Baldwin I of Constantinople, Emperor of Constantinople^[1]

1172 - Abt 1205  (~ 32 years)

• Name	Baldwin I of Constantinople
  Suffix	Emperor of Constantinople
  Born	Jul 1172
  Gender	Male
  Crowned	16 May 1204	Hagia Sophia
  	Latin Empire of Constantinople
  	Latin Empire of Constantinople was elected on 9 May 1204, and crowned on 16 May in the Hagia Sophia at a ceremony which closely followed Byzantine practices.
  Name	Baldwin IX of Flanders
  Died	Abt 1205	Adrianople
  	Cause: slain
  Notes	Acceded: 1194 Count of Flanders, Hainault and Namur. Elected Emperor of Constantinople in 1204. He was slain the following year. See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band II tafel 10. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03152 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_I_of_Constantinople the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople , as «b»Baldwin IX«/b» Count of Flanders and as «b»Baldwin VI«/b» Count of Hainaut , was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade , which resulted in the capture of Constantinople , the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine Empire (then called the "Empire of Romania" by westerners), and the foundation of the Latin Empire , also known as «i»Romania«/i» (not to be confused with the modern state Romania ). «i»Has ancestry chart in Wikipedia«/i»
  Person ID	I7549	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Baldwin V of Hainault, Count of Hainault,   b. 1150,   d. 17 Dec 1195  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Margaret I, Countess of Flanders,   b. Abt 1145,   d. 15 Nov 1194  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Married	1160
  Family ID	F1803	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary (Marie) of Champagne,   b. c .?1174,   d. 9 Aug 1204, Holy Land  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	6 Jan 1186
  Children	1. Joan of Flanders, Countess of Flanders,   b. 1194,   d. 5 Dec 1244  (Age 50 years)   2. Margaret II of Constantinople, Countess of Flanders,   b. 2 Jun 1202,   d. 10 Feb 1280  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F2971	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Baldwin I of Constantinople The monument to Baldwin I, 1868, in Mons

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).