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Also Known As Charles le Bon • Charles the Good • Karel de Goede
Born c.1084
Died March 2, 1127 • Brugge • Belgium
Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Jacob van Artevelde
Flemish leader
Augier Ghislain de Busbecq
Flemish diplomat
Robert I
count of Flanders
Louis II
count of Flanders
Louis I
count of Flanders
Arnulf I
count of Flanders
Guy
count of Flanders
Thierry
count of Flanders
Baldwin IV
count of Flanders
Baldwin I
count of Flanders
Robert II
count of Flanders
Baldwin II, engraving
Baldwin II
count of Flanders
Bentivoglio, Guido
Guido Bentivoglio
Italian historian
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
Rogier van der Weyden
Netherlandish painter
Jansen, engraving by Jean Morin
Cornelius Otto Jansen
Flemish theologian
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
Belgian physician