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Birth:          1061 of Hainault, Belgium
Death:          1099 in the East on the First Crusade

Notes
Crusader
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_II,_Count_of_Hainaut
Baldwin II of Mons (1056–1098?) was count of Hainaut from 1071 to his death. He was 
the younger son of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders and Richilde, Countess of Mons and 
Hainaut.
History[edit]

Baldwin became Count after the death of his older brother, Arnulf III, Count of 
Flanders. The family claim to the title Count of Flanders was lost by his brother's 
death, passing instead to their uncle Robert the Frisian.

Baldwin joined the First Crusade in the army of Godfrey of Bouillon (rather than with 
his nearer relative Robert II of Flanders, whose family was still at odds with his own), 
after selling some of his property to the Bishopric of Liège. In 1098 he was sent back 
to Constantinople with Hugh of Vermandois after the siege of Antioch, to seek 
assistance from Byzantine emperor Alexius I. However, Baldwin disappeared during a 
raid by the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, and was presumably killed.

Baldwin's fate remained uncertain for a long time. While on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem 
in 1106, Baldwin's wife Ida organized a search for her lost husband in Anatolia.[1]

Family[edit]

He married Ida of Leuven (a daughter of Henry II, Count of Leuven and sister of 
Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia) in 1084. Their children were:
1.Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
2.Louis, living 1096
3.Simon, a canon in Liege
4.Henry, living 1096
5.Willem, died after 1117
6.Arnould; m. Beatrix von Ath (b. c. 1075 – before 1136), daughter of Walter von Ath 
and Ade de Roucy. Father of Eustace the Elder of Roeulx.[2]
7.Ida, (c. 1085 – after 1101); 1m: Guy de Chievres; 2m: c. 1100 Thomas, Lord of 
Coucy (also called Thomas of Marle) [2]
8.Richilde, (c. 1095 – after 1118); m. c. 1115 (div. 1118) Amaury III de Montfort. 
Became a nun at Mauberge after the death of her husband.[2]
9.Aelidis, (before 1098 – 1153); m. Nicolas II de Rumigny

Parents
____ Baldwin VI (I) (1030 - 17 Jul 1070)
DE HAINAULT Richildis (ABT 1018 - 15 Mar 1086)

Siblings
____ Baldwin II (1061 - 1099)

Marriage To DE LOUVAIN Ida (Alix) (ABT 1063 - 1139)
    m. 1084 

Notes

Parents
____ Henry (Henri) II (1021 - ABT 1079)
OF THE BETUWE (ORLAMUNDA) Adelaide (Adele) (Alix) (ABT 1045 - AFT 1086)

Children by DE LOUVAIN Ida (Alix) ABT 1063 - 1139
____ Baldwin III (1087 - 1120)

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