Also known as Arnoul le Grand, Arnulfus Vetulus.
Marquis of Flanders
Count of Artois
Count of Boulogne and Ternois
Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin
Lay-abbot of Saint-Pierre de Gand
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Cawley gives an estimate of 885 - 890. Settipani (p. 226) gives about 890.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 27 March, 964 or 965.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Baldwin and by Althoff (p. 394).
Place of Burial: Ghent, St Pieter.
The place is given by Baldwin and by Settipani (p. 226).
Relationships
Father: Baldwin II of Flanders.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:714), by Verhulst, by Settipani (p. 227), and by Baldwin.
Mother: Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred “the Great”, king of Wessex.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:714), by Settipani (p. 227), and by Baldwin.
Spouse: Adèle, daughter of Heribert II, count of Vermandois.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:714), by Settipani (p. 226), and by Baldwin.
Children (by Adèle):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)
Baldwin III (died 1 January 962) married Mathilde, daughter of Hermann “Billung”, duke of Saxony.
Liutgarde (died 15 October 962) married Wichmann, count.
Egbert (died before 10 July 953).
References
Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).
Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus)” in The Henry Project.
Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).
Verhulst, A. "Flandern, Grafschaft" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).