Biography of Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault 1030-1070

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In 1028 [his father] Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 15) and [his mother] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 55) and [his grandmother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 42). He the son of [his grandfather] Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders (age 48) and [his grandmother] Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders. They were half third cousin twice removed.

In 1030 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault was born to Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 17) and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy (age 21).

In 1051 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault (age 21) succeeded I Count Hainault.

Before 1055 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault (age 24) and Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders, Countess Hainault. He the son of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 42) and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy (age 45).

Around 1055 [his son] Arnulf III Count Flanders was born to Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault (age 25) and [his wife] Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault.

In 1056 [his son] Baldwin Flanders II Count Hainault was born to Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault (age 26) and [his wife] Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault.

On 1st September 1067 [his father] Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 55) died at Lille.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 1st September 1067 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault (age 37) succeeded VI Count Flanders.

Battle of Cassel

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1070. Earl Baldwin (age 40) also died, and his son [his son] Arnulf (age 15) succeeded to the earldom. Earl William (age 50), in conjunction with the king of the Franks (age 17), was to be his guardian; but [his brother] Earl Robert (age 37) came and slew his kinsman Arnulf and the earl, put the king to flight, and slew many thousands of his men.

On 17th July 1070 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainault (age 40) died. 17th July 1070 His son [his son] Arnulf (age 15) succeeded III Count Flanders.

Richard Normandy III Duke Normandy and [his mother] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert "Pious" II King France and [his grandmother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France. He the son of Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy. They were second cousin once removed.