Individual Details

Baudoin III of Flanders

(Abt 935 - 1 Nov 962)

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Baldwinus III Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d'Artois Boulogne Ternois et Saint-Pol1,2
M, #105909, b. circa 940, d. 1 January 962
Last Edited=4 Dec 2015
Consanguinity Index=0.05%
Baldwinus III Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d'Artois Boulogne Ternois et Saint-Pol was born circa 940. He was the son of Arnulfus 'de Grote' Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d'Artois Boulogne Ternois et Saint-Pol and Adèle de Vermandois.1 He married Mathildis Billung von Sachsen, daughter of Hermann Billung Herzog von Sachsen and Hildesiut (?), in 961.2 He died on 1 January 962 at St. Bertin.3
He gained the title of Comte d'Artois in 958. He succeeded to the title of Graaf van Vlaanderen in 958.1
Child of Baldwinus III Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d'Artois Boulogne Ternois et Saint-Pol and Mathildis Billung von Sachsen

Arnulf II 'the Younger' Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte de Ternois et St. Pol+1 b. Dec 961, d. 30 Mar 987

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."
[S7803] Christof Steineg von Steinig, online unknown url, Christof Steineg von Steinig (unknown location).

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Sources for Baudoin III of Flanders
1 Hemingway, Patricia S., The Hemingways: Past and Present and Allied Families, Rev. Ed., Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. (1988), 4.
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 III, Count of Flanders", (accessed 03/03/2010).

Events

BirthAbt 935
Death1 Nov 962
Title (Nobility)Count of Flanders

Families

SpouseMathilde of Saxony (935 - 1008)
ChildArnulf II of Flanders "the Younger" (961 - 987)
FatherArnulf of Flanders (890 - 964)
MotherAdele of Vermandois (912 - 960)
SiblingHildegarde van Vlaanderen (938 - 980)
SiblingLiutgarde van Vlaanderen (936 - 964)