marred by war with his mother, Clemence. Baudouin’s chief adviser was his cousin
Charles of Denmark, who succeeded him.
Baudouin VIII (r. 1191–94), who was also Baudouin V of Hainaut, succeeded his
uncle, Philippe d’Alsace, as count of Flanders. Although Philip II of France recognized
Baudouin VIII, his price of recognition was keeping extensive territories in southern
Flanders. His son Baudouin IX (r. 1194–1206) ruled in Hainaut as Baudouin VI (1195–
1206). He quickly recovered much of the territory lost to the French crown and made an
English alliance. Baudouin departed on crusade in April 1202. He became ruler of the
Latin kingdom of Constantinople in 1205 and governed Flanders through a regency
council, but word reached Flanders in February 1206 of his death in captivity.
David M.Nicholas
[See also: FLANDERS]
de Hemptinne, Th. “Vlaanderen en Henegouwen onder de erfgenamen van de Boudewijns, 1070–
1244.” In Algemene Geschiedenis der Nederlanden. 2nd ed. Haarlem: Fibulavan Dishoeck,
1982, pp. 372–98.
Dunbabin, Jean. France in the Making, 843–1180. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985.
Ganshof, François Louis. La Belgique carolingienne. Brussels: Renaissance du Livre, 1958.
Koch, A.C.F. “Het graafschap Vlaanderen van de 9de eeuw tot 1070.” In Algemene Geschiedenis
der Nederlanden. 2nd ed. Haarlem: Fibula-van Dishoeck, 1982, Vol. 2, pp. 354–83.
BAUDOUIN DE CONDÉ
(ca. 1250-early 14th c.). Born into a family from Condé-sur-Escaut (Hainaut), this
minstrel at the court of Marguerite of Flanders (d. 1280) was particularly famous in his
time. For the edification of the great of this world, he wrote twenty-four dits in oct
octosyllabic verse, notable for their multifarious inspiration: cautionary reflections (Li
vers de droit), stories of unrequited love (Li prisons d’amours), satires on the vices of the
age (Li contes de l’aver), religious verse (Li Ave Maria), gruesomely realistic description
(Dit des trois mors et des trois vis). These topics are often obfuscated by excessive
wordplay and metrical acrobatics.
Annette Brasseur
[See also: DIT; FABLIAU; PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONAL MATERIALS]
Baudouin de Condé. Dits et contes de Baudouin de Condé et de son fils Jean de Condé, ed.
Auguste Scheler. 3 vols. Brussels: Devaux, 1866–67. [Based on MS A (B.N. fr. 1446).]
Ribard, Jacques. Un ménestrel du XIVe siècle, Jean de Condé. Geneva: Droz, 1969, pp. 72–85,
392–405.
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