Arnulf II, Count of Flanders

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Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
Spouse(s) Rozala of Lombardy
Issue
Noble family House of Flanders
Father Baldwin III of Flanders
Mother Mathilde Billung of Saxony
Born c. 961
Died 30 March 987(987-03-30)
Ghent

Arnulf II of Flanders (960 or 961 – March 30, 987) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.

Life

He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony.[1] His father Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, while Arnulf's grandfather, Arnulf I, was still alive.[1] When Arnulf I died three years later (965), the regency was held by his kinsman Baldwin Balso, who died in 973.[2]

By the time Arnulf attained his majority in 976, Flanders had lost some of the southern territory acquired by Arnulf I.[2] The latter had given some parts of Picardy to King Lothar of France to help assure his grandson's succession, and gave Boulogne as a fief to another relative.[2] Then early in Arnulf's minority Lothar had taken Ponthieu and given it to Hugh Capet, and the first counts of Guînes had established themselves.[2] Arnulf died on 30 March, 987 at age 26.[3] Shortly after Arnulf's death his widow married Robert II, King of France as his first wife.[3]

Family

In 968 he married Rozala of Lombardy, daughter of Berengar II of Italy,[4] and had two children:

Ancestry

Family of Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Baldwin I (d. 879)
First count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Baldwin II, Count of Flanders (c. 865 – 918)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Princess Judith of France (c. 843 – c. 870)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (c. 890 – 965)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King Alfred the Great of Wessex (849–899)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ælfthryth of Wessex (877–929)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ealhswith (d. 902)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (c.  940 – 962)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (c. 849 – 907)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Herbert II of Vermandois (d. 943)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bertha de Morvois ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Adele of Vermandois (c. 915 – 960)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King Robert I of France (866–923)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Adèle ? (c. 887 – a. 931) ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aelis (Adèle du Maine ?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Arnulf II
Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Billung of Stubenskorn ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hermann Billung of Saxony (c. 910 – 973)
Margrave of Billung March
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ermengarde of Nantes ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mathilde Billung of Saxony (c. 940 – 1008)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Oda ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Jean Dunbabin, France in the Making, 843–1180, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 73
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came To America before 1700, Seventh Edition (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993), Line 162-20
  4. ↑ George Andrews Moriarty, The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa (Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Society, Salt Lake City, UT, 1985). p. 14

Notes

Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
Born: 960 or 961 Died: 30 March 987
Preceded by Blason Comte-de-Flandre.svg Count of Flanders
965–987
with Baldwin Balso		 Succeeded by
Baldwin IV
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