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Arnulf I ( c. 893 /899 – 27 March 964), [1] called "the Great", [2] was the first Count of Flanders . Life. Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. [3] .
- 918 – 27 March 964
- Ælfthryth of Wessex
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.
- Ghent, Flanders
- December 12, 889
- "Arnulf marchisi de Flandrie"
- Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
May 23, 2022 · Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.
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Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 –964), called the Great, 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 27, 2002 · The main evidence is onomastic, based on the fact that Dirk and Hildegarde had sons named Arnulf (count of Holland) and Egbert (archbishop of Trèves), an unusual combination (with an evidently "Carolingian" name Arnulf and the uncommon name "Egbert") that fits well with Arnulf's family.
Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. He was named after his distant ancestor, Saint Arnulf of Metz; this was intended to emphasize his family's descent from the Carolingian dynasty.
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