Family History - Person Sheet
Family History - Person Sheet
NameBaldwin I of Constantinople 
1041
1041BirthJuly 11721254
Deathabout 12051254
FatherCount Baldwin V of Hainaut (1150-1195)
MotherCountess Margaret I of Flanders (-1194)
Spouses
Birthcirca 11741255
DeathAugust 9, 1204, Holy Land1255
FatherConte Henry I of Champagne (1127-1181)
MotherMarie of France (1145-1198)
MarriageJanuary 6, 11861255
ChildrenJoan (~1199-1244)
Margaret II (1202-1280)
Notes for Baldwin I of Constantinople
Baldwin VI of Hainaut (Flanders), Baldwin I of Constantinople.
He was “one of the most prominent leaders of the catastrophic Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the sack of Constantinople and the conquest of large parts of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the Latin Empire, also known as Romània. He lost his final battle to Kaloyan, the emperor of Bulgaria, and spent his last days as his prisoner.”1254
See Baldwin I of Constantinople - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
He was “one of the most prominent leaders of the catastrophic Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the sack of Constantinople and the conquest of large parts of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the Latin Empire, also known as Romània. He lost his final battle to Kaloyan, the emperor of Bulgaria, and spent his last days as his prisoner.”1254
See Baldwin I of Constantinople - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.