Richilda Countess of Hainault & Namur 
Richilda Countess of Hainault & was born in 1033. Richilda Countess of Hainault &'s father was Rainer V Count of Hainault and her mother was Mathilde de Verdun. Her paternal grandparents were Rainer IV Count of Hainault and Adwige Princess of France; her maternal grandfather was Herman Viscount of Verdun. She was an only child. She was buried in Abbey of Messines.General Notes
With her husband she ruled the countship of Valenciennes as well asHainault, and received Pope Leo IX in her chateau at Mons in 1049. Thefollowing year, as a widow, she took over the governing of Hainault, butdid not hold it long in peace. Baldwin de Lille, Count of Flanders, madewar on her and forced her to marry his son. The younger Baldwin beingrelated to Richilde, however, the marriage was declared illicit, and hewas excommunicated by the Bishop of Cambrai. Pope Leo also declared themarriage dissolved, but apparently changed his mind, as it continued tobe recognized. She married 1st Herman, Count of Valenciennes; 2ndBaldwin, called I, of Hainault; 3rd William Osbern, Earl of Hereford.
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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.0846 d.0916
- b.0868 d.0932
- b.0860 d.0927
- b.0892 d.0971
- b.0850 d.01 Sep 0921 in Auxerre, France
- b.0874
- b.0852 in Burgundy, France d.0930
- b.0955 d.1013
- b.0904 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0929 d.1013
- b.0996 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0832 d.15 Jun 0923 in Soissons, France
- b.0897 in Paris, France d.16 Jun 0956 in deurdan, Dourdan, France
- b.0870 d.0931
- b.0938 in Paris, Seine, France d.24 Oct 0996 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.0876 in Saxony , Germany d.02 Jul 0936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.0922 d.10 May 0965 in Aachen, Rheinland, Germany
- b.0895 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.14 May 0968 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.0972 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0890 in Poitiers, Vienna, France d.0934
- b.0915 d.03 Apr 0963
- b.0896 in Poitiers, Vienna, France
- b.0945 d.1004
- b.0846 in Norway d.0931
- b.0917 d.14 Oct 0962
- b.0875 d.0959
- b.1033 d.15 Mar 1086/1087
- b.0992 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1017
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They had two sons named Baldwin II Count of and Gilbert.
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Children
Baldwin II Count of Hainault
Baldwin II Count of was born in 1056. He died at the age of 42 in 1098.
They had two sons named Baldwin II Count of and Gilbert.
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Children
Baldwin II Count of Hainault
Baldwin II Count of was born in 1056. He died at the age of 42 in 1098.
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