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Baldwin I, Latin Emperor

1172 - 1205

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Baldwin I (Dutch: Boudewijn; French: Baudouin; July 1172 – c. 1205) was the first Emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople; Count of Flanders (as Baldwin IX) from 1194 to 1205 and Count of Hainaut (as Baldwin VI) from 1195 to 1205. Baldwin was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the sack of Constantinople in 1204, the conquest of large parts of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the Latin Empire. The following year he was defeated at the Battle of Adrianople by Kaloyan, the emperor of Bulgaria, and spent his last days as a prisoner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baldwin I, Latin Emperor is the 541st most popular politician (up from 1,505th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from France (up from 539th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Politician.

Baldwin I, Latin Emperor, was most famous for being the first Latin Emperor of Constantinople.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Baldwin I, Latin Emperor ranks 541 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Miklós Horthy, Olaf Tryggvason, Shehbaz Sharif, Mahathir Mohamad, and Augustus II the Strong. After him are Servius Tullius, Arthur Henderson, Herod Antipas, Heraklonas, Baibars, and Abdul Hamid I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1172, Baldwin I, Latin Emperor ranks 1. After him are Shota Rustaveli, Aimery of Cyprus, Isabella I of Jerusalem, Bohemond IV of Antioch, Louis I, Count of Blois, and Abraham of Smolensk. Among people deceased in 1205, Baldwin I, Latin Emperor ranks 1. After him are Enrico Dandolo, Aimery of Cyprus, Isabella I of Jerusalem, Jamukha, Peter Waldo, Constantine Laskaris, Ladislaus III of Hungary, Roman the Great, Jean Bodel, Louis I, Count of Blois, and Peire Vidal.

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In France

Among people born in France, Baldwin I, Latin Emperor ranks 201 out of 6,770. Before him are Pope Urban VI (1318), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Henry II of England (1133), Alain Prost (1955), and Théodore Géricault (1791). After him are Jean Bodin (1530), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Philip VI of France (1293), Charles Gounod (1818), Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754), and Zinedine Zidane (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Baldwin I, Latin Emperor ranks 52. Before him are Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Guy of Lusignan (1150), Louis VIII of France (1187), Georges Danton (1759), Louis VII of France (1120), and Henry II of England (1133). After him are Philip VI of France (1293), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), Charles IV of France (1294), Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810), Louis XI of France (1423), and Carloman I (751).

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