Baldwin V "the Brave," Count of Hainault
also Baldwin VIII, Count of Flanders
also Marquis de Namur
(* 1150 Ý c.1195/6)
son of Baldwin IV and Alice of Namur and a descendant of Charlemagne, King Alfred the Great, Saint Arnulph, and Clovis and his wife Clotilda
ƒ April 1169
Marguerite, daughter of Thierri, Count of Alsace, and widow of Raoul II, Count of Vermandois
(Ý 15.xi.1194/5 × Saint Donatien of Bruges)
Baldwin and Marguerite were the parents of Baldwin VI and XI "of Constantinople", Elizabeth of Hainault (ƒ King Philip II Augustus of France), Philip of Namur, Sybil (ƒ Guichard, Lord of Beaujeu) and a younger son, who follows.



A Younger Son of Baldwin V of Hainault and Marguerite
(* c.1175)
Father of Mahieu de Flandres



Mahieu De Flandres
Grandson of Baldwin V of Hainault and Marguerite
(* c.1200)
In 1230 a burgher of Forest, a small town in the vicinity of Brussels in Province of Brabant



Jean De Flandres
(* c.1230)
In 1259 became "bailli" or sheriff of Lille in 1259



A Son of Jean De Flandres
Father of Mahieu De Flandres



Mahieu De Flandres
Grandson of Jean de Flandres

Mahieu De Flandres



Pierre De Flandres
(* c.1390)
In 14461 became a burgher of Lille be right of purchase
He had three sons named Pierre (who follows), Colin, and Michael



Pierre De Flandres
In 1491 became a burgher of Lille by right of purchase
Alderman of Lille



Daniel De Flandres
(Ý before 1514 )
In 1481 became a burgher of Lille "par rachat" (by repurchase)
ƒ
Jeanne du Puich
Daughter of Fiérin du Puich
Daniel and Jeanne were the parents of Jacques (priest and canon at Valenciennes), Daniel (who follows), and Marguerite (married Pierre Le Pers)



Daniel De Flandres
In 1515 became a burgher of Lille "par relief" (by grant)
Served for ten years as a cavalier under Charles V of France
ƒ
Catherine Dupont
Daughter of Antoine Dupont
Daniel and Catherine were the parents of Fiérin (burgher of Lille "par relief" in 1535), Antonie (who follows), and Louis



Antonie De Flandres
In 1538 became a burgher of Lille "par relief"
Alderman of Lille
For ten years he accompanied Charles V on his expeditions to Algiers and elsewhere
ƒ
Catherine des Plancques
Daughter of Pierre des Planques and his wife Simone de Vendeville
Antonie and Catherine were the parents of Jean, Jehanne (married Paul Pamentier of Lille), and Jacques (who follows)

Antonie De Flandres



Jaques De Flandres
Seigneur de Fromont et de Herseaux
(* in Arras)
On 29.vi.1563 became a burgher of Arras by right of purchase
On 8.i.1564 became a burgher of Lille "par relief"
On 7.xiii.1595 became "Grand Bailli" and "Forester of the Woods and Forests of the Seigniory of Lille"
On 29.xi.1595 was ennobled by King Philip II of Spain
ƒ
Anne Herrlin
Daughter of Jean Herlin and Catharine de Croix
Jaques and Anne were the parents of Jacques (burgher of Arras, canon of Saint Piat-à-Seclin, later a canon of Arras), Pierre (capuchin monk), François (burgher of Arras), Éléonore (dame de carnin, in 1615 built the choir of the Chapel of the Capichins at Lille), Charles (* 1569), Barbe (* 1573), Marguerite (~~ Saint Étienne in Lille in 1577), Jeanne (~~ Saint Étienne in Lille in 1579), Marie Thérèse, Jean (who follows)



Jean de Flandres
(Ý 14.i.1621 at Wambrechies)
Seineur de L'Empire
Burgher of Lille "par relief"
In 1697 named in a document of nobilization signed by King Louis XIV of France
Married three times
Father of Steven Flanders of Massachusetts (who follows), Jean (canon at Saint Piat-à-Seclin), Marie (married Jean Havet, magistrate of Sainghin-en-Mélantois), Jaques(* 1589 at Wambrechies), Josse, Catherine (became a nun of the order of Saint Clair, Ý Abbess of that Convent at Lille in 1666)



Steven Flanders
(* c.1615 Ý 27.vi.1684)
Father of the Flanders Family in America
His father's financial hardships may have prompted emigration to America
Converted to Calvinism and fell out of favor of his Catholic family
First resided in Maine and then moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts
ƒ
Indian "Sandusky" who was baptized Jane
(Ý 19.xi.1683)