Baudouin VI Mons (Peaceable) ( fr. Baudouin VI de Mons , circa 1030 - July 17, 1070 , Abbey of Annon ) - Count Hainaut from 1051 , Count of Flanders since 1067 , son of Count Baudouin V of Flanders and Adela French , daughter of King of France Robert II . Descended from the First House of Flanders .
| Baudouin VI of Flanders | |||||||
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| fr Baudouin vi de flandres | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Baudouin V of Flanders | ||||||
| Successor | Arnulf III of Flanders | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Hermann | ||||||
| Successor | Arnulf III of Flanders | ||||||
| Birth | about 1030 | ||||||
| Death | July 17, 1070 Abbey anon | ||||||
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| Rod | Flanders dynasty | ||||||
| Father | Baudouin V of Flanders | ||||||
| Mother | Adela French | ||||||
| Spouse | Richard de Hainaut | ||||||
| Children | sons: Arnulf III , Baudouin II Daughters: Agnes | ||||||
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Biography
In 1045, Emperor Henry III temporarily transferred the margrave of Antwerp to Baudouin. Early, Baudouin’s father, Baudown V, lost him during the war with Henry. In 1051, Baudouin married at the insistence of his father Richard , Countess Hainaut , widow of Count Hermann . Despite the protest of the emperor, Baudouin took possession of the county, as well as the county of Mons , the Valenciennes graffiti, and the southern part of the Brabant landgraph at that time. Because of their close kinship, the couple were excommunicated by the bishop of Cambrai Engelbert, but then Pope Leo IX agreed to the marriage. Two of Richard’s children from Hermann were deprived of their father’s legacy; his son Roger in 1066 became the bishop of Chalon-sur-Marne , and his daughter went to the monastery.
After the death of his father in 1067, Baudouin VI united Flanders and Hainaut, where he reigned for three years until his death in 1070 . As Count Hainaut, Baudouin recognized between 1066 and 1070 the guild in Valenciennes. He restored the abbey of Anon, where he was subsequently buried. The beginning of his reign was marked by the founding of Grammont Abbey ( Geraardsbergen ), which received benefits in 1068 .
Knowing that he was ill, Baudouin convened a council in Oudenaarde , at which he decided to put two young sons, Arnulf and Baudouin, under the care of the mother, and in the event of the death of one of his sons, the other should inherit him. Before his death, he managed to transfer his lands to his eldest son Arnulf III. He also asked his brother Robert the Frisian to protect his children. He died shortly thereafter, on July 17, 1070 .
The reign of Baudouin VI marked itself as a period of inner and outer world. Despite all the precautions, Baudouin’s early death gave birth to dynastic disputes. Already on February 22, 1071, Arnulf was killed in a fight with his uncle Robert of Frisian at the Battle of Kassel along with Count Hereford William Fitz-Osbern [1] , and Robert usurped power in Flanders. The younger son, Baudouin II, became Count Hainaut after the death of Arnulf.
Marriage and Children
Wife (from 1051 ): Richard de Hainault (died March 15, 1087 , Mesin, buried in the Anon Abbey), widow of Count Hainault Hermann . Children from this marriage:
- Arnulf III ( 1054 , Bavinhof - February 22, 1071 ) - Count of Flanders and Count Hainaut from 1070
- Baudouin II ( 1056 - 1098 , after June 8 ) - Count Hainaut from 1071
- Agnes (died 1071 or later) [2]
Notes
- ↑ Some sources say that the widow of Baudouin Richild married him shortly before the Battle of Kassel.
- ↑ Perhaps a nun in a Benedictine monastery mentioned in Annales Hanoniæ . In 1071 Arnulf III is named in the documents by his sister.
Literature
- Pirenne A. Medieval cities of Belgium. - SPb. : Eurasia Publishing Group, 2001. - 512 p. - 2000 copies - ISBN 5-8071-0093-X .
- E. Brandenburg. Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen. - Leipzig, 1935. - p. 9.
- Alberdingk Thijm. Balduin VI. - Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). - Leipzig: Band 2. Duncker & Humblot, 1875. - p. 9.
Links
- BAUDOUIN VI Count of Flanders (English) . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. The appeal date is December 17, 2011.
- BALDUIN VI, 1067 Graf von Flandern (German) . Frankreichs Die Genealogie der Franken und Frankreichs Dieselniessen Adelsgeschlechter des Mittelalters . The appeal date is December 17, 2011. Archived April 13, 2012.
- Baldwin (Baudouin) V de Lille (English) . The appeal date is December 17, 2011. Archived April 13, 2012.