Baldwin V, Count of Flanders

Baldwin V
Seal of Baldwin V
Count of Flanders
Reign1035–1067
PredecessorBaldwin IV
SuccessorBaldwin VI
Regent of France
Regency1060–1066
MonarchPhilip I
Co-RegentAnne of Kiev
Born(1012-08-19)19 August 1012
Arras, Flanders
Died1 September 1067(1067-09-01) (aged 55)
Lille, Flanders
SpouseAdela of France
Issue
HouseFlanders
FatherBaldwin IV, Count of Flanders
MotherOgive of Luxembourg

Baldwin V (c. 1012 – 1 September 1067) was Count of Flanders from 1035 until his death.[1] He secured the personal union between the counties of Flanders and Hainaut and maintained close links to the Anglo-Saxon monarchy, which was overthrown by his son-in-law, William the Conqueror, near the end of his life.

  1. ^ DeVries, Kelly (2020), Hosler, John D.; Isaac, Steven (eds.), "Count Baldwin V of Flanders: Broker of Eleventh-Century Power", Military Cultures and Martial Enterprises in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of Richard P. Abels, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 81–98, ISBN 978-1-78744-852-0