Ninth Generation  

23. Margrave Baudouin I OF FLANDERS (Baldwin Iron Arm) [120141] (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 830 and died in 879 aged about 49.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Bauduoin I,
Bauduoin I, also known as Baldwin Iron Arm (the epithet is first recorded in the 12th century), was the first margrave of Flanders, which evolved into the County of Flanders.
At the time Baldwin first appears in the records he was already a count, presumably in the area of Flanders, but this is not known. Count Baldwin rose to prominence when he eloped with Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, king of West Francia.[1] Judith had previously been married to Æthelwulf and Æthelbald, kings of Wessex, but after the latter's death in 860, she returned to France.[1]
Around the Christmas of 861, at the instigation of Baldwin and with her brother Louis's consent, Judith escaped the custody into which she had been placed in the city of Senlis, Oise after her return from England.[1] She fled north with Count Baldwin. Charles had given no permission for a marriage and tried to capture Baldwin, sending letters to Rorik of Dorestad and Bishop Hungar, forbidding them to shelter the fugitive.
Investiture of Baldwin I by Charles the Bald, as imagined in the 15th century
After Baldwin and Judith had evaded his attempts to capture them, Charles had his bishops excommunicate the couple.[1] Judith and Baldwin responded by travelling to Rome to plead their case with Pope Nicholas I.[2] By 23 November 862, their plea was successful and Charles was forced to accept the situation.[2] The marriage took place on 13 December 862 in Auxerre. King Charles appointed Baldwin Margrave of Flanders, responsible for repelling the Viking invasions. Some theorize Charles did this in the hope that Baldwin would be killed. Baldwin was very successful in the position and used it to build his domain. By 870, in addition to Flanders, Baldwin had acquired the lay-abbacy of Saint Peter's Abbey in Ghent and is assumed to have also acquired the county of Waasland, or parts thereof by this time.

Baudouin married Judith OF FLANDERS [120142] circa 862. Judith was born circa 843 and died circa 870 aged about 27.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Judith,
Judith was a Carolingian princess who, by her three successive marriages, became Queen of Wessex and Countess of Flanders. The daughter of Emperor Charles the Bald, she married the elderly King Æthelwulf of Wessex as an adolescent and was crowned queen in contravention of the custom in Wessex. After Æthelwulf's death in 858, Judith married his son and successor, Æthelbald. Her marriage with her stepson, considered scandalous by her contemporaries, ended with his death in 860. Queen Judith then returned to her father, only to elope in 861 or 862 with the Flemish forester Baldwin. Having thus provoked her father's wrath, Judith and Baldwin went into exile. They were reconciled with Charles in late 862, after which Baldwin was granted the march of Flanders.

Children from this marriage were:

   25 M    i. Charles OF FLANDERS [120143] was born circa 863. (Died young)

+ 26 M    ii. Margrave Baudouin II OF FLANDERS [120136] was born circa 865 in Flanders and died on 10 Sep 918 aged about 53.

Baudouin married Countess Ælfthryth OF WESSEX of Flanders [120137] (b. Cir 877, d. 7 Jun 929) circa 896.

   27 M    iii. Ralph OF FLANDERS [120144] was born circa 869 and died in 896 aged about 27. The cause of his death was Murder.

   28 F    iv. Guinidilda OF FLANDERS [120145]

Guinidilda married Count Wilfred I (the Hairy) of Barcelona [120146].