Arnulf (Flandre) de Flandre (961 - abt. 987)

Born Dec 0961 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

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Descendants

Died about 30 Mar 0987 at about age 25 in St Laurent, Gironde, Aquitaine, France

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Biography

Arnoul de Flandre was born about 961/2 and died 30 MAR 987. ^[1]

Arnulf II was the son of Baoudoin III and Mathilde van Saksen-Billung. ^[2]

He was graaf van Vlaanderen from 965 until his death. His father died in 962. When his grandfather Count Arnulf I passed away, his grandson, the young Arnulf II, was only four years of age." He was then under the guardianship of Baudouin Baldzo de Boulogne, his father's cousin. ^[3] Arnoul's majority was declared in 976.

He married about 968, as her first husband, Rozala di Ivrea, daughter of BERENGARIO II ex-King of Italy [Ivrea] & his wife Willa of Tuscany-Arles.

Issue

1. Mathilde (d. 24 Jul 995 or before).^[4]

1. Baudouin (980 - 30 May 1035).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2022, Counts of Flanders.
2. ↑ Wikipedia Arnulf II van Vlaanderen
3. ↑ Annales Elnonenses Minores 964, MGH SS V, p. 19.
4. ↑ "Susanna regina cum filio suo Baldwino" donated "alodem suum…Atingehem…et in Testereph" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, for the soul of "filie sue Mathildis", by charter dated 26 Jun 995. not known whether Mathilde was older or younger than her brother Baudouin but est. DOB range of mother suggests Baudouin may have been younger. The Memorial of "Mathildis filia…Arnulfi viri" records her death "IX Kal Aug".
5. ↑ The Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana names "Balduinum Barbatum" as son of "Arnulfus…et…Ruzelam quæ et Susanna"[187]. He succeeded his father in 987 as BAUDOUIN IV "le Barbu/Pulchrae Barbae" Count of Flanders, presumably under a regency considering his youth although the name of the regent has not yet been identified. Hugues Capet King of France recognised Baudouin's claim to all of Flanders, including the part previously taken by King Lothaire, and also arranged Baudouin´s mother's second marriage to the king´s son and heir, apparently as a reward for Flemish help when he seized power in 987. ... Baudouin IV m.1 Issue 1: BAUDOUIN de Flandre (1012/13-Lille 1 Sep 1067, bur Lille St Pierre). The Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana names "Balduinum Insulanum" son of "Balduinum Barbatum [et] Odgivam". 1035 succeeded father as BAUDOUIN V "le Pieux/Insulanus" Count of Flanders. Baudouin IV m.2 issue 1: Judith de Flandre (1033-5 Mar 1094, bur St Martin Monastery).

• Wikipedia (Dutch) Wikipedia: Arnulf II, Count of Flanders.
• Wikipedia Lijst van graven van Vlaanderen.