 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Maererano neChronicon Austriacum, Baldwin akarwa hondo mbiri neuto raipinda nechisimba, iro raisanganisira vamwe vaCuman vaimbobatana nevaMongol. Vanyori vezvakaitika kare vakapa tsanangudzo dzinoverengeka dzehondo mbiri dzakanyorwa nezvenhoroondo dzeAustria uye vavariro yaBalduin yokutasva bhiza kuti asangane nomupambi wacho. Peter Jackson anoratidza kuti Baldwin angadaro akakunda vaCuman ava vasati vasvika mauto eMongolia kuzomukunda. John Giebfried, kune rumwe rutivi, anoratidza kuti hondo mbiri dzingava chaizvoizvo zvikamu zviviri zvehondo imwe chete, zvichiita kuti Baldwin II ave nyajambwa wokudzokera shure kwokunyepedzera. Zvisinei, anotaura kuti Baldwin aiva nemauto akasimba zvakakwana kuti akunde uto revaMongol. Iye akanga ane mubatanidzwa wake amene neboka ravaCuman uye akanga aunganidza uto guru muEurope yokumadokero nokuda kwehondo yake yorudzi rwaKristu mukurwisana naTzurulonmuna 1239. Jean Richard anotaura kuti muna 1242 Baldwin angave akanga achidzivirira shamwari dzake dzeCuman apo dzakarwiswa nevaMongol. Henry Howorth anotaura kuti akadanwa kuti adzivirire mutongi wechiduku weBulgaria, Kaliman I, uyo akanga ari muduku wake. 