What is Baldwin III, Count of Flanders?
'''Baldwin III of Flanders''' called '''The Young''' ({{circa|940}}–962) was a [[France|French]] [[nobleman]] and briefly was the fourth [[count of Flanders]]. He ruled jointly with his father [[Arnulf I of Flanders|Arnulf I]]. == Career == Baldwin III was born {{circa|940}}, the son of [[Arnulf I, Count of Flanders]] and his second wife, Adele of Vermandois (c. 915 – 969). She was a daughter of [[Herbert II, Count of Vermandois]].<ref name=ESII5>Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln|Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 5</ref> Baldwin became co-ruler of Flanders in 958 alongside his father Arnulf I. {{efn|His father may have also given him the [[w:Lay abbot|lay abbacy]] of Saint-Bertin.<ref name=Uge33>Karine Ugé, ''Creating the Monastic Past in Medieval Flanders'' (Woodbridge; New York: The Boydell Press, 2006), p. 33</ref> It is also possible that the Baldwin on the list of lay abbots is Baldwin Baldzo who was the guardian of Baldwin III's son, Arnold II.<ref name=Uge33/>}} During his short rule, Baldwin was responsible for establishing the wool manufacturing industry at [[Ghent]] and markets at other towns in Flanders.<ref>Tracy Borman, ''Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I'' (Bantam Books, New York, 2011), p. 3</ref> Baldwin III died on 1 January 962<ref name=ESII5/> of [[smallpox]].<ref name=Ardres61>Lambert of Ardres, ''The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres'', trans. Leah Shopkow (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), p. 61</ref> He was buried at the [[Abbey of Saint Bertin]].<ref name=Ardres61/> After Baldwin's death, Arnulf I arranged for King [[Lothair of France]] to become the guardian of Baldwin's son [[Arnulf II, Count of Flanders|Arnulf II]].<ref>''The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 916-966'', Ed. & Trans. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2004) 44F & n. 219</ref> == Family == Sho