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At the time of his succession he was a minor, and Robert, the Frisian,Duke of Flanders, seize
d Hainault, but Emperor Henry IV finally forcedRobert to return Hainault to the legitimate heir. Baldwin II embarked onthe pilgrimage of the Crusade in 1096, and at the Siege of Antioch, 1098,he was sent with Hugh Magnus to announce the news to Emperor AlexisCommenens, and to invite him to aid the crusaders in taking Jerusalem. Onthe road near Nicea, however, the party fell into the hands of the Turks.Hugh Magnus, leader of the First Crusade, escaped, but Baldwin wascaptured and never heard of again. Baldwin II married 1084 Ida or Alex,daughter of Henry II, Count of Louvain. In 1099 she went to Rome to tryto obtain news of her husband; the Pope, who could tell her nothing,tried to console her, and sent her back to Hainault, where she died 1139.
Children: Baldwin III, Arnould, Ida, Richilde and Alix.
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