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Baudouin IV "the Bearded"

Male 985 - 1035  (55 years)

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  • Name Baudouin IV "the Bearded"
    Birth From 980 to 985 
    Gender Male
    Death From 29 May 1035 to 30 May 1035 
    Burial Abbey of Saint Pierre, Ghent, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7483  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Father Arnulf II "the Young",   b. From 961 to 962   d. From 23 Mar 0987/0988 to 30 Mar 0988 (Age 27 years)
    Mother Suzanne or Rozala of Italy   d. 13 Dec 1003
    Family ID F2908  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Otgive   d. 21 Feb 1030
    Children 
     1. Baudouin V "de l'Isle",   b. Abt 1010   d. 1 Sep 1067, Lille, Nord, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F2841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

    Family 2 of Normandy
    Marriage Aft Feb 1030 
    Children 
     1. Judith of Flanders
    Family ID F3345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “BAUDOUIN IV the-Bearded, Count/Marquis of Flanders, 987/988-1035, son and heir, born say 980-985 (minor in 988). He married OTGIVE (or OGIVE), daughter of Giselbert, Count of Vaudrevange/Wallerfangen (in Moselgau) [see Line E, Gen. 8 below for her parentage]. About 987 he was excommunicated for having abandoned his wife. They had one son, Baudouin (V) [Count/Marquis of Flanders]. In 1006 he invaded and took Valenciennes, but was driven out in 1007 by the emperor Heinrich II; he afterwards received Valenciennes as a fief from the emperor. His wife, Otgive, died 21 Feb. 1030. He married (2nd) ___, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. They had one daughter, Judith (wife of Tostig, Earl of Northumbria, and Welf I, Duke of Bavaria). BAUDOUIN IV, Count/Marquis of Flanders, died 29 (or 30) May 1035, and was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Gand.
      Histoire des Comtes de Flandre (1698): 26-31 (author identifies 1st wife Ogine as "file de Gilbert Comte de Luxembourg."). Panckoucke Abregi Chronologique de l’Histoire de Flandre (1762): 28-33. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 9-10. Oudegherst Annales de Flandre 1 (1789): 200-202, 226. De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 518 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 943: "Gislebeto autem Rheni undis submerso, caeterorum vix aliquis fugit, qui non aut trucidaretur aut caperetur. Hoc nuntio infideles regis corde franguntur, et Ludovicus ab Alsatia discedit, et rex et fideles ejus cum ipso gratulantur. Uxorem Gisleberti Gerbergarn, sororem scilicet Ottonis imperatoris, Ludovicus rex Francorum duxit uxorem. Unam vero filiarum ejusdem Gisleberti imperator dedit Bertaldo, duci Bajoariorum: aliam, Ogivam nomine, Balduino comiti Flandriae dedit; ex qua genitus est Balduinus Pulchra Barba. Mortuo Gisleberto, successit ei in ducatu Otto filius ejus, uno anno."), 529 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 974: "Balduinus, cognomento Pulchra-Barba, filius Arnulphi comitis Flandriae, uxorem duxit Ogivam, sororem Frederici ducis Brabantiae, filiam Gisleberti ohm ducis, de qua genuit Balduinum Pium."), 549 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1035: "Balduinus Barbatus, gloriosus comes Flandriae, obiit et in monasterio Blandiniensi sepelitur, et Balduinus filius ejus successit."). Kervyn de Volkaersbeke Les Églises de Gand 2 (1838): 218-220. Wauters Table Chronologique des Charter et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 412, 415-416 (charter of marquis Baudouin and his mother, Susanne, dated 988), 443, 454, 460-461, 465, 470 (letter addressed to Otgive, Countess of Flanders, dated 1019-1030), 476-477, 671. Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Bled Regestes des Évêques de Thérouanne, 500-1553 1 (1904): 72, 74. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karlf des Großen (1935) VIII 38 (error in identification of a second wife), IX 22. Strecker Die Lateinischen Dichter des Deutschen Mittelalters (Monumenta Germaniæ Historica: Die Ottonenzeit 5(1)) (1937): 297-300. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders); 6 (1978): 128 (sub Luxemburg). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VIII.114, IX.26, IX.125. Harper-Bill Anglo-Norman Studies XXI (1999): 145-168. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 301 (Ardenne-Luxembourg ped.). TAG 83 (2008): 116-121.”

      2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “ARNULF (or ARNOUL) II the Young, Marquis of Flanders, 964/965-987/988, Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin, son and heir, born about 961-962. He married SUZANNE (or ROZALA), daughter of Berengario II, King of Italy, by Willa, daughter of Boson, Count of Arles [see Line D, Gen. 6 below for her ancestry]. They had one son, Baldwin (IV) [Count/Marquis of Flanders], and one daughter, Mathilde. ARNULF II, Marquis of Flanders, died 23 (or 30) March 987-988, and was buried in the abbey of Saint-Pierre, Gand. His widow, Susanne, married (2nd) before 1 April 988 (date of charter) (as his 1st wife) ROBERT II, King of France (died 20 July 1031) [see FRANCE 2]. They had no issue, and were divorced in 992. In June 1003 Queen Suzanne and her son, Baudouin, made a grant to the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-au-Mont-Blandin in Gand. She died 13 Dec. 1003, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-au-Mont-Blandin at Gand.
      Histoire des Comtes de Flandre (1698): 20-26. Panckoucke Abrégé Chronologique de l’Histoire de Flandre (1762): 25-27. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 7-9. De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 533 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 988: "Arnulphus Junior, comes Flandriae nepos Magni Arnulphi, obiit et in Blandinio sepelitur. Cui successit Balduinus Barbatus filius ejus."), 536 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1002: "Susanna regina, uxor Roberti Francorum regis, obiit, et in Blandinio juxta Arnulphum Juniorem, Flandriae comitem, suum priorem marituni, sepelitur. Haec prius dicebatur Rozala, cum esset uxor Arnulphi; post cujus obitum, accepto Roberto rege, Susanna dicta est."). Kervyn de Volkaersbeke Les Églises de Gand 2 (1838): 218-220. Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS V (1844): 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. [950-9681: "Arnulfus junior uxorem duxit filiam Beregeri regis Susannam."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 988: "Obiit Arnulfus iunior."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 1003: "Obiit Susanna regina."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 1031: "Obiit Rotbertus rex."). Poinsignon Richeri historiarum quatuor libri: Histoire de Richer en quatre livres (1855): 469 ("Sur ces entrefaites, le roi Robert, qui était dans sa dix-neuvième année, dans la fleur de la jeunesse, répudia sa femme Susanne, d'origine italienne, parce qu'elle était trop vieille pour lui."). Lépinois & Merlet Cartulaire de Notre-Dame de Chartres 3 (1865): 141 (Chartularium B.M. Carnutensis: XIII Kalendas Augusti [20 July] - Obiit Rotbertus, rex"). Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 380, 382, 385, 386 (charter of marquis Arnoul dated 972), 412, 415-416, 443 (charter of Queen Susanne and her son, Baudouin, dated 1003). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 10 (1874): 365 (Ex Vita S. Bertulfi Abbatis Renticensis: "Post immaturain a Arnulfi Junioris Marchionis mortem, cujus avus magnus exstitit Arnulfus, Balduinus filius ejus com matre Rozala derelictus est parvulus. His enim est qui postea Prolixæ-barbæ dictus est Balduinus, cujus Principis Roberto Regi Francorum nupsit, et Susanna dicta, mutato nomine, Regina regnavit."). Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VII 41, VIII 43. Strecker Die Lateinischen Dichter des Deutschen Mittelalters (Monumenta Germaniæ Historica: Die Ottonenzeit 5(1)) (1937): 297-300. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders), 59 (sub Burgund Ivrea). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VII.94, V111.122, VIII.114-VIII.115a, IX.18. Van Kerrebrouck Les Capétians 987-1328 (2000): 55-64.”