Count Baldwin of Flanders III
- Born: 940
- Marriage (1): Mathilde Billung of Saxony in 961
- Died: 1 Jan 962 aged 22
 General Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_III_of_Flanders
Baldwin III The Young of Flanders (940 \endash January 1, 962) was Count of Flanders, who briefly ruled the County of Flanders (an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Holland), together with his father Arnulf I.
Arnulf I had made Baldwin co-ruler in 958, but Baldwin died before his father and was succeeded by his infant son Arnulf II, with his father acting as regent until his own death.
During his short rule, Baldwin established the weaving and fulling industry in Ghent, thus laying the basis for the economical importance of the county in the centuries to come.
Baldwin married Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Duke Herman Billung of Saxony and Hildegarde of Westerbourg, in 961. (Mathilde Billung of Saxony was born between 935 and 945 and died on 25 May 1008.)
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