Baudouin II "the Bald"

865 - Abt 918  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Baudouin II "the Bald"
  Born	From 863 to 865
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 10 Sep 918
  Buried	Abbey of Saint Pierre, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
  Person ID	I7435	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Baudouin I "Bras de Fer",   d. 879, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
  Mother	Judith of France,   b. Abt 844,   d. Aft 870  (Age ~ 27 years)
  Married	Bef 23 Nov 862
  Family ID	F3269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ælfthryth or Elstrude of Wessex,   b. Abt 870, Wessex ,   d. 7 Jun 929  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	884
  Children	1. Arnulf "the Great",   b. Abt 885,   d. 27 Mar 964/5  (Age ~ 80 years)   2. Adalolf   3. Ealhswid   4. Ermentrude
  Last Modified	28 May 2021
  Family ID	F3238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “BAUDOUIN II the Bald, Count/Marquis of Flanders, 879-918, Count of Artois and Lay-abbot of Saint-Vaast, 892-899, Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin, 900, Count of Boulogne, 898? -918, Count of Ternois, about 892-918, 2nd and eldest surviving son and heir, born about 863-865. He married in 884 ÆLFTHRYTH (or ELSTRUDE) OF WESSEX, daughter of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, by Ealswith, daughter of Æthelred Mucil, earldorman of the Gaini. She was born about 870. They had two sons, Arnulf (I) [Count/Marquis of Flanders] and Adalolf (or Adolf), and two daughters, Ealhswid and Ermentrude. In 918 his wife, Ælfthryth (or Elstrude), "daughter of the King of the English," gave Liefasham [Levisham], Kent to the Abbey of Mont-Blandin in Gand. BAUDOUIN II, Count/Marquis of Flanders, died in 918, probably 10 Sept. His widow, Ælfthryth (or Elstrude), died 7 June 929. He and his wife were buried in the abbey of Saint-Pierre, Gand. Histoire des Comtes de Flandre (1698): 12-15. Panckoucke Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire de Flandre (1762): 8-12. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 6-7. Kervyn de Volkaersbeke Les Églises de Gand 2 (1838): 218-220. Chartes & Docs. de l’Abbaye de Saint Pierre an Mont Blandin à Gand (1868): 40-42 (Elstrude, Countess of Flanders, styled "kinswoman" [consanguinea] by Edgar, King of England in charter dated 964). Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 320, 331. Études d'Histoire de Moyen Age dédiées à Gabrielle Monad (1896): 155-162. Compte-Rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Bled Regestes des Évêques de Thérouanne, 500-1553 1 (1904): 62. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) V 20. Strecker Die Lateinischen Dichter des Deutschen Mittelalters (Monumenta Germaniæ Historica: Die Ottonenzeit 5(1)) (1937): 297-300. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): V.47, VI.45-VI.49.” 2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “JUDITH OF FRANCE, born about 844. She married (1st) at Verberie near Senlis 1 October 856 ÆTHELWULF, King of the West Saxons, son of Egbert, King of Wessex, by his wife, Redburge. They had no issue. He died 13 Jan. 858. She married (2nd) in 858 ÆTHELBALD, King of the West Saxons, son of Aethelwulf, King of Wessex, by his wife, Osburga. They had no issue. He died 22 Dec. 860. She married (3rd) at Auxerre in 862 (before 23 Nov.) BAUDOUIN I Bras de Fer, Count/Marquis of Flanders, before 862-879, Lay-abbot of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, 870, son of Audacer (or Odoacre), King of Morins. They had three sons, Charles, Baldwin (II) [Count/Marquis of Flanders], and Raoul [Count of Vermandois], and one daughter, (nun at Laon). His wife, Queen Judith, died after 870. BAUDOUIN I, Count/Marquis of Flanders, died at Arras in 879, and was buried in the abbey of Saint-Bertin, Saint-Omer. Histoire des Combos de Flandre (1698): 8-12. Panckoucke Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire de Flandre (1762): 1-7. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 5. Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 17 (1866): xxxvii, xxxviii, xlv, 210, 246-248, 251, 254, 261, 320, 368, 655. Dümmler Briefe und Verse des neunten Jahrhunderts, Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde 13 (1888): 344-363. Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica: Epistolae VI (1925): 56-57, 186 (Baldwin, Count of Flanders, styled "son-in-law of the king" [generi Regis] in letter dated A.D. 862-875), 272-277, 360-362, 369-372, 412-414. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) IV 33. Ganshof Flandre sous les Premiers Comtes (1949): 16. Schwennicke Europäische Stanmtafeln 2 (1984): 1 (sub Kings of the West Franks), 5 (sub Flanders). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IV.39, V.47-V.48.”