Flanders, Baudouin II

Birth Name Flanders, Baudouin II
Nick Name The Bald
Gender male
Age at Death 55 years, 8 months, 9 days

Narrative

byname BALDWIN THE BALD, French BAUDOUIN LE CHAUVE, Dutch BOUDEWIJN DE KALE, second ruler of Flanders, who, from his stronghold at Bruges, maintained, as his father Baldwin I before him, a vigorous defense of his lands against the incursions ofthe Norsemen. On his mother's side a descendant of Charlemagne, he strengthened the dynastic importance of his family by marrying Aelfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great, of Wessex, Eng.

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 863 Flanders, Nord, France   1
Death 918-09-10     1

Age: 55y

Occupation     Title: Count  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father of Flanders, Baudouin I837879
Mother of France, Judith843870
         Flanders, Baudouin II 863 918-09-10
    Sister     Flanders, Widnille 865
    Brother     de Cambrai, Rudolf 865 896-06-17

Families

Family of Flanders, Baudouin II and of England, Aelfthryth

Married Wife of England, Aelfthryth ( * 872 + 929-06-07 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 884     1
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of Flanders, Arnolph I887965
Flanders, Arnoul I890-05-19964-03-27
de Boulogne, Adaloff893933-11-13