Biography of Baldwin I King Jerusalem 1058-1118

Paternal Family Tree: Flanders

Before 1047 [his father] Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 31] and Goda aka Godgifu Countess Boulogne [aged 42] were married. She by marriage Countess Boulogne. She the daughter of King Æthelred II of England and Emma aka Ælfgyfu of Normandy Queen Consort England [aged 61]. He the son of [his grandfather] Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne and [his grandmother] Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne. They were half third cousin twice removed.

In 1058 Baldwin I King Jerusalem was born to [his father] Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 43] and [his mother] Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne [aged 18].

14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings

                    On 14th October 1066 the Norman army led by King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 38] defeated the English army of King Harold II of England [aged 44] at the 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars [aged 42], Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia [aged 24], [his father] Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 51], William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford [aged 46], Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey, [his future father-in-law] Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 26], Hugh Grandesmil [aged 34], Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 35] and Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.
                
                    King Harold II of England was killed. Earl Wessex, Earl Hereford extinct.
                
                    Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent [aged 31] was killed. Earl Kent extinct.
                
                    His brothers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia [aged 34] and Engenulphe Aigle [aged 56] were killed.

Before 1087 [his father] Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 71] and [his mother] Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne [aged 46] were married. She by marriage Countess Boulogne. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Godfrey "Bearded" Ardennes III Duke Lower Lorraine. He the son of Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne and Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Around 1087 [his father] Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 72] died. His son [his brother] Eustace succeeded III Count Boulogne. [his sister-in-law] Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne [aged 5] by marriage Countess Boulogne.

Around 1087 [his brother] Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne and [his sister-in-law] Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne [aged 5] were married. She the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland [aged 55] and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland [aged 42]. He the son of [his father] Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 72] and [his mother] Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne [aged 47]. They were half sixth cousins.

Before 15th October 1097 Baldwin I King Jerusalem [aged 39] and Godehilde Tosny were married. He the son of Eustace II Count Boulogne and Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne [aged 57]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

On 15th October 1097 [his wife] Godehilde Tosny died.

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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On 25th December 1100 Baldwin I King Jerusalem [aged 42] was crowned I King Jerusalem.

On 13th April 1113 [his mother] Ida of Lorraine Countess Boulogne [aged 73] died.

On 2nd April 1118 Baldwin I King Jerusalem [aged 60] died. Baldwin II King Jerusalem [aged 43] succeeded King Jerusalem.

Biography of Baldwin I King Jerusalem 1058-1118

Royal Ancestors of Baldwin I King Jerusalem 1058-1118

Ancestors of Baldwin I King Jerusalem 1058-1118