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Baldwin III, Count of Flanders

940 - 962

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Baldwin III (c. 940–1 January 962), called the Young, was Count of Flanders, who briefly ruled the County of Flanders together with his father, Arnulf I, from 958 until his early death. Baldwin III was born c. 940. He was the son of Count Arnulf I of Flanders and his second wife, Adele of Vermandois (c. 915 – 969). Shortly before 961, Baldwin married Mathilde of Saxony (died 1008), daughter of Duke Hermann Billung of Saxony. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baldwin III, Count of Flanders is the 7,018th most popular politician (down from 6,392nd in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 272nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders ranks 7,018 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Marrero Cruz, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Saitō Makoto, Michael I Komnenos Doukas, Sadyr Japarov, and Ruth Dreifuss. After him are Diponegoro, Yesü Möngke, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Tiberius Claudius Narcissus, Tiridates III of Parthia, and Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 940, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders ranks 12. Before him are Eadwig, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Ibn Sahl, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, and Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar. After him are Doubravka of Bohemia, Henry III, Duke of Bavaria, Willigis, and Bardas Phokas the Younger. Among people deceased in 962, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders ranks 2. Before him is Ordoño IV of León. After him are Indulf, Dong Yuan, and Sigurd Haakonsson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders ranks 285 out of 1,646. Before him are Wim Hof (1959), Piet de Jong (1915), Philips Wouwerman (1619), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Mark van Bommel (1977), and Otto van Veen (1556). After him are Erwin Koeman (1961), Jacob van Campen (1596), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Willem de Sitter (1872), and Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders ranks 45. Before him are Sicco Mansholt (1908), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joan Blaeu (1596), and Piet de Jong (1915). After him are Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Pieter van der Aa (1659), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), and Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554).

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