France
- b.0948 in Anjou, France
- b.1056 d.1098
- b.0892 d.0971
- b.0955 d.1013
- b.0929 d.1013
- b.0996 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0938 in Paris, Seine, France d.24 Oct 0996 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.0972 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0945 d.1004
- b.1033 d.15 Mar 1086/1087
- b.0992 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1017
- b.1088 in Hainaut, Flanders d.1120
- b.1065 d.1139
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They had a son and a daughter, named Baldwin IV of Mons Count of and Ida Gertrude.
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Children
Ida Gertrude Hainault
Ida Gertrude was born in 1105 in Hainaut, Flanders. She died at the age of 89 in 1194.
They had a daughter named Ida Gertrude.
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Children
Ida Gertrude Hainault
Ida Gertrude was born in 1105 in Hainaut, Flanders. She died at the age of 89 in 1194.
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