Andrew's first mission to the East was when he was asked by the French king Louis IX to go and fetch the Crown of Thorns which had been sold to him by the Latin Emperor of Constantinople Baldwin II in 1238, who was anxious to obtain support for his tottering empire.

On Christmas Day 1100, Baldwin I, first king of the Frankish Kingdom of Jerusalem, was crowned in Bethlehem, and that year a Latin episcopate was also established in the town.

In 1261, Constantinople was captured from its last Latin ruler, Baldwin II, by the forces of the Nicaean emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus.

Following the tragedy of the horrific sacking of the city, the conquerors declared a new " Empire of Romania ," known to historians as the Latin Empire of Constantinople, installing Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, as Emperor.

She further states another tradition that when the last Latin Emperor of Constantinople, Baldwin II, was leaving Constantinople in 1261 he took this original circular portion of the icon with him.

There was a school in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where the basic skills of reading and writing Latin were taught ; the relative wealth of the merchant class meant that their children could be educated there along with the children of nobles – it is likely that William of Tyre was a classmate of future king Baldwin III.

Louis purchased these in 1239 – 41 from Emperor Baldwin II of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, for the exorbitant sum of 135, 000 livres ( the chapel, on the other hand, cost only 60, 000 livres to build ).

* 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.

* Baldwin I of Constantinople, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, first Emperor of the Latin Empire

* 1205 — The Battle of Adrianople occurred on April 14, 1205 between Bulgarians under Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under Baldwin I, ( July 1172 – 1205 ), the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.

* May 16 – Baldwin, Count of Flanders is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire a week after his election by the members of the Fourth Crusade.

* Baldwin II becomes emperor of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, with John of Brienne as regent.

* 1267 – Emperor Baldwin II of Constantinople gifts the Principality of Achaea to King Charles I of Sicily in the Treaty of Viterbo in the hopes that Charles could help him restore the Latin Empire.

* Baldwin II of Constantinople, last Latin Emperor of Constantinople ( b. 1217 )

* The Byzantine emperor John III Ducas Vatatzes and the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II besiege Constantinople in an attempt to take it from its Latin rulers, John of Brienne and Baldwin II.

* Baldwin II becomes Latin Emperor of Constantinople.

* May 27 – Treaty of Viterbo: Emperor Baldwin II of Constantinople gifts the Principality of Achaea to King Charles I of Sicily in the hope that Charles can help him restore the Latin Empire.

Dow included Latin distichs and quotations in praise of Byrd in his manuscript collection of music ( GB Och 984-8 ) while Baldwin included a long doggerel poem in his commonplace book ( GB Lbm Roy App 24 d 2 ) ranking Byrd at the head of the musicians of his day:

He married Joanna, Countess of Flanders and Hainaut, daughter of the Latin Emperor Baldwin I, in 1237.

On 25 July 1261, Michael VIII's general Alexios Strategopoulos captured Constantinople from its last Latin Emperor, Baldwin II.

Louis purchased his Passion relics from Baldwin II, the Latin emperor at Constantinople, for the sum of 135, 000 livres, though this money was actually paid to the Venetians, to whom the relics had been pawned.

Baldwin I ( July 1172 – ), the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI Count of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine Empire ( then called the " Empire of Romania " by westerners ), and the foundation of the Latin Empire, also known as Romania ( not to be confused with the modern state Romania ).

In Jerusalem he saw Theodora Komnene, the beautiful widow of King Baldwin III and niece of the Emperor Manuel.

Baldwin and his advisors recognised that it was essential for Sibylla to be married to a Western nobleman in order to access support from Europe in a military crisis ; while Raymond was still regent, a marriage was arranged for Sibylla and William of Montferrat, a cousin of Louis VII of France and of Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor.

It was arranged by the Crusaders that Geoffry the Marshal, and Manasses of l ' Isle should guard the camp, and that the Emperor Baldwin and all the remainder of the army should issue from the camp if Kaloyan came and offered battle.

As the crusaders returned to the camp, the barons were summoned to the quarters of the Emperor Baldwin.

On the battlefield remained the Emperor Baldwin, who swore to never flee, and Count Louis.

The Emperor Baldwin was taken prisoner and Count Louis was slain.

Aside from Adhemar and Raymond, other leaders he recruited throughout 1096 included Bohemond of Taranto, a southern Italian ally of the reform popes ; Bohemond's nephew Tancred ; Godfrey of Bouillon, who had previously been an anti-reform ally of the Holy Roman Emperor ; his brother Baldwin of Boulogne ; Hugh I, Count of Vermandois, brother of the excommunicated Philip I of France ; Robert Curthose, brother of William II of England ; and his relatives Stephen II, Count of Blois and Robert II, Count of Flanders.

During his coronation, Baldwin wore a very rich jewel that had been bought by Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos for 62, 000 silver marks.

In 1157 he sent Humphrey of Toron to negotiate with Emperor Manuel, and it was decided that Baldwin should marry Theodora, Manuel's niece.

John Blaski, postmaster and Mayor of the village Zarnowiec, residing here and thirty-six years old, and Idzi Baiorkiewicz, residing at his farm of two quarts at Zarnowiec and thirty-three years old, and declared that his Excellency, Joel Barlow, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Emperor of the French and King of Italy, died on the above day at 12 o ' clock at noon in the house No. 1 while journeying from Warsaw to Paris, at the age of fifty-six, son of unknown parents, and husband of her Excellency Mrs. Margaret nee Baldwin, residing in the American city of Ridgefield.

This point of the lance, which was now set in an icon, was acquired by the Latin Emperor, Baldwin II of Constantinople, who later sold it to Louis IX of France.

At the Battle of Adrianople on 14 April 1205, the Latin heavy cavalry and knights were crushed by Kaloyan's troops, and Emperor Baldwin was captured.

Andrew went to Constantinople to obtain the Crown of Thorns bought by Louis IX of France | Louis IX to Baldwin II of Constantinople | Baldwin II.

Only the port of Tyre remained in Frankish hands, defended by Conrad of Montferrat, the paternal uncle of Baldwin V, who had coincidentally arrived just in time from Constantinople.

The Crown of Thorns | Holy Crown of Jesus Christ was bought by Louis IX from Baldwin II of Constantinople.

* July – Baldwin I of Constantinople ( d. 1205 )

* 1273 – October – Baldwin II of Constantinople ( b. 1207 )

In May 1267, he concluded the Treaty of Viterbo with the exiled Baldwin II of Constantinople and William II Villehardouin ( through his chancellor Leonardo of Veruli ).

* 1924 – James Baldwin, American writer ( d. 1987 )

* 1867 – Stanley Baldwin, English politician ( d. 1947 )

The funeral of Baldwin I of Jerusalem | Baldwin I from the book: Les Passages d ' outremer faits par les Français contre les Turcs depuis Charlemagne jusqu ' en 1462.

* 1804 – Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician ( d. 1858 )

* 1888 – Baldwin Cooke, American actor d. 1953

* March 31 – Florrie Baldwin, British supercentenarian ( d. 2010 )

* January 2 – Walter Baldwin, American actor ( d. 1977 )

* January 21 – Roger Nash Baldwin, American social activist ( d. 1981 )

* November 1 – Thomas Baldwin Marsh, an American religious leader ( d. 1866 )

* Baldwin III of Jerusalem ( d. 1162 )

* December 10 – Matthias W. Baldwin, American locomotive manufacturer ( d. 1866 )

* Connell James Baldwin, Irish soldier and civil servant ( d. 1861 )

* Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders ( d. 1070 )

* Baldwin IV of Jerusalem ( d. 1185 )

* Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut ( d. 1195 )

* Baldwin V, King of Jerusalem ( d. 1186 )

* Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut ( d. 1171 )

:# Avita of Savoy ( 1215-92 ) who married Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon and Robert Aguillon ( d. 1286 ).

* Baldwin I of Flanders ( d. 879 )

He took for his second wife, Yolanda of Flanders ( d. 1219 ), a sister of Baldwin and Henry of Flanders, who were afterwards the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.

* Baldwin II of Constantinople ( d. 1273 )