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unusual facts about Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut



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.

House of Ligne

The lords of Ligne belonged to the entourage of the Count of Hainaut at the time of the Crusades.

Prince of Liège

King Albert II decided in 2001 to no longer award courtesy titles such as Count of Flanders, Count of Hainaut and Prince of Liège.

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.


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