Arnulf of Flanders

889 - 965  (76 years)

• Name	Arnulf of Flanders
  Birth	889
  Gender	Male
  Death	965
  Person ID	I2498	Database
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Baldwin II the Bald (de Kale),   b. 865   d. 918 (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Aelfthryth of Wessex,   b. 872   d. 929 (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F1046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Aleidis of Vermandois,   b. 910   d. 960 (Age 50 years)
  Children	1. Hildegarde of Flanders,   b. 935   d. 980 (Age 45 years)     2. Baldwin III of Flanders,   b. 940, Flanders, Belgium d. 962 (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F1045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Arnulf of Flanders (889-965) Arnulf was the third Count of Flanders, who ruled the County of Flanders, an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Holland. Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne. Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty. Arnulf greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois, Ponthieu, Amiens, and Ostravent. 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 943 murder of the Duke of Normandy, William Longsword, at the hands of Arnulf's men. 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 died on March 28, 965 and was buried in St. Peter's church in Ghent.