‎man Baldwin VI Count of Flanders & Artois‏‎, son of Count Baldwin V Count of Flanders and Princess Adela Capet Princess of France‏.
Born ‎ 1032, died ‎ 1098‎, 65 or 66 years

Married/ Related to:

‎woman Richilda Countess of Hainault & Namur‏‎, daughter of Rainer V Count of Hainault and Mathilde de Verdun‏.
Born ‎ 1033, died ‎ Mar 15, 1086/1087‎, approximately 53 years, buried ‎ at Abbey of Messines, ‎1st married/ related to: Baldwin VI Count of Flanders & Artois, ‎2nd married/ related to: Count Baldwin VI deArtois
With her husband she ruled the countship of Valenciennes as well asHainault, and received Pope Leo IX in her chateau at Mons in 1049. Thefollowing year, as a widow, she took over the governing of Hainault, butdid not hold it long in peace. Baldwin de Lille, Count of Flanders, madewar on her and forced her to marry his son. The younger Baldwin beingrelated to Richilde, however, the marriage was declared illicit, and hewas excommunicated by the Bishop of Cambrai. Pope Leo also declared themarriage dissolved, but apparently changed his mind, as it continued tobe recognized. She married 1st Herman, Count of Valenciennes; 2ndBaldwin, called I, of Hainault; 3rd William Osbern, Earl of Hereford.

Children:

1.
‎man Baldwin II Count of Hainault‏‎
Born ‎ 1056, died ‎ 1098‎, 41 or 42 years
At the time of his succession he was a minor, and Robert, the Frisian,Duke of Flanders, seized Hainault, but Emperor Henry IV finally forcedRobert to return Hainault to the legitimate heir. Baldwin II embarked onthe pilgrimage of the Crusade in 1096, and at the Siege of Antioch, 1098,he was sent with Hugh Magnus to announce the news to Emperor AlexisCommenens, and to invite him to aid the crusaders in taking Jerusalem. Onthe road near Nicea, however, the party fell into the hands of the Turks.Hugh Magnus, leader of the First Crusade, escaped, but Baldwin wascaptured and never heard of again. Baldwin II married 1084 Ida or Alex,daughter of Henry II, Count of Louvain. In 1099 she went to Rome to tryto obtain news of her husband; the Pope, who could tell her nothing,tried to console her, and sent her back to Hainault, where she died 1139.
Children: Baldwin III, Arnould, Ida, Richilde and Alix.
2.
‎man Gilbert deGant‏‎
Born ‎ 1059 at Flanders, France, died ‎ 1131‎, 71 or 72 years
Gilbert accompanied his uncle, William the Conqueror, into England andparticipated in the triumph at Hastings, obtained a grant of the lands ofthe Danish proprietor, named Tour, with numerous lordships. Gilberthappened to be at York anno 1069 and had a narrow escape when the Danes,in great force, on behalf of Edgar the Aetheling (Prince of the Saxonsand brother of Margaret, wife of Malcolm, King of Scotland), entered themouth of the Humber, and marching on that city committed lamentabledestruction by fire and sword, there being more than 3,000 Normans slain.He married Alice de Montfort, daughter of Hugh de Montfort.