Baudouin V "le Debonnaire" comte de Flandres

   Another name for Baudouin was Baldwin V "the Pious" Count of Flander.

  Noted events in his life and other information:

• Family Background Information: ¹³¹
The line of sucession for the rulers of Flanders becomes confusing with the children of Baldwin V. Baldwin's grandson, Arnulf III, may have been murdereed by his uncle Robert I. From there the line dies out and the country is ruled by Charles the Good the grandson of Robert through his dauther Adéla. Charles the Good is killed, so the county passes to a second cousin, William Clito of Normandy, the great grandson of Baldwin V through his daughter Maltilda who married William the Conqueror of Normany.

• Information:
--- *The Life of King Edward who rests at Westminster*, attributed to a monk of Saint-Bertin, 2nd edn, ed & tr & with introduction & notes by Frank Barlow, Oxford (Clarendon), 1992. Footnote, p 36:

"Baldwin V rebelled in 1028 against his father at the instigation of his wife Adela, daughter of Robert II of France. but two years later peace was sworn at Oudenaarde, and the old count continued to reign until his death in 1036.
Baldwin V proved a worthy successor, and acquired from the people the surname of Debonnaire. He was an active enterprising man and greatly extended his power by wars and alliances. He obtained from the emperor Henry IV, the territory between the Scheldt and the Dender as an imperial fief, and the margraviate of Antwerp.
So powerful had he become that the Flemish count on the decease of Henry I of France in 1060 was appointed regent during the minority of Philip I.
Before his death, he saw his eldest daughter Mathilda (d. 1083) sharing the English throne with William the Conqueror, his eldest son Baldwin of Mons in possession of Hainaut in right of his wife Richilde, heiress of (d. 1036) and widow of Hermann of Saxony (d. 1050) and his second son Robert the Frisian regent of the county of Holland during the minority of Kirk V."

Baudouin married Adèle Capet Princess des Francs, daughter of Thibauld IV 'le Grand' Comte de Champagne and Matilda Princess of Carinthia, in 1028. (Adèle Capet Princess des Francs was born in 1009 and died 8-10 Jan 1070-1080.)