Individual

Go to List of Family Names Go to List of People    < Previous Next >

Birth:          ABT  899 of Flanders
Death:          28 Mar  965 

Notes
b 885/890
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_I,_Count_of_Flanders
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 – March 28, 965), called the Great, was the first Count of 
Flanders, who ruled the County of Flanders, an area that is now northwestern Belgium 
and southwestern Netherlands.
Life[edit]

Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, 
daughter of Alfred the Great.[1] Through his mother he was a descendant of the 
Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.
[2] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the 
Carolingian dynasty.[3]

At the death of their father in 918, Arnulf became Count of Flanders while his brother 
Adeloft or Adelolf succeeded to the County of Boulogne.[1] However, in 933 Adeloft 
died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to 
his nephew, Arnulf II.[4]

Arnulf I greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois, 
Ponthieu, Amiens, and Ostrevent. 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 942 murder of the Duke of 
Normandy, William Longsword, at the hands of Arnulf's men.[5] 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.

Family[edit]

The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[6]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as 
Count of Cambrai.[6]

In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[1] Their 
children were:
Hildegarde, born c. 934, died 990; she married Dirk II, Count of Holland. It is 
uncertain whether she is his daughter by his first or second wife.[6]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[1]
Egbert, died 953.[1]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 – 962), married Mathilde of Saxony († 1008), daughter of 
Hermann Billung.[1]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[1]

Succession[edit]

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.[1]

Parents
____ Baldwin II "the Bald" (ABT  863 - 10 Sep  918)
OF THE SAXONS (OF WESSEX) Alfthryth (Aelfthryth) (Elfleda) ( 877 - 7 Jun  929)

Siblings
____ Adelolf (ABT  898 -  933)
____ Arnulf (Arnold) (Arnoul) I "the Old" (ABT  899 - 28 Mar  965)

Marriage To DE VERMANDOIS Adele (Alice) (Alix) (ABT  915 - ABT  960)
    m.  his 2d

Notes

Parents
____ Herbert II (ABT  884 - 23 Feb  943)
____ Adele (ABT  885 - )

Children by DE VERMANDOIS Adele (Alice) (Alix) ABT  915 - ABT  960
DE FLANDERS Luitgarde (ABT  930 - BEF 18 Oct  962)
DE FLANDERS Hildegarde (ABT  935 - 10 Apr  990)
DE FLANDERS Elisende (Elftrude) (ABT  937 -  970)
____ Baldwin III (ABT  940 - 1 Jan  962)

Produced by Fzip 1.7 6/20/2017