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

1172 - Abt 1205  (32 years)

• Name	Baldwin I of Constantinople
  Suffix	Emperor of Constantinople
  Birth	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
  Death	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)
  Marriage	1160
  Family ID	F1803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary (Marie) of Champagne,   b. c .?1174   d. 9 Aug 1204, Holy Land (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	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)
  Family ID	F2971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos

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

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).