| Baldwin III | |
| Caption: | Old coat-of-arms of Hainaut |
| Noble Family: | House of Flanders |
| Father: | Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut |
| Mother: | Ida of Louvain |
| Spouse: | Yolande of Guelder |
| Issue: | Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut |
| Birth Date: | 1088 |
| Death Date: | 1120 |
| Burial Place: | Mons, Belgium |
Baldwin III (1088–1120) was count of Hainaut from 1098 to his death.
Baldwin was son of Count Baldwin II of Hainaut and Ida of Louvain. He succeeded to the County of Hainaut in 1102. Baldwin married Yolande of Guelders at a young age. He had been betrothed to Adelaide of Maurienne, a niece of Countess Clemence of Flanders. The broken betrothal caused a scandal, and Countess Clemence brought the issue before her brother Pope Calixtus II. The pope declared that the marriage was legal and could not be dissolved.[1]
Baldwin died at a young age of in 1120, and was buried in Mons, Belgium. His eldest son, Baldwin IV, succeeded him. His younger son Gerard inherited the counties of Dodewaard and Dale, which had been in the possession of his mother. Countess Yolande held Hainaut as her dower for a while and as a regent for her son.[1]
He was married to Yolande, daughter of Count Gerard I of Guelders. Their children were:
After Baldwin's death, Countess Yolande married c.1120 Godfrey II, lord of Ribemont and Bouchain, castellan of Valenciennes and the son of Anselm of Ribemont.[2] Yolande and Godfrey II had two children:
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