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Encyclopedia > Baldwin VII of Flanders

Baldwin VII of Flanders (died July 17, 1119) was count of Flanders from 1111 to 1119.


He was the son of Robert II of Flanders and Clementia of Burgundy. Baldwin died after being wounded at the Battle of Bures-en-Brai, where he was fighting Henry I of England, on behalf of Louis VI of France.


Baldwin left no children, and was succeeded by his first cousin Charles the Good.



Preceded by:
Robert II		 Count of Flanders Succeeded by:
Charles I



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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Flanders (2220 words)
Baldwin married Judith, daughter of the Emperor Charles the Bald, and received from his father-in-law, with the title of count, the country bounded by the North Sea, the Scheldt, and the Canche.
Baldwin I was a warm protector of the clergy, and made large grants of land to churches and abbeys.
Flanders then received a French governor, but the tyranny of the French soon brought about an insurrection, in the course of which some 3000 French were slaughtered in Bruges, and at the call of the two patriots, de Coninck and Breydel, the whole country rose in arms.
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