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Baldwin was recognized as Count of Hainault after his mother's returnfrom Rome. He died 1120
. Robert le Jeune, Count of Flanders, found whenhe returned from the Crusade that his father had given to Baldwin III theChateau of Douai with its dependencies. Not daring to retrieve it byforce, he proposed to give Baldwin in marriage to a niece of his wife,and exacted as surety the possession of the Chateau of Douai. When thisniece Adelaide of Savoy, later Queen of France, was presented to Baldwinhe found her so ugly that he refused to marry her, and thus forfeitedDouai. He married Yolande, daughter of Gerald, Count of Guelders, and hadBaldwin IV, Count of Hainault, Yolande, Gertrude and Richilda.
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