Sixth Generation  

14. Comtesse Marguerite de LORRAINE de Flanders [123374] (Comtesse Sibylla de ANJOU of Flanders⁷, Comtesse Ermengarde de la FLECHE-de BAUGENCY de Maine⁴, Helias de Maine (Comte)³, Jean de la Fleche (Seigneur)², Lancelin I de Beaugency (Seigneur)¹) was born in 1145 in Lorraine Grand Est France and died on 15 Nov 1194 in Bruges West-Vlanderen Belgium at age 49.

Marguerite married Comte Baldwin V FLANDERS de Hainault & Flanders, Margrave of Namur [123373]. Baldwin was born about 1150 in Hainaut Walloon Region Belgium and died on 17 Dec 1195 in Mons Hainaut Walloon Region Belgium aged about 45.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 15    i. Queen Isabelle [de Hainault] FLANDERS of France [81989] was born on 5 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes Nord-pas-de-Calais France, died on 15 Mar 1190 in Paris Isle-de-France France at age 19, and was buried in Notre-Dame de Paris Isle-de-France France.

   16    ii. Emperor Baldwin I FLANDERS of Constantinople [123375] was born in Jul 1171 in Vincennes Val-de-Marne France and died on 11 Jun 1205 in Adrianople Edirne Turkey at age 33.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of this Baldwin, amongst much more,
Baldwin I (Dutch: Boudewijn; French: Baudouin; July 1172 \endash c. 1205) was the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople; Count of Flanders (as Baldwin IX) from 1194 to 1205 and Count of Hainaut (as Baldwin VI) from 1195-1205. Baldwin was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the sack of Constantinople in 1204, the conquest of large parts of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the Latin Empire. He lost his final battle to Kaloyan, the emperor of Bulgaria, and spent his last days as his prisoner.

   17    iii. Comte Philippe I FLANDERS de Namur [123376] was born in 1174 in Vincennes Île-de-France France and died on 15 Oct 1212 in Namur Walloon Region Belgium at age 38.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Philippe,
Philip I (1175 \endash 9 October 1212), called the Noble, was the margrave of Namur from 1195 until his death. He was the second son of Count Baldwin V of Hainault and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. His paternal grandmother was Alice of Namur.

Baldwin V had fought a war with his uncle Count Henry IV of Luxembourg to establish Namur as independent from Luxembourg in 1190 and in 1194, Emperor Henry VI declared Namur to be a margraviate. Baldwin's will left Namur to Philip, but as a fief of Hainault.[1] However, Count Theobald I of Bar, who had married Henry of Luxembourg's daughter, Ermesinda, refused to relinquish Namur and attacked Philip, besieging him in Namur.[2] The war lasted for three years until the Treaty of Dinant, signed on 26 July 1199, recognised Philip as holder of Namur.[2]

Philip was left as regent of Hainault while his elder brother, Count Baldwin IX of Flanders, went on the Fourth Crusade and acted as guardian to Baldwin's daughters, Joanna and Margaret.[3]

Following Baldwin's capture at Adrianople, Philip was summoned to a meeting by King Philip Augustus of France at Pont de l'Arche.[4] Philip was forced to swear fealty to the king of France and give Baldwin's daughters as wards of the King.[5][4] Along with these exactions Philip was forced to marry Marie, daughter of Philip Augustus and Agnes of Merania.[4]

In Namur, Philip reigned as a peaceful and pious promoter of social development. He intervened as the mediator between many feuding lords. He died of dysentery on 9 October 1212, in Valenciennes. He had designated his twin sister Yolande as heir.

   18    iv. Comtesse Yolande FLANDERS de Hainault [123377] was born in 1175 in Flanders Belgium and died in Aug 1219 in Constantinople Byzantine Empire at age 44.

   19    v. Emperor Henry FLANDERS of Constantinople [123378] was born in 1176 in Flanders Belgium and died on 11 Jul 1216 in Constantinople Byzantine Empire at age 40.

General Notes: Wikipedia says,
Henry was born in Valenciennes, France around 1178.[1] He was the son of Count Baldwin V of Hainaut and Countess Margaret I of Flanders.[2] Henry first married (in 1204) Agnes of Montferrat, daughter of Boniface of Montferrat.[3] Henry's only child by his first wife Agnes died in childbirth with his mother.[3]

Some contemporary historians say that Henry made a peace with Bulgarians after the death of Kaloyan, and a marriage was arranged in 1213 between Henry and Maria, daughter of Kaloyan and stepdaughter of Tsar Boril of Bulgaria.[4]

Henry had a daughter with an unnamed mistress. This daughter, whose name is not recorded, probably (Margaret-Isabel) later married Alexius Slav, who established his own state in the Rhodope mountains.[5] He was later given the title of despot

   20    vi. Sybille FLANDERS de Hainault [123379] was born in 1179 in Hainaut Walloon Region Belgium and died on 9 Jan 1217 at age 38.

   21    vii. Eustache FLANDERS de Hainault [123380] was born about 1191 in Flanders Belgium and died in 1217 in Flanders Belgium aged about 26.