FLANDRE, Baudouin

  General Notes:

Baudouin (Baudouin IV) "Baldwin, the Bearded, le Barbe" Flandre aka Flanders, Count of Flanders

  Research Notes:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Flandre-36
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Biography

Baudouin or Baldwin (EN) IV

Alias: "The Bearded"

b. c.980 Luxembourg

d. 30 May 1035

Burial: Chapel of St Laurent, Abbey of St Pierre de Grand

Sources

Wikipedia: Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders
Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project -Baldwin IV of Flanders
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https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/baldw004.htm
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Baldwin IV "the Bearded" (Baudouin IV le Barbu, Balduinus Barbatus)
Marquis of Flanders, 987×8-1035.

Baldwin IV was still a minor when he succeeded his father Arnulf II as count in 987 or 988. In 1006, Baldwin invaded and took Valenciennes, but was driven out in 1007 by the emperor Heinrich II [see, e.g., Thietmar, Chronicon, vi, 22, MGH SS 3: 813-4; Annales Quedlinburgenses, s.a. 1006-7, MGH SS 3: 79; Ann. Bland., s.a. 1007, Grierson (1937), 23; Franz (1940), 238], but not long afterward, Baldwin received Valenciennes as fief from the emperor. Baldwin IV was temporarily driven out of Flanders during a rebellion by his son Baldwin (later Baldwin V), but they were reconciled through the influence of duke Robert of Normandy [GND vi, 6 (vol. 2, pp. 52-5)]. Peace was restored at Audenarde in 1030 ["Comes Balduinus, qui dictus est Barbatus, congregatis marchisiae suae sanctorum corporibus, Bavonis, Wandregisili, Amandi, Vedasti, Bertini, Winnoci, cum aliis innumerabilis sanctorum reliquiis, presente Hugone Noviomensi episcopo cum aliis pluribus episcopis et abbatibus, congregatis totius regni sui primatibus apud Aldenardum, pacem ab omni populo coniuratum firmari fecit." Interpolation to the chronicle of Sigebert of Gembloux, s.a. 1030, Sigeb. auctarium Affligemense, MGH SS 6: 399]. His son Baldwin V succeeded in 1035. Baldwin IV's most common epithet is Barbatus (the Bearded) [Genealogia comitum Flandriae Bertiniana, MGH SS 9: 305], but he is also called Pulchra barba [Flandria generosa, MGH SS 9: 318] or Magnus ["... a Balduino comite, qui ob magnitudinem virium suarum Magnus vel ad distantiam antessorum suorum equivocorum ob proceritatem barbae Barbatus dictus est, ..." Simonis gesta abbatum S. Bertini Sithiensum i, 1, MGH SS 13: 636].

Date of Birth: Say 980×5.
Given that his father was probably not born before 960, this would be a reasonable estimate.
Place of Birth: Unknown.

Date of Death: 29 or 30 May 1035.
["Obiit Balduinus, gloriosus marchisus" Ann. Bland., s.a. 1035, 25 (& Ann. Formos., 126, incorrectly in 1034); "Obiit comes Balduinus Barbatus, gloriosus marchysus; in Blandinio sepultus est, et filius eius Baldwinus regnare cepit." Annales Elmarenses, s.a. 1035, 90; "Obiit Balduinus comes, filius Susannæ." Annales Elnonenses, s.a. 1035, 154] The necrology of St. Michael's, Lüneburg, gives 29 May as the date of death [Althoff (1984), 399 (G 55)]. His supposed epitaph gives 30 May, and reads as follows: "I. Hoc tumulo tegitur Balduinus; maxima magni / Arnulphi proles hoc tumulo tegitur. / Quem Susanna sibi genuit regina superbum, / Edidit et puberem quem Susanna sibi. / Maximus heroum regali schemate prodit, / Vir virtute potens, maximus heroum. / Defensor fuerat, vel amator hic monachorum, / Ecclesiaeque Dei defensor fuerat. / Decessit medius trinas Junii ante kalendas: / He! he! cito nimium decessit medius. / Dicito praeteriens: Jesu miserere miselli, / Daque pius veniam, dicito praeteriens. / II. Junius ante suas triduo cecidisse kalendas / Balduinum deflet, quo patre mundus eget: / Ipse fuit princeps Flandrorum sive monarcha, / Inclytus et fortis, regibus ortus avis. / Fama praeclarus, nulli pietate secundus, / Cujus opum nullus aut modus aut numerus. / Nutrivit acies, inimicos terruit orbis, / Praevaluit gladio, nec minus ingenio. / Cultor justitiae, corrector legis iniquae, / Defensor patriae, filius ecclesiae. / Saevus et immanis raptoribus atque superbis, / Sed pius ac mitis multibus atque piis. / Pulchre barbatus, oculis vagus, ore venustus, / Pollens ingenio, blandus et eloquio. / Plorantes igitur nos te, bone Christe, precamur, / Defuncto famulo propitiare tuo." [Adrien de Budt, Chronicon Flandriae, Corpus Chron. Fland. 1: 274-5]
Place of Death: Unknown.

Father: Arnulf II, d. March 988, count of Flanders, 965-988.

Mother: Rozala alias Susanna, d. 13 December 1003, daughter of Berengar II, king of Italy.
["Arnulfus, filius eius ex priori marito Balduino, duxit filiam Berengeri regis Langobardorum, Ruzelam quae et Susanna, ex qua suscepit Balduinum Barbatum." Genealogia comitum Flandriae Bertiniana, MGH SS 9: 306; "Post immaturum Arnulfi iunioris marchionis mortem, cuius avus Magnus exstitit Arnulfus, Balduinus, filius eius, cum matre Rozala derelictus est parvulus. Hic enim est qui postea Prolixae-barbae dictus est Balduinus, cuius mater Rozala filia fuit Berengarii regis Italiae, quae post mortem Arnulfi principis Roberto regi Francorum nupsit, et Susanna dicta mutato nomine, regina regnavit." Ex vita Bertulfi Renticensis, c. 33, MGH SS 15, part 2: 638].

Spouses:

(1) m. Otgiva of Luxemburg, d. 21 February 1030.
["Obiit Odgiva comitissa." Ann. Bland., s.a. 1030, 25; similarly in Ann. Elmarenses, s.a. 1030, 90, Ann. Formos., s.a. 1031, 126]. Her claimed epitaph, which gives a death date of 21 February (9. kal. Mar.), reads as follows: "Preteriens miserere mei, qui vis misereri, / Atque mihi requiem tu deposce piam. / Nona dies Martis me sustulit ante kalendas, / Odgiva iuncta fui Balduino domino." [MGH Poetae Latini 5: 300]. The necrology of St. Michael, Lüneburg, has an entry "Gera com" under 21 February, which Althoff would interpret as "Geva com", and would identify her with Otgiva, noting that her husband Baldwin IV also appears in the necrology [Althoff (1984), 391 (G 17), 399 (G 55)]. See Otgiva's page for a detailed discussion of her parentage.

(2) m. NN, daughter of Richard II, duke of Normandy.
[GND iv, 13 (vol. 2, pp. 28-9); Genealogia comitum Flandriae Bertiniana (Continuatio Leidensis et Divionensis), MGH SS 9: 307]
No good supporting evidence has been presented for the names of Eleanor [Alienora, e.g., MGH SS 9: 307, n. 19] or Judith [e.g., Grierson (1941), 96, n. 2] sometimes supplied for her.

Children:

by Otgiva of Luxemburg:
[Genealogia comitum Flandriae Bertiniana, MGH SS 9: 306 (see above)]

MALE Baldwin V, d. 1 September 1067, marquis of Flanders, m. Adèle of France.

by NN of Normandy:

FEMALE Judith, d. 5 March 1094, m. (1) Tostig, earl of Northumbria; m. (2) Welf, duke of Bavaria.
See the page on Judith for a detailed discussion of the documentation for her case.

Baudouin married Otgive DE LUXEMBOURG on an unknown date. (Otgive DE LUXEMBOURG was born on 4 Sep 995 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France and died on 21 Feb 1030 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.)

Baudouin next married Eleonore DE NORMANDIE after 1030. (Eleonore DE NORMANDIE was born about 1005 in Normandie and died 1071 Flanders, France.)