Baldwin II married of Mons

Country and Region of Origin

Belgium
Wallonie (RE) Hainaut (PR)

Specific Title

Count of Hainaut

Role

Count (lay)

Gender and Marital Statusa

Male

Family

father: Baldwin VI of Flanders Mother: Richilda, countess of Hainaut Wife: Ida, daughter of Henry II of Louvain (Pilgrim to the Holy Land in 1106) Son-in-Law: Thomas of Marle

Crusades

Expedition

1st Crusade (1096-1099)

Contingent Leader

Godfrey of Bouillon

Probability of Participation

Certain

Financial Arrangements

He sold the castle of Couvin to the bishop of Liège.

Consequences of Expedition

Died

Actions

Baldwin travelled to the Holy Land with Godfrey of Bouillon. Probable vassals or companions of his included Giselbert of Couvin, Gerard of Avenses, and Arnulf of Oudenaarde. In 1098 he was sent as an envoy to Alexios Komnenos, but was killed in a Turkish ambush near Nicaea.

Sources

Cartulaire de l'église Saint Lambert de Liège, ed. S. Bormans and E. Schoolmeesters, vol. 1 (Brussels, 1893), pp. 46-48. GF, p. 2. AA, pp. 72-73, 96-97, 134-135, 200-201, 326-327, 340-343, 475. Sigebert of Gembloux, 'Chronica, MGHS, vol. 6, 367. 'Chronica monasterii Casinensis', MGHS, vol. 34, p. 476. HP, p. 174. OV, vol. 5, pp. 34-35. CKJ, p. 49.