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Arnulf I (Arnold) OF FLANDERS (890?-964)
Name: | Arnulf I (Arnold) OF FLANDERS 1 |
Sex: | Male |
Nickname: | "The Old"; "The Great" |
Father: | Baldwin II OF FLANDERS (863?-918) |
Mother: | Ælfthryth (Ethelswith) OF WESSEX ( -929) |
Individual Events and Attributes
Birth | 0890 (app) | |
Occupation (1) | frm 0918 to 0965 (age 27-75) | Count of Flanders |
Occupation (2) | frm 0933 to 0964 (age 42-74) | Count of Boulogne |
Occupation (3) | Count of Artois | |
Death | 27 Mar 0964 (age 73-74) |
Marriage
Spouse | Alix DE VERMANDOIS (910?-964) | |
Children | Hildegard OF FLANDERS ( -990) | |
Baldwin III OF FLANDERS (940?-962) | ||
Marriage | 0934 (age 43-44) |
Individual Note
Arnulf 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 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.
Arnulf 1 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
Hildegarde (d.990); married Dirk II, Count of Holland
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.
SOURCES:
Flodoard
Folcwine
Lambert of Ardres
Platts, Beryl. The Scottish Hazard: Flemish Nobility and their Impact on Scotland, 19852
Sources
1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 56, 48-20; 104, 100A-19, 156, 162-18. |
2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_I_of_Flanders. |