Baldwin I of Flanders

Also known as Baudouin I “Bras de Fer”.

Count

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 879.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin. Settipani (p. 309) gives 879 in Arras (Pas-de-Calais).

Place of Burial: Saint-Bertin.

The place is given by Baldwin and by Settipani (p. 309).

Relationships

(probable) Father: Odoacer.

This relationship is given by Baldwin, who notes that nothing further is known of him.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald. Married 863 at Auxerre (eloped 862).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:713) and by Baldwin.

Children:

(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 II (died 918) married Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred “the Great”, king of Wessex.

Raoul (died 28 June 896), count of Vermandois.

References

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. “Baldwin I "Iron-arm" (Baudouin I "Bras de Fer", Balduinus Ferreorum-brachiorum)” 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).