Arnold I, Count of Flanders and Artois

890 - 965  (80 years)

• Name	Arnold I
  Nickname	the Old
  Birth	Between 885 and 890	Flanders, Belgium   [1, 2, 3]
  General Information	He was also known as Arnold I "the Great."
  Military	say 938 (53 years)  [4]
  He waged a war in the late 930's against William Longsword, the Duke of Normandy. Some sources state that a peace conference was held in December 942, and that Arnolph arranged for the murder of William Longsword at that time. Other sources state that "Arnolph waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew."
  Death	27 Mar 965	Flanders, Belgium   [1, 2, 3]
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Arnold I, Count of Flanders and Artois,   b. Between 885 and 890, Flanders, Belgium d. 27 Mar 965, Flanders, Belgium  (Age 80 years) ▻ Adelaide de Vermandois,  m. 934 + 2. Æthelwulf, Count of Boulogne   d. 933
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Lideric, Forester of Flanders   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Ælflæd  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3067	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Baldwin II, Count of Flanders and Artois,   b. Between 863 and 865, Flanders, Belgium d. 2 Jan 918, Flanders, Belgium (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ælfthryth,   b. About 877, Kingdom of Wessex, England d. 7 Jun 929 (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Adelaide de Vermandois,   b. About 915   d. 960, Bruges, Flanders, Belguim (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	934  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 49 years - She : ~ 19 years.
  Children	1 son and 4 daughters
  +   1. Hildegarde of Flanders   d. 10 Apr 990  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Dietrich II, Count of West Friesland  m. 940 - 945     2. Elstrude of Flanders  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   3. Baldwin III, Count of Flanders and Artoi,   b. About 940   d. 1005 (Age 65 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Matilda of Saxony  m. 1 Jan 961 +   4. Liutgarde  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Wickmann II, Count of Ghent and Hamalant  m. 950 +   5. Ledgarde de Flanders   d. 29 Sep 964  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Wickmann, Count of Gand
  Family ID	F2473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2022

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Arnold I, Count of Flanders and Artois(890 – 965) 2Baldwin II, Count of Flanders and Artois(865 – 918) 4Baldwin I, Count of Flanders( – 879) 8Count Odoacer( – 864) 16Count Enguerrand 17 9 18 19 5Judith of France, Princess of France(Abt 846 – 870) 10Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of France(828 – 877) 20Louis I, Holy Roman Emperor(778 – 841) 21Judith of Bavaria(Abt 800 – 843) 11Ermentrude of Orléans(830 – 869) 22Eudes, Count of Orléans(798 – 834) 23Engeltrude 3Ælfthryth(877 – 929) 6Alfred, King of England (849 – 901) 12Æthelwulf, King of England (Abt 806 – 858) 24Egbert, King of England (775 – 839) 25Rædburh(Abt 788 – ) 13Osburh(Abt 810 – 876) 26Oslac, the Royal Cup-Bearer 27 7Ealhswith of Mercia(852 – 904) 14Æthelred Mucil, Earldorman of Gainsborough 28 29 15Eadburh of Mercia 30Wigmund of Mercia 31Ælflæd

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Between 885 and 890 - Flanders, Belgium Death - 27 Mar 965 - Flanders, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968).