Charles I, Count of Flanders

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Charles I, Count of Flanders was a 12th-century Flemish nobleman and crusader whose pious reputation and assassination in 1127 made him a notable and later beatified figure in medieval European history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Flemish person
beatified person
count
crusader
nobleman
alsoKnownAs Charles the Good NERFINISHED
Charles the Good, Count of Flanders NERFINISHED
associatedWith Bruges NERFINISHED
Flanders NERFINISHED
beatificationDate 1883
beatifiedBy Pope Leo XIII NERFINISHED
birthDate 1084
birthPlace Denmark NERFINISHED
canonizationStatus beatified
causeOfDeath political conspiracy
countryOfOrigin Denmark NERFINISHED
deathDate 1127-03-02
deathLocationDetail church of Saint Donatian, Bruges NERFINISHED
deathPlace Bruges NERFINISHED
endTime 1127
era 12th century
father Canute IV of Denmark NERFINISHED
feastDay March 2
givenName Charles
knownFor charity to the poor
opposition to feudal abuses
piety
languageOfUse Latin
Old French
mannerOfDeath assassination
martyred true
moralReputation defender of the poor
just ruler
mother Adela of Flanders NERFINISHED
nobleFamily House of Estridsen NERFINISHED
participatedIn Crusades NERFINISHED
patronage County of Flanders NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Saint Donatian’s Cathedral, Bruges NERFINISHED
positionHeld Count of Flanders NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
ruledTerritory County of Flanders NERFINISHED
startTime 1119
succeeded Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders NERFINISHED
title Count of Flanders NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
wasSucceededBy William Clito NERFINISHED

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House of Flanders hasNotableMember Charles I, Count of Flanders