11th Generation  

29. Count Arnulf I OF FLANDERS [120127] (Baudouin II (Margrave)¹⁰, Baudouin I (Baldwin Iron Arm) (Margrave)⁹, Audacre⁸, Enguerrand⁷, Lyderic IV the Great Forrester⁶, Lyderic III of Flandres & Harlebecque (Earl)⁵, Lyderic II of Flandres & Harlebecque (Count)⁴, Estorede Forrester of Flanders³, Bouchard of Louain & Forester of Flanders (Prince)², Lyderic Forester of Flanders¹) was born circa 896 in Flanders, died on 27 Mar 964 in Flanders aged about 1068, and was buried in Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand Ghent Flanders.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Arnulf I,
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.[3] Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne.[4] Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty.[5]

At the death of their father in 918, Arnulf became Count of Flanders while his brother Adeloft or Adelolf succeeded to the County of Boulogne.[3] However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II.[6] Arnulf titled himself count by the Grace of God.[7]

Arnulf I greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois, Ponthieu, Amiens, and Ostrevent. 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 942 murder of the Duke of Normandy, William Longsword, at the hands of Arnulf's men.[8] 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. Count Arnulf died 27 March 964, allegedly murdered by Heluin in revenge for the murder of William Longsword.[9] He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent

Arnulf married Adele OF VERMANDOIS [120128] in 934. Adele was born circa 912 and died in 960 in Bruges Flanders aged about 48.

Children from this marriage were:

   33 F    i. Hildegard OF FLANDERS [120129] was born circa 934 and died in 990 aged about 56.

Hildegard married Count Dirk II of Holland [120132].

   34 F    ii. Luitgard OF FLANDERS [120130] was born in 935 and died in 962 at age 27.

Luitgard married Count Wichman IV of Hamaland [120133].

   35 M    iii. Egbert OF FLANDERS [120134] was born circa 938 and died in 953 aged about 15.

   36 F    iv. Elftrude OF FLANDERS [120131]

Elftrude married Count Siegfried of Guines [120135].

+ 37 M    v. Count Baudouin III OF FLANDERS [120123] was born circa 940 in Flanders and died on 1 Jan 962 in Flanders aged about 22.

Baudouin married Countess Matilda OF SAXONY of Flanders [120124]. (b. Cir 938, d. 25 May 1008)