Baldwin II de Hainault
- Born: 1056
- Marriage: Ida de Louvain in 1084
- Died: 1098 at age 42
 General Notes:
Born: 1056
Marriage: Ida de Louvain in 1084
Died: 1098 at age 42
General Notes:
Baldwin II was count of Hainaut from 1071 to his death. He married Ida of Louvain (a sister of Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine) in 1084. Baldwin joined the First Crusade and was sent back to Constantinople with Hugh of Vermandois after the siege of Antioch in 1098, to seek assistance from Byzantine emperor Alexius I. However, Baldwin disappeared during a raid by the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, and was presumably killed.
Medical Notes:
He died in 1098, while on Crusade.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: Comte de Hainault, 1071.
Baldwin married Ida de Louvain, daughter of Henri II de Louvain and Adele de Bettau, in 1084.
Baldwin married Ida de Louvain, daughter of Henri II de Louvain and Adele de Bettau, in 1084.
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