Boudewijn VII Hapkin, count of Flanders

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Boudewijn VII, graaf van Vlaanderen werd ook 'Hapkin' of 'Boudewijn met de Bijl' genoemd.

Voor een zeer volledige beschrijving van zijn leven, zie de thesis Boudewijn VII Hapkin, een witte ridder uit de 12de eeuw van Bram Brutsaert.

Zijn kortstondig huwelijk met Havice (Agnes) de Bretagne bleef kinderloos. Sommige bronnen maken melding van een tweede huwelijk, maar sluitend bewijs bestaat daar niet van.

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The Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana names (in order) "Balduinum et Guillelmum" as sons of "Rodbertus [et] Clementiam".

His parentage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis, who says that he was "still a boy" when he succeeded his father in 1111 as Baudouin VII Count of Flanders.

He refused to return her marriage portion to his mother, who instigated a rebellion of south Flemish barons with the help of Baudouin III Comte de Hainaut, but was forced to submit. William of Malmesbury and Orderic Vitalis record that Count Baudouin supported Guillaume "Clito" de Normandie against Henry I King of England in 1118, invaded Normandy as far as Arques, but in Sep 1118 was wounded "for his helmet being battered with repeated strokes, he received an injury to his brain". He passed the last ten months of his life in the monastery of St Bertin. He designated Charles of Denmark as his successor on his deathbed, although the accuracy of this statement is dubious if his brain injuries were severe.

The Annales Blandinienses record that "Balduinus comes, Rodberti iunioris et Clementiæ filius" was 26 years old when he became a monk after a distinguished military career. The Vita Karoli Comitis Flandriæ records the death "1119 XV Kal Iulii" of Count Baudouin, and his burial at St Bertin.

He divorced Havise de Bretagne, daughter of Alain IV "Fergant" Duke of Brittany & his second wife Ermengarde d'Anjou. The Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana refers to the wife of "Balduinum comitem" as "filiam Alani Fregani comitis Brittaniæ", but does not name her. The Flandria Generosa names "filiam Alani comitis Brittaniæ" as the wife of "Balduinus Inclitus", specifying that they were separated by Pope Pascal II on grounds of consanguinity. The Chronicon Briocensi names "Conanum et Hazevisiam" as the two children of "Alanus filius primogenitus [Hoelli]" and his wife "Ermengardem filiam Comitis Andegavensis".

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Baldwin VII of Flanders, 1093 - 1119, Count of Flanders, Count of Artois, Count of Zeeland, Period 1111 - 1119, Predecessor Robert II, Successor Charles the Good, Father Robert II of Flanders, Mother Clementia of Burgundy, Baldwin VII (?, 1093 - Roeselare , 17 June 1119 ) was Count of Flanders from 1111 until his death.

As the son of Robert II of Jerusalem and of Clementia of Burgundy , he followed, barely eighteen, his father in 1111. He was not even knighted beaten. The French king Louis VI led to a rapid succession, hit him knighted and appointed him as Count . He feared any claims of Baldwin III of Hainaut , descendant of Arnulf III of Flanders , which the county of Flanders was taken away by Robert the Frisian . The French king thus secured the loyal support of the county of Flanders in his battle against the English king Henry I . Initially he informed the board with his mother Clementia of Burgundy . But already in 1113 he came into conflict with her. The widow went to her good, her promised by Robert the Frisian at her marriage to Robert II. It was a large area, perhaps a third of the county of Flanders. Baldwin VII mistook this visit as seriously undermining his authority and financial resources. They threatened, by Bishop Lambert of Arras, the matter to court for the Flemish nobles in the Flemish curia or even for the French king, as supreme judge. Later, however, everything settled amicably with the Count as guardian of the land of his mother. He was assisted by counsel as his cousin Charles of Denmark , son of the murdered King Canute IV of Denmark and Adela of Flanders , and brought up at the count's court. He might even replace the count, when Baldwin VII in 1117 and 1118 participated in the war in Normandy and also during the last months of the death ill Count in 1119 .

In the footsteps of his predecessors, Robert I and Robert II, he gave to the rise of cities and trade show of great austerity on the truce, which he repeatedly renewed, for example in 1114 to Saint-Omer . He made great efforts to law and order to prevail. Even as a young earl fell with him not to mock. Barely two months after his appointment, he, for it is said, a robber knight alive boil on the market of Bruges . He was feared for his strict action against criminals, robber barons and rebellious nobles. These were mainly the southern Flemish fief dug Walter II of Hasdin and Hugo II of Saint-Pol , who attempted to count's authority to withdraw. Both were binding and it came to a peace agreement. The support he enjoyed in exchange of the cities, served him in his struggle against the nobility. Boudewijns nicknames recall his decisive action against the disturbers of the peace country.

He was in 1110 married to Havoise of Brittany , daughter of Duke Alan IV . But the marriage was not long afterwards by Pope Paschal II dissolved. The international situation had changed. Brittany had chosen the side of the English king, while Flanders on the side of the French king stood. When his father Robert II died in 1111, raised the possibility that Baudouin in the camp of his father would arrive. This will be the deciding factor, but the official reason was too close consanguinity.

Baldwin died childless, so the Flemish counts house of Boudevilliers Wines in direct male line died out. Shortly before his death he taught his nephew Prince Charles of Denmark as his heir. He did the nobles of Flanders and his mother Clementia the oath of allegiance to the throne. Shortly before his death he was still a monk. He died on the return journey to the castle of Wijnendale . He was buried on 19 June in St. Bertijnsabdij in Saint-Omer, in the presence of Charles of Denmark and many foreign noblemen. His successor was the legendary Count Charles the Good.