Arnulv (Arnold) av Flandern, "Arnulv 1"

Abt 0890 - 0964  (74 years)

• Name	Arnulv (Arnold) av Flandern
  Suffix	"Arnulv 1"
  Nickname	"den gamle"
  Birth	Abt 0890	Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 0918	Flandern, Belgia   [1, 2]
  	Greve av Flandern.
  	Arnulv den gamle, med tilnavnet den store også, var greve av Flandern 918-958 og 962-965. Hans lange regjeringstid var avbrutt i tre år da sønnen, Balduin 3 regjerte. Grevskapet Flandern utvidet Arnulf 1 på 900-tallet til sør for elven Somme. Arnulf of Flanders, called the Great, was the third Count of Flanders, who ruled the County of Flanders, an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands. Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin 2 of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne. Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty. At the death of their father in 918, Arnulf became Count of Flanders while his brother Adeloft or Adelolf succeeded to the County of Boulogne. However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf 2. Arnulf 1 greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois, Ponthieu, Amiens, and Ostrevent. He exploited the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Robert I of France, and later those between Louis 4 and his barons. In his southern expansion Arnulf inevitably had conflict with the Normans, who were trying to secure their northern frontier. This led to the 942 murder of the Duke of Normandy, William Longsword, at the hands of Arnulf's men. The Viking threat was receding during the later years of Arnulf's life, and he turned his attentions to the reform of the Flemish government. Arnulf made his eldest son and heir Baldwin 3 of Flanders co-ruler in 958, but Baldwin died untimely in 962, so Arnulf was succeeded by Baldwin's infant son, Arnulf 2 of Flanders. [1, 2]
  Death	27 Mar 0964	Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia
  Person ID	I4510	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Balduin (Baldwin) av Flandern, "Balduin 2",   b. Between 0864 and 0866, Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia d. 10 Sep 0918, Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elftrude (Aefthryth) av Wessex,   b. Abt 0871, Wessex, England d. 07 Jun 0929, Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 0884	Flandern, Belgia   [1]
  	In 884 Baldwin married Ælfthryth (Ælfthryth, Elftrude, Elfrida), a daughter of King Alfred the Great of England. The immediate goal of this Anglo-Flemish alliance was to help Baldwin control the lower Canche River valley. They had the following children: 1. Arnulf 1 of Flanders (c. 890–964), married Adela of Vermandois. 2. Adalulf (c. 890–933), Count of Boulogne. 3. Ealswid. 4. Ermentrud. [1]
  Family ID	F2480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adele (Alice) av Vermandois,   b. Abt 0915, Vermandois, Normandie, Frankrike d. 10 Oct 0960, Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 0933	Flandern, Belgia
  	The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her: Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai. In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert 2 of Vermandois. Their children were: 1. Hildegarde, born c. 934, died 990; she married Dirk 2, Count of Holland. It is uncertain whether she is his daughter by his first or second wife. 2. Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann 4, Count of Hamaland. 3. Egbert, died 953. 4. Baldwin 3 of Flanders (c. 940 – 962), married Mathilde of Saxony (dead 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung. 5. Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes. [1]
  Children	+ 1. Balduin (Baldwin/Boudewijn) av Flandern, "Balduin 3",   b. Between 0933 and 0940, Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia d. 01 Nov 0962 (Age 29 years)  [Birth]   2. Hildegard av Flandern,   b. Aft 0933, Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia d. 10 Apr 0990 (Age < 55 years)  [Birth] + 3. Elstrude av Flandern,   b. Abt 0941, Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia d. Abt 0965 (Age 24 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F2446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S754] Wikipedia (Reliability: 1). [S753] Store norske leksikon, http://www.snl.no (Reliability: 2).