Baldwin III, Count of Flanders

Baldwin III (1 January 962), called the Young, was Count of Flanders, who briefly ruled the County of Flanders together with his father, Arnulf I, from 958 until his early death.

Baldwin III was born . He was the son of Count Arnulf I of Flanders and his second wife, Adele of Vermandois ( – 969). Shortly before 961, Baldwin married Mathilde of Saxony (died 1008), daughter of Duke Hermann Billung of Saxony. They had a son, Arnulf (c. 960 – 987). Baldwin III died of smallpox on 1 January 962, after a campaign against the Normans.