Paternal Family Tree: Flanders
Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders succeeded V Count Flanders. Adela Capet Duchess Normandy by marriage Countess Flanders.
In 1012 [his father] Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders [aged 32] and [his mother] Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. He the son of [his grandfather] Arnulf II Count Flanders and [his grandmother] Rozala of Italy. They were fifth cousins.
On 19th August 1012 Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders was born to Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders [aged 32] and Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders at Arras.
In January 1027 Richard Normandy III Duke Normandy [aged 25] and [his future wife] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 54] and [his future mother-in-law] Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 41]. He the son of Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy. They were second cousin once removed.
In 1028 Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 15] and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 55] and Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 42]. He the son of Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders [aged 48] and Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders. They were half third cousin twice removed.
In 1030 [his son] Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainaut was born to Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 17] and [his wife] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 21]. He married before 1055 Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainaut and had issue.
Around 1031 [his daughter] Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England was born to Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 18] and [his wife] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 22]. She married before 1051 her third cousin once removed King William "Conqueror" I of England, son of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Herleva of Falaise, and had issue.
On 20th July 1031 [his father-in-law] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 59] died at Melun, Seine et Marne. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 23] succeeded I King France: Capet.
In 1032 [his brother-in-law] Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 21] was created I Duke Burgundy.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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In 1033 [his son] Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders was born to Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 20] and [his wife] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 24]. He married before 1065 his second cousin twice removed Gertrude Billung Countess Holland, daughter of Bernard II Duke of Saxony and Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony, and had issue.
Around 1033 [his brother-in-law] Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 22] and Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and [his mother-in-law] Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 47].
In 1034 [his brother-in-law] Henry I King of the Franks [aged 25] and Matilda Brunonids Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Liudolf Brunonids Margrave Frisia [aged 31]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and [his mother-in-law] Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 48].
In 1035 [his father] Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders [aged 55] died.
In 1036 [his mother] Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders died.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1037. Harold [aged 21], king of Mercia and Northumbria, was elected by the nobles, and the whole people, king of all England; Hardicanute [aged 19] being entirely deposed, because he wasted his time in Denmark, and deferred coming over, as he was requested. His mother Elfgiva [aged 52], formerly queen of England, was banished from the kingdom, without mercy, at the beginning of winter. As soon as a ship could be got ready she sailed for Flanders, where she received an honourable welcome from the noble count Baldwin [aged 24], who, with a liberality becoming his rank, took care that she should be freely supplied with all things needful, as long as she required it. A little before this, the same year, Ælfic, dean of Evesham, a man of deep piety, died.
On 29th May 1040 Renauld I Count of Nevers [aged 35] was killed at the Battle of Seignelay against [his brother-in-law] Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 29]. His son William [aged 10] succeeded Count Nevers.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1046. This year died Lifting, the eloquent bishop, on the tenth day before the calends of April. He had three bishoprics; one in Devonshire, one in Cornwall, and another in Worcestershire. Then succeeded Leofric, who was the king's priest, to Devonshire and to Cornwall, and Bishop Aldred to Worcestershire. This year died Elfwine, Bishop of Winchester, on the fourth day before the calends of September; and Stigand, Bishop of Norfolk, was raised to his see. Ere this, in the same year, died Grimkytel, Bishop of Sussex; and he lies at Christ-church, in Canterbury. And Heca, the king's priest, succeeded to the bishopric. Sweyne also sent hither, and requested the aid of fifty ships against Magnus [aged 22], king of the Norwegians; but it was thought unwise by all the people, and it was prevented, because that Magnus had a large navy: and he drove Sweyne [aged 27] out, and with much slaughter won the land. The Danes then gave him much money, and received him as king. The same year Magnus died. The same year also Earl Sweyne [aged 25] went out to Baldwin's [aged 33] land, to Bruges [Map]; and remained there all the winter. In the summer he departed.
In 1046 [his brother-in-law] Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 35] and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou. He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and [his mother-in-law] Constance Arles Queen Consort France. They were second cousins.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1047. This year died Athelstan, Abbot of Abingdon, on the fourth day before the calends of April; and Sparhawk, monk of St. Edmundsbury, succeeded him. Easter day was then on the third day before the nones of April; and there was over all England very great loss of men this year also. The same year came to Sandwich, Kent [Map] Lothen and Irling, with twenty-five ships, and plundered and took incalculable spoil, in men, and in gold, and in silver, so that no man wist what it all was; and went then about Thanet [Map], and would there have done the same; but the land-folk firmly withstood, and resisted them both by land and sea, and thence put them to flight withal. They betook themselves thence into Essex, where they plundered and took men, and whatsoever they could find, whence they departed eastward to Baldwin's [aged 34] land, and having deposited the booty they had gained, they returned east to the place whence they had come before.
In 1047 [his future son-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 19], supported by [his brother-in-law] Henry I King of the Franks [aged 38], defeated a rebel army led by William's cousin Guy Ivrea [aged 22] who opposed William's succession as Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes in Caen, Calvados, Basse Normandie.
Hamon Dentatus was killed.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1049. [Note 62] This year the emperor gathered an innumerable army against Baldwin of Bruges [aged 36], because he had destroyed the palace of Nimeguen, and because of many other ungracious acts that he did against him. The army was immense that he had collected together. There was Leo, the Pope of Rome, and the patriarch, and many other great men of several provinces. He sent also to King Edward [aged 46], and requested of him naval aid, that he might not permit him to escape from him by water. Whereupon he went to Sandwich, Kent [Map], and lay there with a large naval armament, until the emperor had all that he wished of Baldwin. Thither also came back again Earl Sweyne [aged 28], who had gone from this land to Denmark, and there ruined his cause with the Danes. He came hither with a pretence, saying that he would again submit to the king, and be his man; and he requested Earl Beorn to be of assistance to him, and give him land to feed him on. But Harold [aged 27], his brother, and Earl Beorn resisted, and would give him nothing of that which the king had given them. The king also refused him everything. Whereupon Sweyne retired to his ships at Bosham. Then, after the settlement between the emperor and Baldwin, many ships went home, and the king remained behind Sandwich, Kent [Map] with a few ships. Earl Godwin [aged 48] also sailed forty-two ships from Sandwich, Kent [Map] to Pevensey [Map], and Earl Beorn went with him.
Note 62. So Florence of Worcester, whose authority we here follow for the sake of perspicuity, though some of these events are placed in the MSS. to very different years; as the story of Beorn.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1049. Then the king and all the army proclaimed Sweyne [aged 28] an outlaw. A little before this the men of Hastings and thereabout fought his two ships with their ships, and slew all the men, and brought the ships to Sandwich, Kent [Map] to the king. Eight ships had he, ere he betrayed Beorn; afterwards they all forsook him except two; whereupon he went eastward to the land of Baldwin [aged 36], and sat there all the winter at Bruges [Map], in full security. In the same year came up from Ireland thirty-six ships on the Welsh coast, and thereabout committed outrages, with the aid of Griffin, the Welsh king. The people were soon gathered against them, and there was also with them Bishop Eldred, but they had too little assistance, and the enemy came unawares on them very early in the morning, and slew on the spot many good men; but the others burst forth with the bishop. This was done on the fourth day before the calends of August. This year died the good Bishop Ednoth in Oxfordshire; and Oswy, Abbot of Thomey; and Wulfnoth, Abbot of Westminster; and King Edward [aged 46] gave the bishopric which Ednoth had to Ulf his priest, but it ill betided him; and he was driven from it, because he did nought like a bishop therein, so that it shameth us now to say more. Bishop Siward also died who lies at Abingdon.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1049. The emperor Henry [aged 31] assembled a vast army against Baldwin [aged 36], count of Flanders, chiefly because he had burnt and ruined his stately palace at Nimeguen. In this expedition were pope Leo, and many great and noble men from various countries. Sweyn [aged 30], king of Denmark, was also there with his fleet at the emperor's command, and swore fealty to the emperor for that occasion. He sent also to Edward [aged 46], king of England, and requested him not to let Baldwin escape, if he should retreat to the sea. In consequence, the king went with a large fleet to the port of Sandwich, Kent [Map], and remained there until the emperor had obtained of Baldwin all he desired. Meanwhile, earl Sweyn [aged 28], son of earl Godwin [aged 48] and Githa, who had left England and gone to Denmark, because he was not permitted to marry Edgiva, abbess of the monastery of Leominster, whom he had debauched, returned with eight ships, alleging falsely that he would now remain loyally with the king.
Before 1051 [his son-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 22] and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 38] and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 41]. He the illegitmate son of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Herleva of Falaise. They were third cousin once removed.
Before 1051 [his brother-in-law] Tostig Godwinson Earl Northumbria [aged 24] and [his half-sister] Judith Flanders Duchess Bavaria [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders and Matilda Normandy Countess Flanders [aged 37]. He the son of Godwin 1st Earl Kent and Wessex [aged 49] and Gytha Countess Kent and Wessex.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1051. This year came Archbishop Robert hither over sea with his pall from Rome, one day before St. Peter's eve: and he took his archiepiscopal seat at Christ-church on St. Peter's day, and soon after this went to the king. Then came Abbot Sparhawk to him with the king's writ and seal, to the intent that he should consecrate him Bishop o[oe] London; but the archbishop refused, saying that the pope had forbidden him. Then went the abbot to the archbishop again for the same purpose, and there demanded episcopal consecration; but the archbishop obstinately refused, repeating that the pope had forbidden him. Then went the abbot to London, and sat at the bishopric which the king had before given him, with his full leave, all the summer and the autumn. Then during the same year came Eustace [aged 36], who had the sister of King Edward [aged 48] to wife, from beyond sea, soon after the bishop, and went to the king; and having spoken with him whatever he chose, he then went homeward. When he came to Canterbury eastward, there took he a repast, and his men; whence he proceeded to Dover, Kent [Map]. When he was about a mile or more on this side Dover, Kent [Map], he put on his breast-plate; and so did all his companions: and they proceeded to Dover. When they came thither, they resolved to quarter themselves wherever they lived. Then came one of his men, and would lodge at the house of a master of a family against his will; but having wounded the master of the house, he was slain by the other. Then was Eustace quickly upon his horse, and his companions upon theirs; and having gone to the master of the family, they slew him on his own hearth; then going up to the boroughward, they slew both within and without more than twenty men. The townsmen slew nineteen men on the other side, and wounded more, but they knew not how many. Eustace escaped with a few men, and went again to the king, telling him partially how they had fared. The king was very wroth with the townsmen, and sent off Earl Godwin [aged 50], bidding him go into Kent with hostility to Dover, Kent [Map]. For Eustace had told the king that the guilt of the townsmen was greater than his. But it was not so: and the earl would not consent to the expedition, because he was loth to destroy his own people. Then sent the king after all his council, and bade them come to Gloucester nigh the after-mass of St. Mary. Meanwhile Godwin took it much to heart, that in his earldom such a thing should happen. Whereupon be began to gather forces over all his earldom, and Earl Sweyne [aged 30], his son, over his; and Harold [aged 29], his other son, over his earldom: and they assembled all in Gloucestershire, at Langtree, Gloucestershire, a large and innumerable army, all ready for battle against the king; unless Eustace and his men were delivered to them handcuffed, and also the Frenchmen that were in the castle. This was done seven nights before the latter mass of St. Mary, when King Edward was sitting at Gloucester. Whereupon he sent after Earl Leofric, and north after Earl Siward [aged 41], and summoned their retinues. At first they came to him with moderate aid; but when they found how it was in the south, then sent they north over all their earldom, and ordered a large force to the help of their lord. So did Ralph also over his earldom. Then came they all to Gloucester to the aid of the king, though it was late. So unanimous were they all in defence of the king, that they would seek Godwin's army if the king desired it. But some prevented that; because it was very unwise that they should come together; for in the two armies was there almost all that was noblest in England. They therefore prevented this, that they might not leave the land at the mercy of our foes, whilst engaged in a destructive conflict betwixt ourselves. Then it was advised that they should exchange hostages between them. And they issued proclamations throughout to London, whither all the people were summoned over all this north end in Siward's earldom, and in Leofric's, and also elsewhere; and Earl Godwin was to come thither with his sons to a conference; They came as far as Southwark, Surrey [Map], and very many with them from Wessex; but his army continually diminished more and more; for they bound over to the king all the thanes that belonged to Earl Harold his son, and outlawed Earl Sweyne his other son. When therefore it could not serve his purpose to come to a conference against the king and against the army that was with him, he went in the night away. In the morning the king held a council, and proclaimed him an outlaw, with his whole army; himself and his wife, and all his three sons - Sweyne and [his brother-in-law] Tosty [aged 25] and Grith [aged 19]. And he went south to Thorney67, with his wife, and Sweyne his son, and Tosty and his [his half-sister] wife [aged 18], a cousin of Baldwin of Bruges [aged 38] [Note. Judith Flanders Duchess Bavaria was a sister of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders], and his son Grith. Earl Harold with Leofwine [aged 16] went to Bristol, Gloucestershire [Map] in the ship that Earl Sweyne had before prepared and provisioned for himself; and the king sent Bishop Aldred from London with his retinue, with orders to overtake him ere he came to ship. But they either could not or would not: and he then went out from the mouth of the Avon; but he encountered such adverse weather, that he got off with difficulty, and suffered great loss. He then went forth to Ireland, as soon as the weather permitted. In the meantime the Welshmen had wrought a castle in Herefordshire, in the territory of Earl Sweyne, and brought as much injury and disgrace on the king's men thereabout as they could. Then came Earl Godwin, and Earl Sweyne, and Earl Harold, together at Beverstone [Map], and many men with them; to the intent that they might go to their natural lord, and to all the peers that were assembled with him; to have the king's counsel and assistance, and that of all the peers, how they might avenge the insult offered to the king, and to all the nation. But the Welshmen were before with the king, and betrayed the earls, so that they were not permitted to come within the sight of his eyes; for they declared that they intended to come thither to betray the king. There was now assembled before the king68 Earl Siward, and Earl Leofric, and much people with them from the north: and it was told Earl Godwin and his sons, that the king and the men who were with him would take counsel against them; but they prepared themselves firmly to resist, though they were loth to proceed against their natural lord. Then advised the peers on either side, that they should abstain from all hostility: and the king gave God's peace and his full friendship to each party. Then advised the king and his council, that there should be a second time a general assembly of all the nobles in London, at the autumnal equinox: and the king ordered out an army both south and north of the Thames, the best that ever was. Then was Earl Sweyne proclaimed an outlaw; and Earl Godwin and Earl Harold were summoned to the council as early as they could come. When they came thither and were cited to the council, then required they security and hostages, that they might come into the council and go out without treachery. The king then demanded all the thanes that the earls had; and they put them all into his hands. Then sent the king again to them, and commanded them to come with twelve men to the king's council. Then desired the earl again security and hostages, that he might answer singly to each of the things that were laid to his charge. But the hostages were refused; and a truce of five nights was allowed him to depart from the land. Then went Earl Godwin and Earl Sweyne to Bosham [Map], and drew out their ships, and went beyond sea, seeking the protection of Baldwin; and there they abode all the winter. Earl Harold went westward to Ireland, and was there all the winter on the king's security.
It was from Thorney69 that Godwin and those that were with him went to Bruges [Map], to Baldwin's land, in one ship, with as much treasure as they could lodge therein for each man. Wonderful would it have been thought by every man that was then in England, if any person had said before this that it would end thus! For he was before raised to such a height, that he ruled the king and all England; his sons were earls, and the king's darlings; and his daughter [aged 25] wedded and united to the king. Soon after this took place, the king dismissed the lady who had been consecrated his queen, and ordered to be taken from her all that she had in land, and in gold, and in silver, and in all things; and committed her to the care of his sister [aged 60] at Wherwell [Map]. Soon after came [his son-in-law] Earl William [aged 23] from beyond sea with a large retinue of Frenchmen; and the king entertained him and as many of his companions as were convenient to him, and let him depart again. Then was Abbot Sparhawk driven from his bishopric at London; and William the king's priest was invested therewith. Then was Oddy appointed earl over Devonshire, and over Somerset, and over Dorset, and over Wales; and Algar, the son of Earl Leofric, was promoted to the earldom which Harold before possessed.
Note 67. The ancient name of Westminster; which came into disuse because there was another Thorney in Cambridgeshire.
Note 68. i.e. at Gloucester, according to the printed Chronicle; which omits all that took place in the meantime at London and Southwark.
Note 69. Now Westminster.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 8th September 1051. Meanwhile, Godwin [aged 50] and his sons [Note. Sweyn [aged 30], Harold [aged 29], [his brother-in-law] Tostig [aged 25], Gyrth [aged 19], Leofwine [aged 16] and Wulfnoth [aged 11]; it isn't clear whether all were present?], with their respective armies, entered Gloucestershire after the feast of the nativity of St. Mary [8th September], and encamping at a place called Langtreo, sent envoys to the king at Gloucester, demanding the surrender of count Eustace [aged 36] and his followers, as well as of the Normans and men of Boulogne, who were in possession of the castle on the cliff at Dover, Kent [Map], on pain of hostilities. The king, alarmed for a time at this message, was in great distress, and in the utmost perplexity what to do. But when he found that the troops of the earls Leofric, Siward [aged 41], and Ralph were on their march, he replied with firmness that he would by no means consent to give up Eustace and the rest who were demanded. On hearing this, the envoys returned from their bootless errand. As they were departing, the army entered Gloucester, so exasperated, and unanimously ready to fight, that, if the king had given permission, they would have instantly engaged earl Godwin's army. But earl Leofric considering that all the men of greatest note in England were assembled either on his side or the other, it appeared to him and some others a great folly to fight with their own countrymen, and he proposed that, hostages having been given by both parties, the king and Godwin should meet at London on a day appointed, and settle their controversy in a legal way. This advice being approved, and after the exchange of messages, hostages having been given and received, the earl returned into Wessex; and the king assembled a more powerful army from the whole of Mercia and Northumbria, and led it to London. Meanwhile, Godwin and his sons came to Southwark with a vast multitude of the people of Wessex; but his army gradually dwindling away and deserting him, he did not venture to abide the judgment of the king's court, but fled, under cover of night. When, therefore, the morning came, the king, in his witan, with the unanimous consent of the whole army, made a decree that Godwin and his five sons should be banished. Thereupon he and his wife Githa, and Tosti and his wife [his half-sister] Judith [aged 18], the daughter of Baldwin, count of Flanders, and two of his. other sons, namely, Sweyn and Gurth, went, without loss of time, to Thorney, where a ship had been got ready for them. They quickly laded her with as much gold, silver, and other valuable articles as she could hold, and, embarking in great haste, directed her course towards Flanders and Baldwin [aged 39] the count. His sons Harold and Leofwine, making their way to Brycgstowe [Map], went on board a ship which their brother Sweyn had prepared for them, and crossed over to Ireland. The king [aged 48] repudiated the queen Edgitha [aged 25], on account of his wrath against her father Godwin, and sent her in disgrace, with only a single handmaid, to Wherwell [Map], where she was committed to the custody of the abbess [aged 60].67
Note 67. She was a sister of the king.
On 19th May 1051 [his brother-in-law] Henry I King of the Franks [aged 43] and Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia [aged 21] were married at Reims Cathedral, Reims. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and [his mother-in-law] Constance Arles Queen Consort France.
In 1054 Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 41] fought against Henry "Black Pious" Salian III Holy Roman Emperor [aged 36] at the Battle of Lille after Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders had seized Cambrai.
In 1054 Lambert Flanders II Count Lens [aged 38] died at Lille during the Battle of Lille when fighting for Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 41].
Before 1055 Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainaut [aged 24] and Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainaut were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders, Countess Hainaut. He the son of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 42] and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 45].
On 4th August 1060 [his brother-in-law] Henry I King of the Franks [aged 52] died. His son Philip [aged 8] succeeded I King France: Capet.
Before 1065 Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders [aged 31] and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of Bernard II Duke of Saxony and Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony. He the son of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 52] and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 55]. They were second cousin twice removed.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. Soon after the feast of St. Michael, the archangel, on Monday, the fifth of the nones [3rd] of October [1065], the Northumbrian thanes, Gamelbearn, Dunstan, son of Athelneth, and Glonicorn, son of Heardulf, entered York with two hundred soldiers, to revenge the execrable murder of the noble Northumbrian thane, Cospatric, who was treacherously killed by order of queen Edgitha [aged 39] at the king's court on the fourth night of Christmas, for the sake of her brother [his brother-in-law] Tosti [aged 39]; as also the murder of the thanes Gamel, the son of Orm, and Ulf, the son of Dolfin, whom earl Tosti had perfidiously caused to be assassinated in his own chamber at York, the year before, although there was peace between them. The insurgent thanes were also aggrieved by the enormous taxes which Tosti unjustly levied through the whole of Northumbria. They therefore, on the day of their arrival, first seized his Danish house-carles, Amund and Ravenswart, as they were making their escape, and put them to death outside the walls, and the next day slew more than two hundred of his liege-men, on the north side of the river Humber. They also broke open his treasury, and retired carrying off all that belonged to him. After that, nearly all the men of his earldom assembled in a body, and met, at Northampton, Harold [aged 43], earl of Wessex, and others whom the king, at Tosti's request, had sent to restore peace between them. There first, and afterwards at Oxford, on the feast of the apostles St. Simon and St. Jude [28th October], when earl Harold and the rest endeavoured to restore peace between them and earl Tosti, they all unanimously rejected the proposal, and outlawed him and all who had prompted him to enact the oppressive law; and after the feast of All-Saints [1st November], with the assistance of earl Edwin, they banished Tosti from England. Thereupon he went, accompanied by his [his half-sister] wife [aged 32], to Baldwin [aged 53], earl of Flanders, and passed the winter at St. Omer. After this, king Edward [aged 62] fell into a lingering sickness, but he held his court at London during Christmas as well as he was able, and on Holy Innocents' day caused the church, which he had built from the foundations [at Westminster], to be dedicated with great splendour to St. Peter, the prince of the apostles.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1066. Then [his brother-in-law] Earl Tosty [aged 39] and his [his half-sister] wife [aged 32], and all they who acted with him, went south over sea with him to Earl Baldwin [aged 53]; who received them all: and they were there all the winter.
On 1st September 1067 Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 55] died at Lille.
On 8th January 1079 [his former wife] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 70] died at Messines.
[his father] Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders and Matilda Normandy Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy. He the son of [his grandfather] Arnulf II Count Flanders and [his grandmother] Rozala of Italy. They were third cousin once removed.
Kings Wessex: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [21]
Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany [1]
Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England [1]
Adela Flanders Queen Consort Denmark [1]
Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal [1]
Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [1]
Yolande of Dreux Queen of Scotland [1]
Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor [3]
Margaret of France Queen Consort England [3]
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [5]
Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [4]
Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [4]
Joan Capet II Queen Navarre [2]
Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [2]
King John "The Good" II of France [2]
Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [5]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [8]
Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon [2]
Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [8]
Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [8]
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [9]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [5]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [21]
King Richard III of England [2]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [2]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [2]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [18]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [42]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [29]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [52]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [2]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [41]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [100]
Antoine King Navarre [62]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [2]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [13]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [2]
Louis VI Elector Palatine [21]
Francis II King France King Consort Scotland [8]
Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [8]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [66]
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [2]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [108]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [108]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [28]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [52]
George Wharton [26]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [52]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [49]
Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [13]
Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [13]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [54]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [54]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [110]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [52]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [54]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [161]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [54]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [212]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [54]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [108]
Frederick I King Sweden [162]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [108]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [108]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [77]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [54]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [77]
President George Washington [1]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [112]
William Elector of Hesse [162]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [58]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [112]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [162]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [112]
Frederick William III King Prussia [54]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [112]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [108]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [170]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [112]
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [4]
William I King Prussia [112]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [282]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [332]
King Christian IX of Denmark [168]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [224]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [276]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [618]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [618]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [162]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [97]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [324]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [332]
Constantine I King Greece [168]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [450]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [780]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [942]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [730]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [1110]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [399]
Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [4]
Constantine II King Hellenes [4]
Carl XVI King Sweden [1520]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [167]
Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1460]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin "Iron Arm" I Margrave Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bald" II Margrave Flanders 2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arnulf "Great" I Count Flanders Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aelfthryth Wessex Margrave Flanders daughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin III Count Flanders Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois 2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Vermandois Countess Flanders 4 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia
Grandfather: Arnulf II Count Flanders 2 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hermmann Billung Margrave Billung March
Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Billung Countess Flanders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hildegard Westerburg Margrave Billung March
father: Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders 3 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adalbert I Margrave of Ivrea 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Berengar II King of Italy
Grandmother: Rozala of Italy 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hucbert of Arles
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Count of Arles
Great x 2 Grandfather: Boso Margrave Tuscany 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lothair II King Lotharingia Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha of Lothingaria 2 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Waldrada
Great x 1 Grandmother: Willa Bosonids Queen Consort Italy 4 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders 4 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Wigeric Ardennes
Great x 1 Grandfather: Siegfried Count of Ardennes 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Husband Unknown
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cunigunda Unknown 3 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Carolingian 2 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia
Grandfather: Frederick Luxemburg Ardennes 5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Eberhard IV Nordgau
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hedwig Nordgau
mother: Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders 6 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Heribert I Count Gleiberg Gleiburg
Grandmother: Ermentrude Gleiburg