Baldwin II of Flanders

Also known as Baldwin the Bald or Baudouin le Chauve.

Count or marquis of Flanders

Count of Artois

Count of Boulogne

Count of Ternois.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Baldwin gives an estimate of 864.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 918, probably 10 September.

The date is given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Baldwin I (died 879), count.

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

Mother: Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald.

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

Spouse: Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred “the Great”, king of Wessex.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:714) 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.)

Arnulf I of Flanders married Adèle, daughter of Heribert II, count of Vermandois.

Adalolf (died 13 November 933), count of Boulogne and of Ternois, abbot of St. Bertin.

Ealhswid.

Ermentrude.

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 II "the Bald" (Baudouin "le Chauve", Balduinus Calvus)” in The Henry Project.

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).