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The Rest of the Story: The Ancestors of Sarah May Paddock Otstott
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Baldwin III OF FLANDERS (940?-962)
| Name: | Baldwin III OF FLANDERS 1 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Nickname: | "the Young" |
| Father: | Arnulf I (Arnold) OF FLANDERS (890?-964) |
| Mother: | Alix DE VERMANDOIS (910?-964) |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth | 0940 (app) | |
| Occupation | frm 0958 to 0962 (age 17-22) | Count of Flanders |
| Death | 1 Jan 0961/62 (age 21-22) |
Marriage
| Spouse | Mathilde (Billung) OF SAXONY (963-1008) | |
| Children | Arnold (Arnulf) II OF FLANDERS (962?-987) | |
| Marriage | 0961 (app) (age 20-21) | |
Individual Note
Baldwin III The Young of Flanders (940 – January 1, 962) was Count of Flanders, who briefly ruled the County of Flanders (an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Holland), together with his father Arnulf I.
Arnulf I had made Baldwin co-ruler in 958, but Baldwin died before his father and was succeeded by his infant son Arnulf II, with his father acting as regent until his own death. In 961 Baldwin had married Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, by whom he had a son, his heir Arnulf II.[1]
During his short rule, Baldwin established the weaving and fulling industry in Ghent, thus laying the basis for the economical importance of the county in the centuries to come.
NOTES:
1 "Flanders". Robert Sewell's Genealogy Site. Retrieved 12 January 2010.2
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 156, 162-19. |
| 2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_III_of_Flanders. |