Baldwin I, Count of Guînes

Baldwin I of Guînes, (c.1038 – c.1090), was the count of Guînes. He fought at the battle of Cassel (1071) for Robert I, Count of Flanders. Later, Baldwin and Enguerrand of Lillers went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. He founded Andres Abbey [fr] and was later buried there in 1090.

Biography

Baldwin was the son of Eustace of Guînes and Susanna of Gherminis.[1] He succeeded his father around 1065.[2] That year he was present at the court of king Philip I of France, when the king approved the charter of Hasnon abbey.[3]

In 1070, Baldwin took the side of Robert I, Count of Flanders, younger brother of Baldwin VI of Flanders, against Richilde, Countess of Hainaut and her son, Arnulf, pretender to the County of Flanders, in the war for Flanders. He was present at the battle of Cassel[4] and Broqueroies.

In 1079, he made the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela with Enguerrand, Lord of Lillers.[5] On his return, Baldwin fell ill and was very well cared for at the Abbey of Saint-Sauveur de Charroux. As a reward, they both offered to create monasteries attached to their fiefs. Enguerrand founded the Abbey of Ham-en-Artois [fr] (near Lillers), while Baldwin founded Andres Abbey.[4]

Baldwin died c. 1090[2] and was buried in the chapel of Andres Abbey.

Marriage and children

Baldwin married Adele Christine, daughter of Florent of Lorraine.[6] They had:

  • Gisèle (c. 1075),[7] married around 1101 Wenemar, Burgrave of Ghent, then castellan of Ghent, lord of Bornhem.
  • Adèle (c. 1080 -c.1142), married Geoffrey IV, lord of Semur[2]
  • Manassès called Robert (c. 1075 - 18 December 1137), Count of Guînes[2]
  • Fulk (d.1125), becomes Count of Beirut[2]
  • Guy, [2]
  • Hughes, archdeacon of Thérouanne[2]

References

  1. ^ Lambert of Ardres 2001, p. 12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Tanner 2004, p. 298.
  3. ^ Tanner 2004, p. 108.
  4. ^ a b Patterson 1989, p. 78.
  5. ^ Lambert of Ardres 2001, p. 75.
  6. ^ Tanner 2004, p. 109.
  7. ^ Frachette 1993, p. 158.

Sources

  • Frachette, Christian (1993). Les Princes et le Pouvoir au Moyen Âge. Publications de la Sorbonne. pp. 155–165.
  • Lambert of Ardres (2001). Shopkow, Leah (ed.). The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Patterson, Robert, ed. (1989). The Haskins Society Journal Studies in Medieval History. Vol. 1. The Hambledon Press.
  • Tanner, Heather (2004). Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, c.879-1160. Brill.