Count Baldwin of Flanders
- Born: Cir 830
- Marriage (1): Judith of Flanders
- Died: 879 aged about 49
 General Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_I_of_Flanders
Baldwin I (probably born 830s, died 879), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm (the epithet is first recorded in the 12th century), was the first count 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 princess Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, king of West Francia. Judith had previously been married to Æthelwulf and his son (from an earlier marriage) Æthelbald, kings of Wessex, but after the latter's death in 860 she had returned to France.
Baldwin married Judith of Flanders, daughter of King Charles II of West Francia (the Bald) and Ermentrude of Orléans. (Judith of Flanders was born in 844 and died in 870.)
|