Graaf (Count) Baudouin I De Guînes, I

BAUDOUIN de Guines

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History gives an advantageous idea of ​​his value, his knowledge and the regularity of his morals: he is said to be very valiant, noted in moral probity, endowed with singular prudence and modesty, learned in holy letters and very pious.

He succeeded his father before 1065, the year in which he was present at the court of Philippe I, King of France, with the Count of Flanders and other great lords, cited in a king's charter, sent to Corbie, in favor of the Hasnon Abbey, signed by the prelates, counts and barons present, including the Archbishop of Reims Gervais de Belleme, the Bishop of Noyon Baudouin I, the Bishop of Amiens Guy d'Amiens, etc2. Also present are Eustache II of Boulogne, count of Boulogne, Gautier count of Hesdin, Gautier castellan of Douai, Robert avoué of Arras, lord of Béthune, Arnould d'Ardres (lords of Ardres).

In 1070, he sided with Robert the Frisian, younger brother of Baldwin VI of Flanders, against Richilde of Hainaut and her son, Arnoul III of Flanders, pretender to the county of Flanders, in the war for Flanders.

In 1071, he took part in the battle of Cassel and Broqueroies.
In 1070, he sided with Robert the Frisian, younger brother of Baldwin VI of Flanders, against Richilde of Hainaut and her son, Arnoul III of Flanders, pretender to the county of Flanders, in the war for Flanders.

In 1071, he took part in the battle of Cassel and Broqueroies.

In 1079, he made the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela with Enguerrand, Lord of Lillers. On his return Baudouin fell ill, he was very well cared for at the Saint-Sauveur de Charroux abbey. As a reward, they both offered to create monasteries attached to their fiefs. From there comes the origin of the abbeys of Saint-Rotrude d'Andres (near Guînes) and Ham (near Lillers). Beaudoin I and Adèle Chrétienne, his wife were buried in the abbey of Andernes. This abbey was ruined by the English in 1347, then restored, and totally destroyed in 1544 by the same English.

Baldwin I had a war of pen and sword against Arnoul I, Lord of Ardres, (Lords of Ardres), reports the chronicler Lambert of Ardres. According to the latter, he gave up when Arnoul I swore allegiance to Robert II, son of Robert the Frisian, who became Count of Flanders on February 22, 1071 as winner of the Battle of Cassel, in the absence of the latter, who had gone on pilgrimage. in the Holy Land.

Baudouin died around 1091, seven years after his wife. He is buried near her in the chapel of the abbey of Andres1.
Marriage and children

He married Adèle Chrétienne de Hollande (° c. 1045 † 1085), daughter of Florent I of Holland. They had children:

   Gisèle or Gilette (° v. 1075), married around 1101 Wenemar of Ghent (° v. 1070 † 1120) 3rd Burgrave of Ghent, then castellan of Ghent, lord of Bornhem. The couple notably gave birth to a son Arnoul de Ghent, future Arnould I of Guînes

   Adèle or Alix (° v. 1080 † v. 1142), wife of Geoffroi IV3, lord of Semur en Brionnais, noted throughout Burgundy for her piety. The marriage is celebrated by Geoffroy de Boulogne, bishop of Paris, brother of Eustache II of Boulogne, and relative of Adèle. One of the couple's children, Geoffroy V, considered one of the bravest knights of his time, will claim the county of Guînes for a while after the death of his uncle Manassès I of Guînes, but will have to step aside in favor of the future Arnould I of Guines4.

   Manassès dit Robert (° v. 1075 † 18 December 1137), Count of Guînes

   Foulques, left for the Holy Land, became Count of Beirut, and was buried there.

   Guy, cited with his brothers in the charters of the Abbey of Andres and the Abbey of Saint-Léonard de Guînes, Count of Forez around 1105-11155,6, buried in the Abbey of Andres with his father4.

   Hugues, archdeacon of Thérouanne. As such, he subscribed to a donation made by his brother Manasses to the Abbey of Andres in 1097. Then he left the ecclesiastical habit, took up arms, became a knight. He will also be buried at the Abbey of Andres4.

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son of EUSTACHE Comte de Guines & his wife Susanne de Grimmingen (-before 1097).  The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium names "Balduinum, Willelmum et Reinelmum, Adelam et Beatricem" as the children of "Eustacius [comes Ghisnensi]" & his wife[595].  He succeeded his father as Comte de Guines.  "Balduini comitis et uxoris sive filiorum" donated property to "monachorum cœnobii S. Salvatoris Carosensis" by charter dated 1084[596].  The cartulary of the abbey of Charroux records the founding of the abbey of Ardres by "Balduinius comes Gisnensis" in 1097, confirmed following his death by "filius eius Manasses", the charter being subscribed by "Hugo archidiaconus frater Manassis comitis…Fulco frater comitis"[597].  The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records the death of "Balduinus" and his burial "cum duobus filiis suis Widone et Hugone, Andrie"[598].  

m ADELA [Christina] [of Holland, daughter of FLORIS I Count [of Holland] & his wife Gertrud of Saxony] (-1085). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium names "viri Lotharie et milicie ducis florigeri Florentini filiam Adelam…dicta Cristiana" as wife of "Balduinum [comem Ghisnensi]"[599]. The passage contains no direct reference to the Counts of Holland, although the first name "Florentinus" is indicative and has not been found in other contemporary noble families. If Adela belonged to the family of the Counts of Holland, the text is chronologically consistent with Count Floris I being her father. This hypothesis assumes that the text correctly names Adela's father in the first place. This is far from certain in light of the numerous inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the early parts of the Historia. In addition, none of the names typically associated with the family of the Counts of Holland are found among the couple's descendants. Jean Bishop of Tournai confirmed the foundation of the monastery of Andres by "Balduinum piæ memoriæ comitem Gisnensem uxoremque eius Athelam" by charter dated 1122 which names "filiisque eius Manasse, Fulcone, Hugone, Widone"[600].

Comte Baudouin & his wife had six children