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Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Baldwin I of Constantinople (1191 words) |
 | Baldwin was the son of Baldwin V of Hainaut, and Margaret I, sister of Philip of Alsace and Countess of Flanders. |
 | Baldwin took possession of a much-reduced Flanders, for his uncle had given a large chunk, including Artois, as dowry to Baldwin's sister Elizabeth (also known as Isabelle) on her marriage to King Philip II of France, and another significant piece to his own wife. |
 | Baldwin's uncle William of Thy (an illegitimate son of Baldwin IV of Hainaut) was regent for Hainaut. |
| Encyclopedia: Baldwin (1764 words) |
 | Baldwin of Boulogne (died 1118), count of Edessa (1098â1100), then the second monarch and first titled king of Jerusalem (1100â1118), was the brother of Godfrey of Bouillon, son of Eustace II of Boulogne. |
 | Baldwin V (1177 – 1186) was the son of Sibylla of Jerusalem and her first husband, William of Montferrat. |
 | Baldwin I (1172 - 1205), the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI Count of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part... |