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Birth:          1108 Mons, Hainault, Belgium
Death:          8 Nov 1171 
Burial:         St. Waldthud Abbey, Mons, Hainault, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV,_Count_of_Hainaut
Baldwin IV (1108 – 8 November 1171) was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death. 
He was the son of Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, and Yolande de Wassenberg. [1]
History[edit]

Also known as Baldwin the Builder, he purchased the property of Ath in 1158 and built 
the Burbant tower. He ceded the locality of Braine-la-Willotte also known as Braine-
le-Comte to the chapter of Sainte-Waudru in 1158. In 1159, he incorporated the 
seigniory of Chimay and in 1160, the châtellenies of Valencians and of Ostrevent.

Family[edit]

Baldwin married Alice of Namur,[1] heiress of Namur, and had the following issue:
Yolande (1131–1202), married first to Ivo II, Count of Soissons,[1] and second to Hugh 
IV, Count of St Pol[1]
Baldwin (1134–1147)
Agnes (1142–1168), married Ralph I, Lord of Coucy[1] and had issue including Yolande 
de Coucy, wife of Robert II, Count of Dreux.[2]
Geoffrey, Count of Ostervant (1147–1163), first husband of Eleanor, Countess of 
Vermandois
William (Guillaume) (?–1230), married Mahaut de Lalaing
Lauretta (1150–1181), married first to Thierry of Alost,[3] and second to Bouchard IV, 
Count of Montmorency[4]
Baldwin V (1150–1195),[3] also count of Flanders by his marriage to Margaret I of 
Flanders.

Parents
____ Baldwin III (1087 - 1120)
DE WASSENBERG (OF GUELDERS) Yolande (Jolande) (Jolante) (1089 - )

Siblings
____ Baldwin IV "le Batisseur" (1108 - 8 Nov 1171)

Marriage To DE NAMUR Alice (Alix) (ABT 1115 - Jul 1169)
    m. 1130 

Notes

Parents
____ Godfrey (ABT 1067 - 19 Aug 1139)
DE LUXEMBOURG Ermensinde (ABT 1075 - 24 Jun 1143)

Children by DE NAMUR Alice (Alix) ABT 1115 - Jul 1169
DE HAINAULT Agnes (1141 - 1170)
____ Baldwin VIII (V) (ABT 1150 - 17 Dec 1195)

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