biography
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| lived:
| (1172–c.1205)
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| biography:
| Emperor of Constantinople, born in Valenciennes, N France. He succeeded his father as Count of Flanders (in 1194) and Hainault (in 1195). In 1202 he joined the fourth Crusade, and in 1204 was chosen the first Latin emperor of Constantinople. The Greeks, invoking the aid of the Bulgarians, rose and took Adrianople. Baldwin laid siege to the town, but was defeated in 1205 and died in captivity. |
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