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Birth:           980 Flanders
Death:          30 May 1035 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV,_Count_of_Flanders
Baldwin IV (980 – 30 May 1035), called the Bearded,[1] was Count of Flanders from 
987.
Biography[edit]

Baldwin IV, born c. 980, was the son of Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (c. 961 - 987) and 
Rozala of Lombardy (950/60 – 1003), of the House of Ivrea.[2] He succeeded his 
father as Count of Flanders in 987,[2] but with his mother Rozala as the regent until 
his majority.

In contrast to his predecessors Baldwin turned his attention eastward, leaving the 
southern part of his territory in the hands of his vassals the counts of Guînes, Hesdin, 
and St. Pol.[3]

To the north of the county Baldwin was given Zeeland as a fief by the Holy Roman 
Emperor Henry II, while on the right bank of the Scheldt river he received 
Valenciennes (1013) and parts of the Cambresis as well as Saint-Omer and the 
northern Ternois (1120).[4]

In the French territories of the count of Flanders, the supremacy of the Baldwin 
remained unchallenged. They organized a great deal of colonization of marshland 
along the coastline of Flanders and enlarged the harbour and city of Brugge. Baldwin 
IV died on 30 May 1035.[2]

Marriage and issue[edit]

Baldwin first married Ogive of Luxembourg, daughter of Frederick of Luxembourg,[5] by 
whom he had a son and heir:
Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012 – 1067). Married Adèle of France (1009-1079), and 
had issue, Baldwin VI, Queen Matilda and Robert I of Flanders. [a]

He later married Eleanor of Normandy, daughter of Richard II of Normandy,[6] by 
whom he had a daughter:
Judith (1033 – 1094) who married Tostig Godwinson and secondly Welf I, Duke of 
Bavaria.[6]

Parents
____ Arnulf (Arnold) II "the Young" (ABT  961 - 30 Mar  987)
OF ITALY Rozala (Rosella) (Rosele) (ABT  960 - 1003)

Siblings
____ Eudes (ABT  979 - )
DE LILLE Baldwin IV ( 980 - 30 May 1035)
OF FLANDERS Arnold III (ABT  984 - )

Marriage To OF NORMANDY Judith (Eleanor) (1010 - 1071)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Richard II "the Good" (23 Aug  963 - 28 Aug 1026)
OF BRITTANY (RENNES) Judith ( 982 - 1017)

Children by OF NORMANDY Judith (Eleanor) 1010 - 1071
OF FLANDERS Judith (Fausta) (1033 - 5 Mar 1094)

Marriage To DE LUXEMBOURG Ogiva (ABT  990 - 21 Feb 1030)
    m. 1012 

Notes

Parents
OF LUXEMBOURG Frederick I (ABT  950 - 6 Oct 1019)
VON GLEIBERG Ermentrude (Irmtrud) (ABT  964 - )

Children by DE LUXEMBOURG Ogiva ABT  990 - 21 Feb 1030
DE LILLE Baldwin V (19 Aug 1012 - 1 Sep 1067)
DE FLANDERS Ermengarde (ABT 1013 - )

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