of
FLANDERS
Information
from "Windows Into Our Past A Genealogy of the Cowne, Gough &
Associated Families, Volume 2", compiled by Judy Parsons Smith © 1998.
Baldwin
II
the Bald of
Flanders
Baldwin II the Bald
of Flanders
, Count of Flanders, son of
Baldwin
I "Bras der Fer" of Flanders, Count of
Flanders
&
Princess
Judith
, b. abt. 863; acceded 879; d. 10 Sept 918; m. aft. 893
to AEfthryth[i],
daughter of Alfred the Great
, King West Saxons & Ealhswith of the Gaini
, d. 7 Jun 929, Flanders; bur. St. Peters Abbey, Ghent, Belgium
Baldwin
II
the Bald of Flanders
, Count of Flanders, carried on a successful war against Etudes, Count of
France
.
Baldwin
II
the Bald of
Flanders
& AEfthryth had four (4) children:
1.
Arnolph I the
Great of Flanders
, Count of
Flanders
.
2.
Adelulf of
Boulogne
, Count of
Boulogne
3.
daughter
4.
daughter
Arnolph I the Great of
Flanders
1.Arnolph
I the Great of Flanders
, Count of Flanders, son of Baldwin II the Bald of Flanders
, Count of Flanders & Aefthryth
, acceded 918; d. 965
Arnolph I the Great of Flanders
waged war against William of Normandy
(aka
William
the Conqueror
), whom he defeated and slew.
Arnolph I the Great of Flanders
& Alice of Vermandois
, daughter of Herbert II & Hildebrante de Vermandois
, had one (1) child:
1.1.
Baldwin
III
of
Flanders
, Count of Flanders & Artoi, b. ABT 940
[i]
Burke
calls her Ethelwida
, other Elfrida.