Arnulf II, Count of Flanders

Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
Born c. 961
Died (987-03-30)30 March 987
Ghent
Noble family House of Flanders
Spouse(s) Rozala of Italy
Issue
Father Baldwin III of Flanders
Mother Mathilde Billung of Saxony
A depiction of Arnulf.

Arnulf II (960 or 961 – 30 March 987) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.

Life

He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony.[1][2] His father Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, whilst Arnulf's grandfather, Arnulf I, was still alive.[2] When Arnulf I died three years later (965), the regency was held by his kinsman Baldwin Balso, who died in 973.[3]

By the time Arnulf attained his majority in 976, Flanders had lost some of the southern territory acquired by Arnulf I.[3] The latter had given some parts of Picardy to King Lothar of France to help assure his grandson's succession, and gave Boulogne as a fief to another relative.[3] Then early in Arnulf's minority Lothar had taken Ponthieu and given it to Hugh Capet, and the first counts of Guînes had established themselves.[3] Arnulf died on 30 March 987 at age 26.[4] Shortly after Arnulf's death his widow married Robert II, King of France as his first wife.[4]

Family

In 976, he married Rozala of Italy, daughter of Berengar II of Italy,[5] and had two children:

Ancestry

Notes

  1. ↑ Nicholas 1992, p. 42.
  2. 1 2 3 Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
  3. 1 2 3 4 Jean Dunbabin, France in the Making, 843–1180, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 73
  4. 1 2 Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came To America before 1700, Seventh Edition (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993), Line 162-20
  5. 1 2 Nicholas 1992, p. 44.

References

  • Nicholas, David (1992). Medieval Flanders. Longman.

See also

Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
Born: 960 or 961 Died: 30 March 987
Preceded by
Arnulf I		 Count of Flanders
965–987
with Baldwin Balso		 Succeeded by
Baldwin IV
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