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Count Baldwin DE FLANDERS, II

Count Baldwin DE FLANDERS, II[1]

Male Abt 865 - 918  (~ 53 years)

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  • Name Baldwin DE FLANDERS 
    Prefix Count 
    Suffix II 
    Born Abt 865 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As The Bald 
    Occupation Margrave of Flanders 879-918 
    Died 10 Sep 918 
    Person ID I39922  Main
    Last Modified 18 May 2019 

    Father Baldwin DE FLANDERS, I,   d. 877, Arras, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Judith DE FLANDERS,   b. Abt 843,   d. Aft 870  (Age ~ 28 years) 
    Married 861 
    Family ID F12186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AElfthryth DE WESSEX,   b. Abt 869,   d. 929  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Baldwin FORESTER, III,   d. 1034
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2019 
    Family ID F12185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BALDWIN II, OF FLANDERS (Baldwin I, Anacher Great Forester), the Forester, married the Princess Alfrith, daughter of Alfred the Great, King of England. He made war against Endes, Count of Paris, who usurped the French crown and defeated him. He died in 919.
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      Baldwin II, nicknamed Calvus (the Bald), was the second Count of Flanders. He was also hereditary abbot of St. Bertin from 892 till his death. He was the son of Baldwin I of Flanders and Judith, a daughter of Charles the Bald.
      The early years of Baldwin's rule were marked by a series of devastating Viking raids. Little north of the Somme was untouched. Baldwin recovered, building new fortresses and improving city walls, and taking over abandoned property, so that in the end he held far more territory, and held it more strongly, than had his father. He also took advantage of the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Odo, Count of Paris, to take over the Ternois and the Boulonnias.
      In 884 Baldwin married Ælfthryth (Ælfthryth, Elftrude, Elfrida), a daughter of King Alfred the Great of England. The marriage was motivated by the common Flemish-English opposition to the Vikings, and was the start of an alliance that was a mainstay of Flemish policy for centuries to come.
      In 900, he tried to curb the power of Archbishop Fulk of Rheims by assassinating him, but he was excommunicated by Pope Benedict IV.
      He died at Blandinberg and was succeeded by his eldest son Arnulf I of Flanders. His younger son Adalulf was (the first) count of Boulogne. His illegitimate son Albert was bishop of Paris.
      http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Baldwin_II_of_Flanders_(c865-918); 20 Mar 2019

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] FOSTER Genealogy, Being the Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (Press of W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago).


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Updated 23 Dec 2023