Individual Details
Arnulf I "The Great," Count of Flanders
(890 - 27 Mar 965)
Count of Flanders
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew.
According to Wikipedia:
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - 27 March 965),[1] called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[2] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[3] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[4]
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.[2] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[5]
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.[6] 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.
He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.[7]
Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[8]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.[8]
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] 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.[8]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[2]
Egbert, died 953.[2]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 - 962), married Mathilde of Saxony ( 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.[2]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[2]
Succession
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.[2]
See also
flag Belgium portal
Counts of Flanders family tree
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arnulf I, Count of Flanders.
H. E. L. Mellersh; Neville Williams (1999). Chronology of World History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-155-7.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966, ed. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2011), p. xx
Philip Grierson, 'The Relations between England and Flanders before the Norman Conquest', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 23 (1941), p. 86 n. 1
Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1999), p. 150
David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK Limited, London, 1992), p. 40
"Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus) Marquis of Flanders, 918-964×5". The Henry Project. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143
Count of Flanders
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew.
According to Wikipedia:
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - 27 March 965),[1] called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[2] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[3] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[4]
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.[2] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[5]
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.[6] 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.
He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.[7]
Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[8]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.[8]
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] 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.[8]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[2]
Egbert, died 953.[2]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 - 962), married Mathilde of Saxony ( 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.[2]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[2]
Succession
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.[2]
See also
flag Belgium portal
Counts of Flanders family tree
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arnulf I, Count of Flanders.
H. E. L. Mellersh; Neville Williams (1999). Chronology of World History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-155-7.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966, ed. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2011), p. xx
Philip Grierson, 'The Relations between England and Flanders before the Norman Conquest', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 23 (1941), p. 86 n. 1
Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1999), p. 150
David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK Limited, London, 1992), p. 40
"Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus) Marquis of Flanders, 918-964×5". The Henry Project. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Count of Flanders
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew.
According to Wikipedia:
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - 27 March 965),[1] called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[2] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[3] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[4]
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.[2] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[5]
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.[6] 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.
He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.[7]
Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[8]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.[8]
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] 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.[8]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[2]
Egbert, died 953.[2]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 - 962), married Mathilde of Saxony († 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.[2]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[2]
Succession
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.[2]
See also
flag Belgium portal
Counts of Flanders family tree
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arnulf I, Count of Flanders.
H. E. L. Mellersh; Neville Williams (1999). Chronology of World History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-155-7.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966, ed. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2011), p. xx
Philip Grierson, 'The Relations between England and Flanders before the Norman Conquest', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 23 (1941), p. 86 n. 1
Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1999), p. 150
David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK Limited, London, 1992), p. 40
"Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus) Marquis of Flanders, 918-964×5". The Henry Project. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143
Count of Flanders
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew.
According to Wikipedia:
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - 27 March 965),[1] called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[2] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[3] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[4]
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.[2] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[5]
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.[6] 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.
He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.[7]
Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[8]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.[8]
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] 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.[8]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[2]
Egbert, died 953.[2]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 - 962), married Mathilde of Saxony († 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.[2]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[2]
Succession
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.[2]
See also
flag Belgium portal
Counts of Flanders family tree
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arnulf I, Count of Flanders.
H. E. L. Mellersh; Neville Williams (1999). Chronology of World History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-155-7.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966, ed. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2011), p. xx
Philip Grierson, 'The Relations between England and Flanders before the Norman Conquest', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 23 (1941), p. 86 n. 1
Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1999), p. 150
David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK Limited, London, 1992), p. 40
"Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus) Marquis of Flanders, 918-964×5". The Henry Project. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew.
According to Wikipedia:
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - 27 March 965),[1] called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[2] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[3] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[4]
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.[2] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[5]
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.[6] 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.
He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.[7]
Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[8]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.[8]
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] 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.[8]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[2]
Egbert, died 953.[2]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 - 962), married Mathilde of Saxony ( 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.[2]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[2]
Succession
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.[2]
See also
flag Belgium portal
Counts of Flanders family tree
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arnulf I, Count of Flanders.
H. E. L. Mellersh; Neville Williams (1999). Chronology of World History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-155-7.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966, ed. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2011), p. xx
Philip Grierson, 'The Relations between England and Flanders before the Norman Conquest', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 23 (1941), p. 86 n. 1
Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1999), p. 150
David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK Limited, London, 1992), p. 40
"Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus) Marquis of Flanders, 918-964×5". The Henry Project. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143
Count of Flanders
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew.
According to Wikipedia:
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - 27 March 965),[1] called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[2] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[3] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[4]
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.[2] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[5]
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.[6] 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.
He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.[7]
Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[8]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.[8]
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] 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.[8]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[2]
Egbert, died 953.[2]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 - 962), married Mathilde of Saxony ( 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.[2]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[2]
Succession
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.[2]
See also
flag Belgium portal
Counts of Flanders family tree
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arnulf I, Count of Flanders.
H. E. L. Mellersh; Neville Williams (1999). Chronology of World History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-155-7.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966, ed. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2011), p. xx
Philip Grierson, 'The Relations between England and Flanders before the Norman Conquest', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 23 (1941), p. 86 n. 1
Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1999), p. 150
David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK Limited, London, 1992), p. 40
"Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus) Marquis of Flanders, 918-964×5". The Henry Project. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Count of Flanders
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew.
According to Wikipedia:
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - 27 March 965),[1] called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[2] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[3] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[4]
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.[2] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[5]
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.[6] 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.
He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.[7]
Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[8]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.[8]
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] 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.[8]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[2]
Egbert, died 953.[2]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 - 962), married Mathilde of Saxony († 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.[2]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[2]
Succession
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.[2]
See also
flag Belgium portal
Counts of Flanders family tree
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arnulf I, Count of Flanders.
H. E. L. Mellersh; Neville Williams (1999). Chronology of World History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-155-7.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966, ed. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2011), p. xx
Philip Grierson, 'The Relations between England and Flanders before the Norman Conquest', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 23 (1941), p. 86 n. 1
Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1999), p. 150
David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK Limited, London, 1992), p. 40
"Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus) Marquis of Flanders, 918-964×5". The Henry Project. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143
Count of Flanders
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew.
According to Wikipedia:
Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - 27 March 965),[1] called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[2] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[3] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[4]
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.[2] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[5]
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.[6] 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.
He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.[7]
Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:[8]
Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.[8]
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] 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.[8]
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.[2]
Egbert, died 953.[2]
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 - 962), married Mathilde of Saxony († 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.[2]
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.[2]
Succession
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.[2]
See also
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References
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H. E. L. Mellersh; Neville Williams (1999). Chronology of World History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-155-7.
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966, ed. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, CA, 2011), p. xx
Philip Grierson, 'The Relations between England and Flanders before the Norman Conquest', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 23 (1941), p. 86 n. 1
Renée Nip, 'The Political Relations between England and Flanders (1066-1128)', Anglo-Norman Studies 21: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1999), p. 150
David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK Limited, London, 1992), p. 40
"Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus) Marquis of Flanders, 918-964×5". The Henry Project. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Heather J. Tanner, Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England, C.879-1160 (Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004) p. 55 n. 143
Events
| Birth | 890 | ||||
| Acceded | 918 | ||||
| Marriage | 934 | Adela de Vermandois | |||
| Death | 27 Mar 965 | ||||
| Fact 4 | Count of Flanders |
Families
| Spouse | Adela de Vermandois (910 - 960) |
| Child | Baldwin III "Le Jeune," Count of Flanders (940 - 962) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Baldwin II "The Bald," Count of Flanders (865 - 918) |
| Mother | AElfthryth of Wessex (877 - 929) |
| Sibling | Adelolf Count of Boulogne ( - 933) |