Baldwin IV "Fair Beard" of Flanders Earl/Count of Flanders [6141] 24
- Born: Abt 980
- Marriage (1): Ogive of Luxemburg [6143] about 1012
- Marriage (2): Eleanora of Normandy [4150] after 1030
- Marriage (3): Orgina of Moselle [6144]
- Died: 30 May 1035 about age 55
Another name for Baldwin was Baldwin IV Comte de Flandre.
General Notes:
Acceded: 988
It is not clear who he married. Some say Orgina, others say Eleanor Burke says he died in 1036. It is very likely that Orgina and Otiva are the same person. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03069
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10476.htm#i104757
1. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 35. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
2. John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 90. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
3. Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online <ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html>. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: Count of Flanders, 988. was Count of Flanders from 988 until his death.
Baldwin married Ogive of Luxemburg [6143] [MRIN: 2114], daughter of Frederick of Luxemburg Count of Moselgau [6145] and Ermentrude of Gleibur [57278], about 1012. (Ogive of Luxemburg [6143] died on 21 Feb 1030.)
Baldwin next married Eleanora of Normandy [4150] [MRIN: 2113], daughter of Richard II The Good of Normandy 4th Duke of Normandy [2631] [9H27-9L7] and Judith of Brittany [4612], after 1030.
Baldwin next married Orgina of Moselle [6144] [MRIN: 2115].
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