Baldwin of Flanders

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Baldwin of Flanders was a prominent medieval nobleman who became the first Latin Emperor of Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Baldwin of Flanders canonical 4
Baldwin I of Flanders 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Emperor of Constantinople ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval nobleman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baldwin I of Constantinople ⓘ
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Baldwin VI, Count of Hainaut ⓘ
birthDate 1172 ⓘ
birthPlace Hainaut ⓘ
capturedBy Kaloyan of Bulgaria ⓘ
child Joan, Countess of Flanders ⓘ
Margaret II, Countess of Flanders ⓘ
conflict Byzantine–Latin conflicts ⓘ
War with the Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
coronationDate 16 May 1204 ⓘ
coronationPlace Hagia Sophia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship County of Flanders ⓘ
County of Hainaut ⓘ
deathDate circa 1205 ⓘ
deathPlace Bulgaria ⓘ
electedBy leaders of the Fourth Crusade ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
father Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut ⓘ
givenName Baldwin ⓘ
house House of Flanders ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in captivity ⓘ
mother Margaret I, Countess of Flanders ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Flanders ⓘ
notableEvent chosen over Boniface of Montferrat as Latin Emperor ⓘ
led forces during the capture and sack of Constantinople in 1204 ⓘ
notableFor being the first Latin Emperor of Constantinople ⓘ
uniting Flanders and Hainaut under his rule ⓘ
participatedIn Fourth Crusade ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Flanders ⓘ
Count of Hainaut ⓘ
linked to: County of Hainaut

Latin Emperor of Constantinople ⓘ
reignEnd as Latin Emperor of Constantinople: 1205 ⓘ
reignStart as Count of Flanders: 1194 ⓘ
as Count of Hainaut: 1195 ⓘ
as Latin Emperor of Constantinople: 1204 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Marie of Champagne ⓘ
linked to: Marie of France
successor Henry of Flanders ⓘ
title Count of Flanders ⓘ
Count of Hainaut ⓘ
linked to: County of Hainaut

Emperor of the Latin Empire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sack of Constantinople in 1204 → commander → Baldwin of Flanders ⓘ
Fourth Crusade → keyFigure → Baldwin of Flanders ⓘ
Imperium Romaniae → firstRuler → Baldwin of Flanders ⓘ
Latin Crusaders → ledBy → Baldwin of Flanders ⓘ
Battle of Adrianople (1205) → notableFigure → Baldwin I of Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Baldwin of Flanders