Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Flandern, Belgia; Governor.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 0862, Flandern, Belgia; Markgreve av Flandern

Notes:

Birth:
I A. Conhs: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europeischen Staaten, 1871, heter det at Baldiun var sønn til Audakar, sønn til Ingelgram som levde i 808, igjen sønn til Liderik som levde i 729.

Occupation:
Balduin Jernarmen, var markgreve av Flandern.
Balduin stammer fra en edel vestfrankisk slekt og kom i sin ungdom til Karl den skalledes hoff.

Flandern omfattet kystlandet fra utløpet av elven Aa til Scheldemunningen.
Flandernslekten var grever av Flandern fra 862 til 1119 og senere grever av Hainaut. Grevskapet Flandern ligger nå hovedsaklig i Belgia, men var den gang en del av Frankrike. Luxembourgslekten var grever av Luxembourg (Moselgau) fra 963 til 1136.

Flandern var ved Caesars erobring av Gallia bebodd av keltiske og germanske stammer og hørte senere til den romerske provins Belgica Secunda, før de germanske frankerne trengte inn i området under folkevandringene. Enda området i hovedsak var et germansk område, ble det ved delingen av det frankiske rike i 843 (forliket i Verdun) tillagt det vestfrankiske riket, det senere Frankrike. Kong Karl den skallete gav i 864 et område omkring Brugge og Gent som markgrevskap til sin svigersønn Balduin 1. Dennes sønn, Balduin 2, bygde grevskapet ut til et selvstendig rike, som Arnulf 1 på 900-tallet utvidet til sør for elven Somme. På 1000-tallet utvidet grevene Balduin 4 og Balduin 5 riket med fem land øst for Schelde, som opprinnelig hadde tilhørt det midtfrankiske riket, men som i 870 var blitt innlemmet i det østfrankiske riket (det tysk-romerske riket). Grevskapet bestod da av Kron-Flandern, len under den franske konge, og Riks-Flandern, len under den tyske keiser. På denne måten ble greven vasall under to lensherrer, noe som gav ham større selvstendighet og mulighet til å bygge grevskapet ut til en sterk politisk enhet.

I middelalderen ble det utviklet en betydelig tekstilindustri i Flandern, særlig i byene Brugge, Gent, Ieper og Douai (Dowaai). Forutsetningen for denne industrien var import av engelsk ull, noe den franske kongen mislikte. Det kom til flere opprør; det mest berømte var Gyldensporeslaget ved Kortrijk 1302, der en hær av flamske vevere og bønder tilføyde den overlegne franske hær et knusende nederlag. Brugge var på 1300- og 1400-tallet det viktigste handelssentrum i Europa. Samtidig blomstret kulturen. Det nederlandske litteraturspråk fant sin form her omkring 1200. De franskspråklige byer i sør, Arras og Lille, var samtidig de viktigste sentra for franskspråklig litteratur. På 1400-tallet var Gent og Brugge sentrum for den første store perioden i nederlandsk malerkunst.

I 1369 inngikk hertug Filip den dristige av Burgund ekteskap med Margaretha, eneste arving til Flandern, og 1384 ble Filip greve av Flandern. Ved hans død i 1404 overtok sønnen Jan uten frykt, som ble myrdet i 1419. Hans sønn, Filip den gode, klarte ved hjelp av arv og avtaler å samle 11 av de 17 nederlandske provinser i en personalunion, med Brussel som hovedstad. Siden har Flanderns historie vært en del av Nederlandenes historie (se Belgia, historie og Nederland, historie).

Kilder bl.a.:
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.
Erich Brandenburg: Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen, Leipzig 1935.
Mogens Bugge: V?re forfedre, nr. 843.
Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 38.

Baldwin 1 (probably 830s – 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.

By 870 Baldwin had acquired the lay-abbacy of St. Pieter in Ghent and is assumed to have also acquired the counties of Flanders and Waasland, or parts thereof by this time. Baldwin developed himself as a very faithful and stout supporter of Charles and played an important role in the continuing wars against the Vikings. He is named in 877 as one of those willing to support the emperor's son, Louis the Stammerer. During his life Baldwin expanded his territory into one of the major principalities of Western Francia, he died in 879 and was buried in the Abbey of St-Bertin, near Saint-Omer.

Baldwin was succeeded by his and Judith's son, Baldwin 2 (c.866 – 918).

Balduin married Judith av Flandern on 13 Dec 862 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, Frankrike. Judith (daughter of Karl (Charles) av Vest-Franken, "Karl 2" and Irmentrud (Ermentrude) av Orleans) was born between 0843 and 0844 in Roches, Frankrike; died about 0870 in Roches, Frankrike. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Charles, named after his maternal grandfather, died at a young age.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 0879, Flandern, Belgia; Greve av Flandern.

Notes:

Occupation:
Baldwin 2, nicknamed Calvus (the Bald) was the second Count of Flanders and ruled from 879 to 918.
He was the son of Baldwin 1 of Flanders and Judith, a daughter of Charles the Bald and as such a descendant of Charlemagne.

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.

The early years of Baldwin's rule (879-885) were marked by a series of devastating Viking raids into Flanders where little north of the Somme was left untouched.

By 883 he was forced northward to the flat marshes of the pagus flandransis which became the territory most closely associated with the counts of Flanders from that time on.
Baldwin constructed a series of wooden fortifications at Saint-Omer, Bruges, Ghent, and Kortrijk and seized those lands abandoned by royal and ecclesiastical officials. Many of these same citadels later formed castellanies housing government, militia and local courts.

In 888 the west Frankish king Charles the Fat was deposed and there were several candidates for his replacement.
As he was a grandson of Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia, Baldwin could have, but did not, compete for the crown of western Francia.
Instead Baldwin joined others in trying to convince the East Frankish king Arnulf to also take the west Frankish crown, but Arnulf declined. The Robertine Odo, Count of Paris, was elected king but Odo would not support Baldwin's attempts at gaining control of the abbey of St. Bertin the two fell out and while Odo attacked Baldwin at Bruges he could not prevail.

Baldwin continued his expansion to the south and gained control of Artois including the important abbey of St. Vaast. When the abbey came under the jurisdiction of Archbishop Fulk of Reims in 900 Baldwin had him assassinated. When his attempts to expand further into the upper Somme River valley were opposed by Herbert 1, Count of Vermandois Baldwin likewise had him assassinated.

He died 10 September 918 at Blandijnberg (near Ghent) and was succeeded by his eldest son Arnulf 1 of Flanders.

His younger son Adalulf was (the first) count of Boulogne.

Died:
Blandinberg. 2.januar?

Balduin married Elftrude (Aefthryth) av Wessex about 0884 in Flandern, Belgia. Elftrude (daughter of Alfred (Aelfred) av Wessex and Ealhswyth (Ealswith) av Gaini) was born about 0871 in Wessex, England; died on 07 Jun 0929 in Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia; was buried after 07 Jun 0929 in Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 0888, Cambrai, Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrike; Greve.

Notes:

Occupation:
Raoul (Rodulf) became Count of Cambrai around 888.

Died:
Drept av Herbert 1 av Vermandois.

Raoul (Rodulf) (c.869 – murdered 896) became Count of Cambrai around 888, but he and his brother Baldwin 2 joined king Zwentibold of Lotharingia in 895.
In 896 they attacked Vermandois and captured Arras, Saint-Quentin and Peronne, but later that year Raoul was captured by count Heribert and killed.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 0918, Flandern, Belgia; Greve av Flandern.

Notes:

Occupation:
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.

Arnulv married Adele (Alice) av Vermandois about 0933 in Flandern, Belgia. Adele (daughter of Herbert av Vermandois, "Herbert 2" and Luitgard (Liegard) av Paris) was born about 0915 in Vermandois, Normandie, Frankrike; died on 10 Oct 0960 in Gent, Øst-Flandern, Flandern, Belgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 0958, Flandern, Belgia; Greve av Flandern.

Notes:

Occupation:
Baldwin 3 The Young of Flanders was Count of Flanders, who briefly ruled the County of Flanders (an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands), together with his father Arnulf 1 (c.890–965).

Baldwin 3 was born c.940, as the son of Arnulf 1, Count of Flanders and his second wife, Adele of Vermandois (c.915–969), daughter of Herbert 2, Count of Vermandois.

His father, Arnulf 1 had made Baldwin co-ruler in 958, but Baldwin died before his father and was succeeded by his infant son Arnulf 2, with Arnulf 1 acting as regent until his own death. Then Baldwin Balso continued as the regent for the child.

During his short rule, Baldwin was responsible for establishing the wool manufacturing industry at Ghent and markets at other towns in Flanders.

Baldwin 3 died on 1 January 962. After Baldwin's death, Arnulf 1 arranged for King Lothair of France to become the guardian of Baldwin's son Arnulf 2.

Balduin married Mathilde (Mathildis/Maud) av Sachsen about 0960. Mathilde (daughter of Herman av Sachsen, "Herman 5" and Hildegard (Hildeshuith) av Westerbourg) was born about 0942 in Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Tyskland; died on 25 May 1008. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hildegard married Dietrich av Vest Friesland, "Dietrich 2" about 0961. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elstrude married Sigfried av Danmark before 0965. Sigfried (son of Gottfried (Godfrey) av Danmark) was born in Normandie, Frankrike. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 0965, Flandern, Belgia; Greve av Flandern.

Notes:

Occupation:
Arnulf 2 of Flanders was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.
He was the son of Baldwin 3 of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony.

His father Baldwin 3 died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, while Arnulf's grandfather, Arnulf 1, was still alive. When Arnulf 1 died three years later (965), the regency was held by his kinsman Baldwin Balso, who died in 973.

By the time Arnulf attained his majority in 976, Flanders had lost some of the southern territory acquired by Arnulf 1. 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.
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.

In 968 he married Rozala of Lombardy, daughter of Berengar 2 of Italy, and had two children:

1. Baldwin 4 (980–1035), who succeeded his father. He married twice and fathered Baldwin 5, Count of Flanders.

2. Mathilde, who died before 995.

Arnulf died on 30 March, 987 at age 26. Shortly after Arnulf's death his widow married Robert 2, King of France as his first wife.

Arnulv married Susanna av Italia about 0968 in Flandern, Belgia. Susanna (daughter of Berenger av Italia, "Berenger 2" and Willa av Burgund, "av Arles") was born after 0930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Guisnes, Picardy.

Hawise married Gottfried (Godfrey) av Brienne about 1007. Gottfried (son of Richard av Normandie, "Richard 1" and Gunnor Haraldsdatter av Crepon) was born about 0953 in Normandie, Frankrike; died about 1015 in Normandie, Frankrike. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 0987, Flandern, Belgia; Greve av Flandern.

Notes:

Birth:
Luxemburg?

Occupation:
På 1000-tallet utvidet grevene Balduin 4 og Balduin 5 riket med fem land øst for Schelde, som opprinnelig hadde tilhørt det midtfrankiske riket, men som i 870 var blitt innlemmet i det østfrankiske riket (det tysk-romerske riket). Grevskapet bestod da av Kron-Flandern, len under den franske konge, og Riks-Flandern, len under den tyske keiser. På denne måten ble greven vasall under to lensherrer, noe som gav ham større selvstendighet og mulighet til å bygge grevskapet ut til en sterk politisk enhet.

Balduin 4 bemektiget seg Valenciennes og kom derved i strid med keiser Konrad 2 av Tyskland. Han var imidlertid heldig i kampene og ervervet seg endelbesittelser på høyre Seine-bredd i nærheten av Gent samt de Zeelandske øyer.
Etter den tid skiller man mellom det egentlige Flandern, Kronflandern som var et fransk len og Riksflandern som grevene hadde til len av det tyske rike.

Balduin var første gang gift ca. 1012 med Otgiva av Luxemburg (995-1031). Baldvin 5 var hans sønn i ekteskapet med Otgiva.

Han var annen gang gift etter 1031 med Eleonore(?) av Normandie, født ca. 1010. Hun var datter til Richard 2 - den Gode - av Normandie som døde 23.august 1027 og Judith av Bretagne (ca. 982-1017).

Hans datter, Judith av Flandern, skal være født i 1028 eller 1033, hvilket gjør at det er usikkert hvem som var hennes mor.

Kilder bl.a.:
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.
Erich Brandenburg: Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen, Leipzig 1935.
Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 838.
Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre.


Died:
Buried in Chapel of St.Laurent, Abbey of St Pierre de Grand.

Balduin married Otgiva (Ogiva) av Luxemburg about 1012. Otgiva (daughter of Friedrich av Luxemburg, "Friedrich 1" and Ermentrude av Wettergau, "av Gleiberg") was born about 0995 in Luxemburg; died on 21 Feb 1030 in Luxemburg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Balduin married Eleonore av Normandie after 1031 in Flandern, Belgia. Eleonore (daughter of Richard av Normandie, "Richard 2" and Judith av Bretagne) was born about 1010 in Normandie, Frankrike. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 1036, Flandern, Belgia; Greve av Flandern.

Notes:

Occupation:
Balduin 5 knyttet ved ekteskap for en kort tid Haunaut til sine andre besittelser. De zeelandske øyer gikk imidlertid tapt til greven av Holland. Han fikk tilnavnet Insulanus.

Kilder bl.a.:
Erich Brandenburg: Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen. Leipzig 1935.
Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 1178.
Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 37.

Baldwin 5 of Flanders was Count of Flanders from 1035 until his death. He was the son of Baldwin 4, Count of Flanders.

In 1028 Baldwin married Adèle of France in Amiens, daughter of King Robert II of France; at her instigation he rebelled against his father but in 1030 peace was sworn and the old count continued to rule until his death.

During a long war (1046–1056) as an ally of Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lorraine, against the Holy Roman Emperor Henry 3, he initially lost Valenciennes to Hermann of Hainaut. However, when the latter died in 1051 Baldwin married his son Baldwin 6 to Herman's widow Richildis and arranged that the sons of her first marriage were disinherited, thus de facto uniting the County of Hainaut with Flanders.
Upon the death of Henry 3 this marriage was acknowledged by treaty by Agnes de Poitou, mother and regent of Henry 4.

Baldwin 5 played host to a grateful dowager queen Emma of England, during her enforced exile, at Bruges. He supplied armed security guards, entertainment, comprising a band of minstrels. Bruges was a bustling commercial centre, and Emma fittingly grateful to the citizens. She dispensed generously to the poor, making contact with the monastery of Saint Bertin at St Omer, and received her son, King Harthacnut of England at Bruges in 1039.

From 1060 to 1067 Baldwin was the co-Regent with Anne of Kiev for his nephew-by-marriage Philip 1 of France, indicating the importance he had acquired in international politics. As Count of Maine, Baldwin supported the King of France in most affairs. But he was also father-in-law to William of Normandy, who had married his daughter Matilda.

Flanders played a pivotal role in Edward the Confessor's foreign policy. As the King of England was struggling to find an heir: historians have argued that he may have sent Harold Godwinsson to negotiate the return of Edward the Atheling from Hungary, and passed through Flanders, on his way to Germany. Baldwin's half-sister had married Earl Godwin's third son, Tostig. The half-Viking Godwinsons had spent their exile in Dublin, at a time William of Normandy was fiercely defending his duchy. It is unlikely however that Baldwin intervened to prevent the duke's invasion plans of England, after the Count had lost the conquered province of Ponthieu.

By 1066, Baldwin was an old man, and died the following year.


Died:
Lille?

Balduin married about 1028 in Paris, Ile-de-France, Frankrike. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Toste Godwinson in Sep 1051. Toste (son of Godwin (Gudine) Wulfnothsen av Wessex and Gyda Torkilsdatter) died on 25 Sep 1066 in Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Welf av Bayern in 1070. Welf died on 6 Nov 1101 in Pafos, Kypros. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 1071, Flandern, Belgia; Greve av Flandern.

Robert married Gertrude av Sachsen after 28 Jun 1061. Gertrude (daughter of Bernhard av Sachsen, "Bernhard 2" and Elika av Schweinfurt) died on 03 Aug 1115 in Veurne, Vest-Flandern, Belgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Aft 1066, Rein, Rissa, Indre Fosen, Sør-Trøndelag, Norge; Lendermann, leder for hirden hos norske kong Olav Kyrre.

Notes:

Birth:
Det hevdes at Toste, jarl av Northumberland, var far til Skule Kongsfostre som fikk godset Rein og ble stamfar til blant annet kong Inge Bårdsson og Hertug Skule. Dette slektskapet tilbakevises av en del forskere.

Occupation:
Skule Kongsfostre (født 1052 i Wessex, England, død 1090 i Norge) hevdes å være sønn av Toste Godwinsson, jarl av Northumbria, som var bror av kong Harald 2 Godwinsson. Dette tilbakevises av flere engelske forskere som mener å ha full oversikt over Tostes barn, og ikke finner plass for Skule der, men det er også noen som mener det ikke er usannsynlig. Lars Løberg gjør oppmerksom på at den siste omtalen han har sett, refererer til de norrøne påstandene om dette slektskapet som helt utenkelige. Det hevdes også at Toste møtte Skule første gang i 1066.
Snorre Sturlason – som kjente Hertug Skule og derved skulle ha gode kilder, oppgir ikke noe slikt slektskap. Snorre sier kun at han var av god engelsk ætt. Skules bror, Ketil Krok, kom ifølge Snorre også til Norge, se slekten Krog.

Skule var med den norske flåte som etter Harald Hardrådes fall i slaget ved Stanford Bro i 1066 vendte fra England tilbake til Norge.
Skule Kongsfostre ble leder for hirden hos kong Olav Kyrre Haraldsson, og ble kongens nære venn og rådgiver.
Av kong Olav Kyrre fikk han også Gudrun Nevsteinsdatter til hustru. Skule og Gudrun fikk to barn:

1. Åsulf Skulesson på Rein.

2. Ragnhild Skulesdatter, som ble gift med Orm Svendsson, også kalt for Krypinge-Orm, og ble stamfar for Erling Skakke.

Han fikk også godset Rein (senere Reinskloster) på Fosen i Sør-Trøndelag. Han regnes som Reinsættens stamfar.

Etter Skules død var det sønnen Åsulv som satt med Rein. Han ble gift med Tora, som hadde mektige menn som Einar Tambarskjelve og Erling Skjalgsson som sine nære forfedre. Etter han fulgte sønnen Guttorm, som igjen ble fulgt av sin sønn Bård.

Fra Snorre Sturlasson: Harald Hardrådes saga:
98. Olav, sønn til kong Harald, styrte bort fra England med hæren sin. De seilte ut fra Ravnsør (Ravenseer) og kom om høsten til Orknøyene. Der fikk de høre at Maria, datter til kong Harald Sigurdsson, hadde fått brådød samme dag og samme stund som hennes far kong Harald falt.
Olav ble der om vinteren. Men sommeren etter fór kong Olav øst til Norge, der ble han så tatt til konge sammen med Magnus, sin bror. Dronning Ellisiv dro østover sammen med Olav, sin stesønn, og Ingegjerd hennes datter fulgte også med.
Da kom også Skule sammen med Olav vestfra over havet, han som siden ble kalt Kongs-fostre, og Kjetil Krok, hans bror. De var begge gjeve og ættstore menn fra England, og begge var uvanlig kloke, og kjære venner til kongen. Kjetil Krok fór nord til Hålogaland; kong Olav fikk et godt giftermål istand for ham, og fra ham er det kommet mye storfolk.
Skule Kongs-fostre var en klok og kraftig mann og så vakker som noen. Han ble styresmann i hirden til kong Olav og talte på tingene; sammen med kongen greidde han med hele landsstyringen.
Kong Olav ville gi Skule et fylke i Norge, det som han syntes var best, med alle de inntekter og skylder som kongen hadde rett til. Skule takket ham for tilbudet, men sa at han heller ville be om noe annet, fordi - om det blir kongsskifte, da kan det være at gaven blir tatt tilbake. Jeg vil heller, sa han, ta mot noen eiendommer, som ligger nær de kjøpsteder hvor De, herre, er vant til å sitte og ta juleveitsler.
Kongen sa ja til dette og skjøtet til ham jordeiendommer øst ved Konghelle og ved Oslo, ved Tønsberg, ved Borg, ved Bergen og nord ved Nidaros. De var nesten de beste eiendommene på hvert sted, og de eiendommene har siden ligget under ættmenn som er kommet av Skules ætt.
Kong Olav giftet ham med sin frenke, Gudrun Nevsteinsdatter; hennes mor var Ingerid, datter til kong Sigurd Syr og Åsta; hun var søster til kong Olav den hellige og kong Harald.
Sønn til Skule og Gudrun var Åsolv på Rein (i Rissa, Sør-Trøndelag). Han var gift med Tora, datter til Skofte Ogmundsson. Hennes og Åsolvs sønn var Gutttorm på Rein, far til Bård, som var far til kong Inge (Bårdsson) og hertug Skule.

Kilder:
Snorre Sturlasson: Harald Hardrådes saga, avsnitt 98.
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon, Bind I (1936), side 334.
C.M. Munthe: Norske slegtsmerker, NST Bind I (1928), side 345.
Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 835.
Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 84.

Family/Spouse: Gudrun Nevsteinsdatter. Gudrun (daughter of Nevstein Haldorsen and Ingrid Sigurdsdatter) was born about 1053. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frederick Rocho av Diessen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1101, Bayern, Tyskland; Hertug av Bayern.

Notes:

Occupation:
Welf 2, or Welfhard, called Welf the Fat, was duke of Bavaria from 1101 until his death. In the Welf genealogy, he is counted as Welf 5.

Welf was the oldest son of Welf 1, Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Judith of Flanders.

In 1089, he was married to Matilda of Tuscany, who was 26 years older, in order to strengthen the relation between his family and the pope during the Investiture Controversy between king and pope. During King Henry 4's Italian campaign of 1090, Welf and Matilda fought against the King.

Since Matilda had secretly transferred her property to the Church before her marriage, Welf left her in 1095 and, together with his father, changed sides to King Henry 4, possibly in exchange for a promise of succeeding his father as duke of Bavaria.

After his father's death in 1101 Welf indeed inherited the office of duke of Bavaria. He continued his alliance with the kings; he did not remarry and died childless in 1120. Welf was buried at Weingarten Abbey.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1120, Bayern, Tyskland; Hertug av Bayern.

Notes:

Occupation:
Henry 9, called the Black, a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Bavaria from 1120 to 1126.
Henry was the second son of Welf 1, Duke of Bavaria and Judith of Flanders.

As a young man, he administered the family's property south of the Alps. Through his marriage to Wulfhilde, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony, he acquired part of the Billung property in Saxony.

In 1116, he joined Emperor Henry 5's Italian campaign. He succeeded his brother Welf 2, Duke of Bavaria, when the latter died childless in 1120.

In the royal election of 1125, he supported his son-in-law Frederick 2, Duke of Swabia, but switched his allegiance to Lothair, Duke of Saxony, after Lothair promised that Gertrud, his only daughter and heir, would marry Henry's son Henry.

After Lothair won the election and banned Frederick, in 1126 Henry abdicated as duke of Bavaria and retired to the family foundation of Weingarten Abbey so that he did not have to take part in the prosecution of his son-in-law. Henry died shortly thereafter and was buried in Weingarten.

Henry and Wulfhilde had the following children:
1. Judith, married Frederick 2, Duke of Swabia.

2. Conrad, died 17 March 1126.

3. Henry X the Proud.

4. Welf.

5. Sophia, married Berthold 3, Duke of Zähringen and Leopold 1, Duke of Styria.

6. Wulfhild, married Rudolf, Count of Bregenz
Mathilde, married Diepold 4, Margrave of Vohburg and Gebhard 3, Count of Sulzbach.

7. Adalbert, Abbot of Corvey.

Family/Spouse: Orm Sveinsen. Orm (son of Svein Sveinsen på Gjerde and Ragna Ormsdatter) died about 1140. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Before 1150, Rein, Rissa, Indre Fosen, Sør-Trøndelag, Norge; Lendermann.

Family/Spouse: Tora Skoftesdatter på Giske, "på Rein". Tora (daughter of Skofte Ogmundsen på Giske and Gudrun Tordsdatter på Giske) was born about 1070 in Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Norge; died about 1135 in Rein, Rissa, Indre Fosen, Sør-Trøndelag, Norge. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]