Baldwin V

Type Figure Region Flanders Time c. 1012–1067 Also known as Baldwin V (Flanders)

Baldwin V (c. 1012–1067), Count of Flanders from 1035 to 1067, was one of the wealthiest vassals in 11th-century Western Europe.

Timeline

c. 1012–1035Bruges · FlandersAs the son of Baldwin IV he grew up in Flanders and by 1035 was already involved in the administration of the territory and its trade.
1035–1056Bruges · FlandersHe succeeded his father as count in 1035, developing the wool trade and the town economy; in 1051 his daughter Matilda married William of Normandy, strengthening cross-Channel political ties.
1056–1067Bruges · FlandersHis relations with King Henry I of France were complex in his later years; he died in Flanders in 1067 and was succeeded by his son Baldwin VI, with Flanders remaining one of the richest fiefs in Western Europe.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: Baldwin V count of Flanders https://www.britannica.com/biography/Baldwin-V-count-of-Flanders