Individual Details

Arnulf II of Flanders "the Younger"

(Dec 961 - 30 Mar 987)

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Arnulf II 'the Younger' Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte de Ternois et St. Pol1
M, #105911, b. December 961, d. 30 March 987
Last Edited=4 Dec 2015
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Arnulf II 'the Younger' Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte de Ternois et St. Pol was born in December 961. He was the son of Baldwinus III Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d'Artois Boulogne Ternois et Saint-Pol and Mathildis Billung von Sachsen.1 He married Rozela d'Ivrea, daughter of Berengar II d'Ivrea, King of Italy and Willa di Toscana, in 980.2 He died on 30 March 987 at age 25.2 He was also reported to have died in 988.1
He succeeded to the title of Comte de Flandre in 965.1
Child of Arnulf II 'the Younger' Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte de Ternois et St. Pol and Rozela d'Ivrea

Baldwinus IV Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte de Ternois et St. Pol et d'Artois+1 b. c 980, d. 10 May 1035

Citations

[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 90. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S3268] Hans Harmsen, "re: Chester Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 21 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Chester Family."


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Sources for Arnulf II of Flanders
1 Hemingway, Patricia S., The Hemingways: Past and Present and Allied Families, Rev. Ed., Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. (1988), 4, 9.
2 Luther, George A., editor and compiler, The Luther Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Captain John Luther, Who Arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1635, Penobscot Press (2001), 80.
3 Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 481.
4 Wikipedia, "Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders", (accessed 02/21/2010).

Events

BirthDec 961
Title (Nobility)965Count of Flanders
Death30 Mar 987

Families

SpouseRozala of Italy (950 - 1003)
ChildBaudoin IV of Flanders "Baldwin 'Fair Beard'" (980 - 1035)
FatherBaudoin III of Flanders (935 - 962)
MotherMathilde of Saxony (935 - 1008)