Baldwin II, Count of Flanders

Baldwin II the Bald ( hook size: Boudewijn de Kale, franz: Baudouin le Chauve, lat: Balduinus Calvus; * around 863, † 10 September 918 ) was a count of Flanders in the 9th and 10th centuries. He was the eldest son of Count Baldwin I Iron Arm († 879 ) and Judith, a daughter of the Emperor Charles the Bald.

Life

Baldwin founded largely the position of Flanders as a strong and several old counties comprehensive Lehnsfürstentum, which was one of the high Middle Ages the most important powers of France. His surname ( Calvus ) does not indicate a possible lack of hair from him, he should especially his descent from the Emperor Charles the Bald highlight. He died on 10 September 918 and was buried in the Abbey of Saint Peter in Ghent.

For about 884 Baldwin was married to the Anglo-Saxon princess Ælfthryd / Elfrude († 929 ), a daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and his wife Ealhswith. As already had been married to two Anglo-Saxon kings his mother, he thus deepened the dynastic and political relations of Flanders to England. The marriage produced four children:

  • Arnulf I the Great († 965 ), Count of Flanders
  • Adalolf († 933 ), Count of Boulogne and Therouanne
  • Ealswid
  • Ermentrud

A possible illegitimate son of Baldwin was Albert / Ascelin († 977 ), who served as bishop of Paris and as Provost of Drongen.

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