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- “ARNOUL de Flandre, son of BAUDOUIN II "le Chauve" Count of Flanders & his wife Ælfthryth of Wessex ([885/890]-murdered 27 Mar 964, bur Ghent, St Pieter). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Arnulfum, fratrem eius Adelulfum" as the two sons of "Balduinus". "Arnulfus" is named as son of Count Baudouin II in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin, which specifies that he succeeded his father in 918 as ARNOUL I "le Grand" Count of Flanders. He was responsible for a major expansioion of Flemish territory to the south. He and his brother joined the expedition of Raoul King of the Franks against the Normans in 925 and captured Eu. Count Arnoul inflicted a heavy defeat on the Normans in 926. In 932, he seized the abbey of St Vaast, as well as Douai in Ostrevant. In 933, after his brother's death, he seized Boulonnais and Ternois, disinheriting his nephews. He made an alliance with Héribert II Comte de Vermandois in 934, sealed by his marriage to the latter's daughter. Responding to raids by Guillaume Comte [de Normandie], Count Arnoul invaded Ponthieu and captured Montreuil in 939 from Herluin Comte de Ponthieu, but the county was later recaptured by Comte Guillaume's forces. After agreeing to meet Count Guillaume in 942 to settle the dispute over Montreuil, Guillaume was murdered presumably at Count Arnoul's instigation. Count Arnoul was secure in his possession of Montreuil by 949. After the death of his son in 962, Count Arnoul was obliged to cede Artois, Ostrevant, Ponthieu and Amiens to Lothaire King of the West Franks in order to ensure the latter's support for the succession of Count Arnoul's infant grandson to the county of Flanders. Comte Arnoul was allegedly murdered by Heluin in revenge for the murder of Guillaume I Comte de Normandie. The Annales Blandinienses record the death "VI Kal Apr 964" of "Magnus Arnulfus, restaurator huius Blandiniensis coenobii".
[m firstly ---. Both Rösch and Europäische Stammtafeln state that Count Arnoul had another wife before marrying Adela de Vermandois. No evidence has been found concerning this supposed first marriage. However, as discussed below, the estimated birth date of his supposed daughter Hildegard, as well as his own age when he married Adela de Vermandois, both suggest an earlier marriage. Although logic points to such a first marriage, doubt remains. The genealogical traces of this family are well marked in numerous contemporary sources. It is difficult to imagine that all of them would have ignored an earlier marriage of Comte Arnoul, who was such a prominent figure in his day.]
m [secondly] (934) ADELA de Vermandois, daughter of HERIBERT [II] Comte de Vermandois [Carolingian] & his wife Adela [Capet] ([915]-[Bruges 10 Oct] 960, bur Ghent, St Pieter). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names "Adelam, domni Heriberti comitis filiam" as wife of "comes Arnulfus", specifying that she was "duorum Francorum regum, Odonis atque Rotberti, neptem". "Adala coniunx Arnulfi" is named in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin. The Annales Elnonenses Minores records the marriage [undated between 931 and 949] of "Arnulfus" and "Adelam, filiam Heriberti Vermandorum comitis". Her marriage was arranged to seal the alliance made in 934 between her father and her future husband. The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 960 of "Adala comitissa".
Count Arnoul I & his [first] wife had one child:
1. [HILDEGARD (before 933-10 Apr 990, bur Egmond). The Annales Egmundani name "Hildegardis comitissa" as wife of "Theodericus comes secundus [Hollandensium]" but do not give her origin. "Theodericus comes et uxor sua Hildegardis" are named iin a charter dated Oct [967/79]. "Theoderici et Hildegardis" subscribed a charter dated 30 Sep 975, before "Arnulfi filii eorum [Theoderici et Hildegardis]". The wife of Count Dirk II was the daughter of Count Arnoul according to Rösch, but the author cites no primary source in support of the assertion. Hildegard's naming her two sons Arnulf and Egbert suggests that the affiliation may be correct. According to Europäische Stammtafeln, Hildegard was the daughter of Count Arnoul by Adela de Vermandois and born in [934]. This appears difficult to sustain chronologically if Hildegard's first son was born in [950], but is not impossible. In addition, assuming that her sister Liutgard was born in 935, there appears little time for the birth of an earlier daughter after Count Arnoul's marriage in 934, assuming also that the latter date is correct. This suggests that, if Hildegard was the daughter of Count Arnoul, she was born from an earlier otherwise unrecorded marriage. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records that Count Dirk II married "Hildegardim (ut creditor) filiam Ludovici regis Francie". This is chronologically impossible, assuming that the birth date of Arnoul Count of Holland is correctly estiimated as shown in the document HOLLAND, as Hildegard daughter of Louis III King of France would have been too old for the marriage and any daughter of Louis IV King of France would have been too young. It is also unlikely that the wife of Count Dirk II was a daughter of Charles III "le Simple" King of France, the birth dates of whose daughters are estimated to [908/16]. There therefore seems no possibility that the Chronologia could even be partially correct in assigning this possible Carolingian French origin to Dirk's wife, although it is curious how this origin came to be included in the source. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death "III Id Apr" of "Hildegardis…sua conthoralis" and her burial at Egmond monnastery. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death "III Id Apr" of "Hildegardis…sua conthoralis" and her burial at Egmond monastery. Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records the death "IV Id Apr" of "Hildegardis uxor [Theoderici 2 comitis] filia Ludovici regis Francie". Europäische Stammtafeln shows 990 as her year of death, but the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. m ([945/50]) DIRK II Count Holland, son of DIRK I Count of Holland & his wife Geva --- ([930]-Egmond 6 May 988, bur Egmond).]
Count Arnoul I & his [second] wife had four children:
2. LIUTGARD de Flandre (935-962, before 18 Oct). The Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon records the donation dated 962 by "Wicmannus comes…pro remedio anima coniugis mea Lietgardis…Arnulphi marchisi Flandrie patris" of "villam Thessela…Desselbergine" to "monasterio Sancti Petri in Blandino". The Annales Blandinienses record the deaths in 962 of "Baldwinus, filius Arnulfi marchisi, et soror eius Liutgardis". m ([950]) WICHMANN [IV] Graaf van Hamaland, son of --- [Billung] & his wife Gerberga --- ([930]-after 27 Sep 979).
3. EGBERT de Flandre ([937]-before 10 Jul 953). He is named as deceased son of Count Arnoul in a charter dated 10 Jul 953.
4. BAUDOUIN de Flandres ([940]-Abbey of St Bertin 1 Jan 962). His parentage is specified in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin. He ruled with his father from 958 as BAUDOUIN III Joint Count of Flanders and Artois, his father granting him the administration of the south of the country. The Annales Blandinienses record the deaths in 962 of "Baldwinus, filius Arnulfi marchisi, et soror eius Liutgardis". The Annales Egmundani record the death in 962 of "Baldwinus filius Arnulfi marchisi Flandrensium". m ([951/59]) as her first husband, MECHTILD of Saxony, daughter of HERMANN Billung Duke in Saxony & his [first/second] wife [Oda ---/Hildesuit ---] ([942]-Ghent 25 May 1008, bur Ghent St Peter). "Mathilda Saxonici generic" is named wife of Count Baudouin in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin. The Annalista Saxo names (in order) "Bennonis ducis, qui et Bernhardus et Liudigeri comitis et Machtildis comitisse" as brothers and sister of "domna Suanehildis [filia] Herimanni ducis de Liuniburh", recording the names of Mechtild's two husbands. The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names "Mathildis, filiam principis Herimanni" as wife of "Balduinum [filius comitis Arnulfi]", specifying that it was hoped the couple would have many children. This suggests that their marriage date may have been some years earlier than 961 considering that the Genealogia was supposedly compiled in [951/59], probably during the earlier part of this date range considering which children of Louis IV King of the West Franks are named in the document. She married secondly ([963]) Godefroi Comte de Verdun [Wigeriche] (-3/4 Sep after 995, bur Gent St Peter). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildis comitissa Saxonie" as wife of "Godefridi Ardennensis". The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 1008 of "Mathildis comitissa". The Necrology of Lüneburg records the death "25 May" of "Mattild com". Baudouin III & his wife had one child:
a) ARNOUL de Flandre ([961/62]-30 Mar 987, bur Ghent). The Annales Elnonenses Minores records "Arnulfus, filius Balduini ex Matilde" succeeding his grandfather in 964 as ARNOUL II “le Jeune” Count of Flanders.
Baudouin III had one possible illegitimate son by an unknown mistress:
b) [ALBERIC [Albert] ([960/62]-1018). The Gesta Episcoporum Camerancensium name "Azelinus, de Truncinis villa, Balduini Flandrensium comitis de concubina filius", specifying that he was later appointed Bishop of Paris, in the passage recording the succession of "Erluinus" as Bishop of Cambrai (in 995). Bishop of Paris 1016-1018. According to the Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, "Albert" was provost at Tronchiennes 951-977 but this is chronologically impossible assuming this refers to the same person. If the information about his paternity is correct, Baudouin III is the only count of that name in Flanders who could have been his father. Another possibility is that the chronicle was in error and that he was the illegitimate half-brother of Baudouin IV Count of Flanders, who was count at the time the text was written but who would have been too young to have been Alberic's father.]
5. ELSTRUDE de Flandre (-966[136] or after). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium names "comes Balduinus sororem…Elstrudem" as wife of "Sifridus". According to the Chronica Monasterii Sancti Bertini, the couple were never married. m ([960/65]) SIEGFRIED Comte de Guines, son of --- (-[965]).”
From Wikipedia:
“Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890 – March 28, 965), called the Great, was the third count of Flanders.
Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth, 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.
Arnulf greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois, Ponthieu, Amiens, and Ostravent. He exploited the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Robert I of France, and later those between Louis IV and his barons.
In his southern expansion Arnulf inevitably had conflict with the Normans, who were trying to secure their northern frontier. This led to the 943 murder of the Duke of Normandy, William Longsword, at the hands of Arnulf's men.
The Viking threat was receding during the later years of Arnulf's life, and he turned his attentions to the reform of the Flemish government.
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois. Their children were:
-Luitgard, married Wichmann, Count of Hamaland
-Egbert, died 953
-Baldwin III of Flanders
-Elftrude, married Siegfried, Count of Guînes
He also had a previous daughter, Hildegard.
Arnulf made his eldest son and heir Baldwin III of Flanders co-ruler in 958, but Baldwin died untimely in 962, so Arnulf was succeeded by Baldwin's infant son, Arnulf II of Flanders.”
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Abt 890 - 965 (~ 75 years)