Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut

Baldwin V of Hainaut (1150 – 17 December 1195) was count of Hainaut (1171–1195), margrave of Namur as Baldwin I (1189–1195) and count of Flanders as Baldwin VIII (1191–1195).

History

He was the son of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut. Flanders was acquired via his marriage to his widowed third cousin once removed Margaret I of Flanders, Countess of Flanders in 1169.^[1] Namur was acquired from his mother Alice of Namur. He was described as "The Count Baldwin with eyes of blue." ^[2]

He was buried at the monastery of Saint Waudru before the altar of Blessed James the apostle.^[3]

With Margaret, Baldwin had the following issue:

Isabelle of Hainaut (Valenciennes, April 1170 – 15 March 1190, Paris), married king Philip II of France^[4]
Baldwin VI of Hainaut (1171–1205), also count of Flanders and Latin Emperor
Yolanda of Flanders (1175–1219), married Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor
Philip I of Namur (1175–1212)
Henry of Flanders (1176–1216), Latin Emperor
Sybille of Hainaut (1179 – 9 January 1217), married c. 1197 Guichard IV, Sire de Beaujeu (d. 1216)^[4]
Eustace of Flanders (d. 1219), regent of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, married in 1209 to an unnamed daughter of Michael I Komnenos Doukas, ruler of Epirus
Godfrey of Hainaut

Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987). Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198. Cornell University Press.
Gislebertus (of Mons) (2005). Chronicle of Hainaut. Translated by Napran, Laura. The Boydell Press.
Nicholas, David M (1992). Medieval Flanders. Routledge.

Preceded by Philip I	Count of Flanders 1191–1194 with Margaret I	Succeeded by Baldwin VI/IX
Preceded by Baldwin IV	Count of Hainaut 1171–1195	Succeeded by Baldwin VI/IX
Preceded by Henry	Marquis of Namur 1189–1195	Succeeded by Philip I

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