Arnoul I de Florennes

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 28 October, before 1010.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Roland (p. 84).

Relationships

Father: Godefroid I de Rumigny.

This relationship is given by Roland (p. 79) and by Bur. Godefroid was probably count of Hainaut.

Mother: Alpaïde.

This relationship is given by Roland (p. 79) and by Bur.

Spouse: Ermentrude (died 7 March).

Roland (p. 84) gives the name of Arnoul’s wife as Ermentrude. Roland suggests that she may have been the same as Ermengarde, the daughter of Godfrey the Captive and Mathilda of Saxony, but this does not seem to be widely accepted.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Godefroid III de Florennes (died about 1050) married Gisèle.

Gérard (died 14 March 1050), bishop of Cambrai.

Arnoul II (died 1015) married Helwide.

Walter.

Eilbert (died 11 May 1047), abbot of Maroilles in 1020, abbot of Saint-André in 1025.

Alpaïde married Étienne, lord of Brakel.

References

Bur, Michel. La formation du comté de Champagne v. 950 - v. 1150. (Nancy, 1977).

Roland, C.-G. “Histoire généalogique de la Maison de Rumigny-Florennes” in Annales de la Société Archéologique de Namur, tome 19 (Namur, 1891), pp. 59-305.