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Spouse (s) Adele of Vermandois. Issue. Baldwin III, Count of Flanders. Father. Baldwin II of Flanders. Mother. Ælfthryth of Wessex. Arnulf I ( c. 893 /899 – 27 March 964), [1] called "the Great", [2] was the first Count of Flanders .
Mar 23, 2024 · Arnulf I (born c. 900—died March 27, 965) was the count of Flanders (918–958, 962–965) and son of Baldwin II. On his father’s death in 918, the inherited lands were divided between Arnulf and his brother Adolf, but the latter survived only a short time, and Arnulf succeeded to the whole inheritance.
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Mar 22, 2024 · Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 – March 28, 965), called the Great, was the third Count of Flanders, who ruled the County of Flanders, an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands. Life. Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[1]
- Ghent, Flanders
- December 12, 889
- "Arnulf marchisi de Flandrie"
- Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Arnulf I, Count of Flanders. Arnulf of Flanders ( c. 890 –964), called the Great, [a] was a French nobleman and the third count of Flanders. He ruled from 918 until his death. He ruled an expanded County of Flanders, an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands .
May 23, 2022 · Arnulf I of Flanders. Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 – March 28, 965), called the Great, was the third Count of Flanders, who ruled the County of Flanders, an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands. Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.
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May 27, 2002 · Arnulf I succeeded as marquis of Flanders on the death his father Baldwin II in 918 [Folcwine, Gesta abbatum S. Bertini Sithiensium, c. 103, MGH SS 13: 627]. A number of Arnulf's acts survive, showing that he usually used the title of "marquis" [e.g., " S. Gloriosi Marchisi Arnulphi " Cart. S.-Pierre de Gand, 1: 22 (#15); see also ibid., 23-36 ...
In 965, Arnulf i, called the Great, count of Flanders, died. Three years earlier, his only son Baldwin iii had also died, leaving only a young child, Arnulf ii, as his heir. This had prompted Arnulf i to drastic action: in 962, he had committed himself to the West Frankish king, Lothar, in order to secure his grandson’s inheritance.
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