Ancestral Trails 2016 » RICHILDE von EGISHEIM (1027-????)

Persoonlijke gegevens RICHILDE von EGISHEIM 

• Zij is geboren in het jaar 1027 in Dagsburg, Elsass-Lothringen, Germany.
• Titel: Countess of Mons and Hainaut
• (Relationship) : 30th Great Grandmother.
• Zij is overleden op 15 maart 1087/88 in Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium, zij was toen 60 jaar oud.
• Een kind van HUGO von EGISHEIM en MECHTILD _____

Gezin van RICHILDE von EGISHEIM

(1) Zij is getrouwd met Herman de MONS.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1047 te Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, zij was toen 20 jaar oud.

(2) Zij is getrouwd met WILLIAM FITZOSBERN.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1071 te Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, zij was toen 44 jaar oud.

(3) Zij is getrouwd met BALDWIN de FLANDERS.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1055 te Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, zij was toen 28 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. BALDWIN de HAINAULT  1056-1098 
2. Arnulf de FLANDERS  ± 1055-????

Notities over RICHILDE von EGISHEIM

Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut (c. 1018 - 15 March 1086), was Countess consort and Regent of Flanders.

Richilde was probably the daughter-in-law of Regnier V Count of Hainault. She was born c. 1018. She was married firstly to Herman of Mons who was Count of Hainault. c. 1040. After the death of Herman, Richilde married Baldwin, eldest son of Baldwin V of Flanders. Her husband Baldwin became count of Flanders (as Baldwin VI) in 1067, and ruled both Hainaut and Flanders until his death on 17 July 1070. Before his death, Baldwin VI left Flanders to their eldest son, Arnulf III, and Hainaut to their younger son, Baldwin II, with the provision that if either son preceded the other in death, he would inherit the other's county as well. Baldwin VI also obtained assurances from his brother Robert who gave his oath of homage and promised to protect his nephew. After Baldwin VI's death their son Arnulf III became Count of Flanders, but as he was a minor, Richilde served as Regent of Flanders.

Almost immediately Arnulf's uncle, Robert the Frisian, broke his oath to his brother Baldwin VI and disputed Arnulf's right to Flanders. Richilde asked for help from William Fitzosbern of Normandy who married her. Despite help from King Philip I of France, her forces were defeated at the Battle of Cassel and William Fitzosbern was killed along with her oldest son, Arnulf. Richilde herself was captured and released, King Philip later recognized Robert as Count of Flanders.

Richilde and her younger son, Baldwin II, retained Hainaut, but made subsequent unsuccessful attempts to recover Flanders. Richilde built the castle at Beaumont along with a chapel there dedicated to St. Venantius. She, along with her son Baldwin, founded the monastery of Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie. At the end of her regency she retired to the Abbey of Messines. Richilde died on 15 March 1086.

Family
Richilde married Herman, Count of Hainaut. They had two children:
Roger (d. 1093) who was apparently lame, became Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne.
Daughter, whose name is unknown.

Richilde married secondly Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders. They were the parents of:
Arnulf III, Count of Flanders (c. 1055 - 22 February 1071).
Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut (c. 1056 - 1098).

In 1071 Richilde married thirdly William Fitzosbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (c. 1025 - 1071).

Notes
Baldwin V, under threat of force, arranged the marriage between Richilde, the widow of Herman of Mons and heiress of Hainaut with his young son Baldwin VI. This in turn enraged Henry III who had not been consulted and Hainaut being a part of the empire caused him to wage war on Count Baldwin V. However, after several years of war Henry III was not successful and finally withdrew. See Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations Between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, Ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1989), p. 147.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richilde,_Countess_of_Hainaut

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