Baldwin VI, Count of Hainaut and Latin Emperor of Constantinople

1171 - 1205  (33 years)

• Name	Baldwin VI
  Birth	Jul 1171	Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France   [1, 2]
  General Information	He was also known as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders.  [1]
  Military	From 1199 to 1204 (27 years)  [2]
  He was a leader in the Fourth Crusade from 1199 to 1204.
  Crowned	1204 (32 years)  [1, 2]
  In 1204, he was crowned the Latin Emperor of Constantinople.
  Reign	From 1204 to 1205 (32 years)  [1, 2]
  the Latin Emperor of Constantinople
  Death	11 Jun 1205  [1, 2]
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  + 1. Isabella of Hainaut,   b. Apr 1170, Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France d. 15 Mar 1190, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 19 years) ▻ Philip II, King of France,  m. 28 Apr 1180 + 2. Baldwin VI, Count of Hainaut and Latin Emperor of Constantinople,   b. Jul 1171, Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France d. 11 Jun 1205  (Age 33 years) ▻ Marie of Champagne, Empress of Constantinople,  m. 6 Jun 1186 + 3. Yolande of Flanders, Countess of Namur,   b. 1175 ▻ Peter II de Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople,  m. 1 Jul 1193 > 4. Philip I of Namur, Margrave of Namur,   b. 1175   d. 9 Oct 1212, Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France  (Age 37 years) ▻ Marie of France,  m. 1211
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Lideric, Forester of Flanders   (13 x Great Grandfather)  Mathildis  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3318	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Namur,   b. 1150   d. 17 Dec 1195, Mons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Marguerite of Lorraine,   b. About 1148, Alsace-Lorraine, France d. 15 Nov 1194 (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Marie of Champagne, Empress of Constantinople,   b. 1174   d. 9 Aug 1204 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1186  [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : 14 years and 11 months - She : ~ 12 years and 6 months.
  Children	+   1. Margaret, Countess of Hainault and Flanders,   b. 2 Jun 1202, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Empire of the East d. 10 Feb 1280 (Age 77 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ first husband;   Sir Bouchard d'Avêsnes, Seigneur d'Avêsnes and d'Etroen  m. Jul 1212
  Family ID	F2716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2022

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Baldwin VI, Count of Hainaut and Latin Emperor of Constantinople(1171 – 1205) 2Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Namur(1150 – 1195) 4Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut(1099 – 1171) 8Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut(1088 – 1120) 16Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut(1056 – 1099) 17Ida of Louvain(1065 – 1139) 9Yolande of Guelders 18Gerard I Flaminus, Count of Wassenburg and Guilders(1053 – 1138) 19Clemence of Poitou(1060 – 1129) 5Alice de Namur(1115 – 1169) 10Godfrey, Count of Dagsburg and Namur(1067 – 1139) 20Adalbert III, Count of Namur(1027 – 1102) 21Ida of Saxony 11Ermesinde of Luxemburg(1075 – 1143) 22Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg(1040 – 1086) 23Clemence of Poitou(1060 – 1129) 3Marguerite of Lorraine(1148 – 1194) 6Dietrich von Lothringen II, Count of Alsace and Flanders(1101 – 1166) 12Dietrich II, Duke of Upper Lorraine(1060 – 1115) 24Gerhard IV, Count of Alsace and of Chatenois, Duke of Upper Lorraine( – 1070) 25Hedwig( – 1080) 13Gertrude of Flanders(Abt 1070 – 1126) 26Robert I, Count of Flanders and Holland(Abt 1035 – 1093) 27Gertrude of Saxony(Abt 1030 – 1113) 7Sybil of Anjou(1112 – 1165) 14Fulk V, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou(1092 – 1143) 28Fulk IV, Count of Anjou(1043 – 1109) 29Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury(1060 – 1117) 15Ermenbourg of Maine( – 1126) 30Hélie, Count of Maine 31Matilde, Dame de Château-du-Loir( – 1099)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Jul 1171 - Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).