Baldwin III, Count of Flanders
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Baldwin III, Count of Flanders
| Baldwin III, Count of Flanders | |
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 Arms of the counts of Flanders |
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| Spouse(s) | Mathilde Billung of Saxony |
| Noble family | House of Flanders |
| Father | Arnulf I of Flanders |
| Mother | Adela of Vermandois |
| Born | 940 |
| Died | 1 January 962 |
Baldwin III The Young of Flanders (940 – January 1, 962) was Count of Flanders, who briefly ruled the County of Flanders (an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Holland), together with his father Arnulf I.
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Life
Arnulf I had made Baldwin co-ruler in 958, but Baldwin died before his father and was succeeded by his infant son Arnulf II, with his father acting as regent until his own death.
During his short rule, Baldwin established the weaving and fulling industry in Ghent, thus laying the basis for the economical importance of the county in the centuries to come.
Family
In 961 Baldwin had married Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, by whom he had a son, his heir
References
- ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
Notes
| Preceded by Arnulf I |
Count of Flanders 958–962 with Arnulf I |
Succeeded by Arnulf II |
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