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unusual facts about Baldwin II


Death by sawing

In 1123, Joscelin de Courtenay and Baldwin II were separately ambushed and surprised by a Turkish emir, Balac, and made prisoners at the castle at Quartapiert.


Richilde, Countess of Hainaut

Richilde and her younger son, Baldwin II, retained Hainaut, but made subsequent unsuccessful attempts to recover Flanders.

Stephen of La Ferté

He was a French priest, abbot of Saint-Jean-en-Vallée at Chartres, and related to Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem.


see also

Alice of Jerusalem

Alice of Antioch, daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem and wife of Bohemund II of Antioch

Eustace of Boulogne

Eustace I, Count of Boulogne r.1045-1049, son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adelina of Holland

Maarrat Misrin

The Burid and Artuqid rulers Toghtekin and Ilghazi besieged it the next year, prompting Baldwin II to lead a relief effort.