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Birth:          1087 of Hainault, France
Death:          1120 
Burial:         Mons, present-day Belgium

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_III,_Count_of_Hainaut
Baldwin III (1088–1120) was count of Hainaut from 1098 to his death. He was son of 
Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut and Ida of Louvain.
History[edit]

Baldwin succeeded to the county of Hainaut in 1102. Baldwin married Yolande of 
Guelders at a young age. He had been betrothed to Adelaide of Maurienne, a niece of 
Countess Clemence of Flanders. The broken betrothal caused a scandal, and 
Countess Clemence brought the issue before her brother Pope Calixtus II. The pope 
declared that the marriage was legal and could not be dissolved.[1]

Baldwin died at a young age of c.?33 in 1120, and was buried in Mons, Belgium. His 
eldest son Baldwin succeeded him as Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut. His younger son 
Gerard inherited the counties of Dodewaard and Dale, which had been in the 
possession of his mother. Countess Yolande held Hainaut by rights of dower for a 
while, and as a regent for her son.[1]

Family[edit]

He was married with Yolande of Guelders, daughter of Gerard I, Count of Guelders. 
Their children were:
1.Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, married Alix (Adelaide) de Namur.
2.Gerhard of Hainaut, ancestor of the Counts of Dale.
3.Gertrude/Ida of Hainaut, married before 9 August 1138 to Roger of Tosny of 
Conches and Flamsted.[1]
4.Richildis of Hainaut, married: 1) Thierry d'Avesnes; 2) Everard, Castellan of 
Tournai.[1]

After Baldwin's death, Countess Yolande married Godfrey II, Lord of Ribemont and 
Bouchain, Castellan of Valenciennes and the son of Anselm of Ribemont in ca 1120.
[2] Yolande and Godfrey II had two children:
Godfrey III, Castellan of Valenciennes
Berthe of Valenciennes, who married 1) Count Otto II of Duras and 2) Guy de Saint-
Aubert

Parents
____ Baldwin II (1061 - 1099)
DE LOUVAIN Ida (Alix) (ABT 1063 - 1139)

Siblings
____ Baldwin III (1087 - 1120)

Marriage To DE WASSENBERG (OF GUELDERS) Yolande (Jolande) (Jolante) (1089 - )
    m. ABT 1107 his first

Notes

Parents
VON WASSENBERG (GUELDERS) (FLAMINIUS) Gerard I (Gerhard III) (ABT 1063 - 8 Mar 1129)
DE POITOU Clemence (1050 - 4 Jan 1142)

Children by DE WASSENBERG (OF GUELDERS) Yolande (Jolande) (Jolante) 1089 - 
____ Baldwin IV "le Batisseur" (1108 - 8 Nov 1171)

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