Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Namur

1150 - 1195  (45 years)

• Name	Baldwin V
  	He was also known as Baldwin VIII Count of Flanders. [1]
  Nickname	le Courageux
  Birth	1150  [1, 2, 3]
  Death	17 Dec 1195	Mons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   [1, 2, 4]
  Burial	Aft 17 Dec 1195	St. Waldthud Abbey, Mons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   [1]
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Agnes of Hainault,   b. Abt 1142   d. Between 1168 and 1173  (Age 26 years) ▻ Raoul I de Coucy, Sire de Coucy and Marle,  m. Before 1164 + 2. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Namur,   b. 1150   d. 17 Dec 1195, Mons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France  (Age 45 years) ▻ first wife;   Marguerite of Lorraine,  m. Apr 1169
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Lideric, Forester of Flanders   (12 x Great Grandfather)  Ermentrudis  (5 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3293	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 8 November 1194. [2]

  
  

Father	Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut,   b. 1099   d. 8 Nov 1171 (Age 72 years)
Mother	Alice de Namur,   b. About 1115   d. Jul 1169 (Age 54 years)
Family ID	F2690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	first wife  [1]
Family ID	F9009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	12 Mar 2021




Spouse / Partner 2	Marguerite of Lorraine,   b. About 1148, Alsace-Lorraine, France d. 15 Nov 1194 (Age 46 years)
Marriage	Apr 1169  [1, 2, 3, 4]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 19 years and 4 months - She : ~ 21 years and 4 months.
Children	2 sons and 2 daughters
+   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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Marie of Champagne, Empress of Constantinople  m. 6 Jun 1186 +   3. Yolande of Flanders, Countess of Namur,   b. 1175  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ 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)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Marie of France  m. 1211
Family ID	F2537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Jan 2022




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut and Namur(1150 – 1195) 2Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut(1099 – 1171) 4Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut(1088 – 1120) 8Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut(1056 – 1099) 16Baldwin I de Mons, Count of Hainaut(Abt 1030 – 1070) 17Richilde von Egisheim( – 1086) 9Ida of Louvain(1065 – 1139) 18Henry II of Brabant, Count of Louvain(1020 – 1078/79) 19Adelaide of the Betuwe(1045 – 1086) 5Yolande of Guelders 10Gerard I Flaminus, Count of Wassenburg and Guilders(1053 – 1138) 20Dietrich Flamens, Count in the Velue( – 1092) 21 11Clemence of Poitou(1060 – 1129) 22William V, Count of Poitou(1023 – 1058) 23Ermesinde of Longwy( – 1058) 3Alice de Namur(1115 – 1169) 6Godfrey, Count of Dagsburg and Namur(1067 – 1139) 12Adalbert III, Count of Namur(1027 – 1102) 24Adalbert II, Count of Namur(997 – 1037) 25Regilinde of Lorraine(994 – 1064) 13Ida of Saxony 26Bernard II, Duke of Saxony(Abt 995 – 1059) 27Bertrade, Prncess of Norway 7Ermesinde of Luxemburg(1075 – 1143) 14Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg(1040 – 1086) 28Giselbert I, Count of Luxemburg, Salm, and Longwy(Abt 1005 – 1059) 29 15Clemence of Poitou(1060 – 1129) 30William V, Count of Poitou(1023 – 1058) 31Ermesinde of Longwy( – 1058)

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 17 Dec 1195 - Mons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Burial - Aft 17 Dec 1195 - St. Waldthud Abbey, Mons, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 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). [S64] Langston, Aileen Lewers and J. Orton Buck Jr. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume II, (Cottonport, Louisiana:Order of the Crown of Charlemagne , 1974 ). [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).