Arnulf II, Count of Flanders
Arnulf II (960 or 961 – 30 March 987) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.
Arnulf II | |
|---|---|
| Count of Flanders | |
| Reign | 965 – 30 March 987 |
| Predecessor | Arnulf I Baldwin III |
| Successor | Baldwin IV |
| Born | c. 961 |
| Died | 30 March 987 Ghent |
| Noble family | House of Flanders |
| Spouse(s) | Rozala of Italy |
| Issue | Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders |
| Father | Baldwin III of Flanders |
| Mother | Mathilde Billung of Saxony |
Life
He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony.[1][2] His father Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, whilst Arnulf's grandfather, Arnulf I, was still alive.[2] When Arnulf I died three years later (965), the regency was held by his kinsman Baldwin Balso, who died in 973.[3]
By the time Arnulf attained his majority in 976, Flanders had lost some of the southern territory acquired by Arnulf I.[3] The latter had given some parts of Picardy to King Lothar of France to help assure his grandson's succession, and gave Boulogne as a fief to another relative.[3] Then early in Arnulf's minority Lothar had taken Ponthieu and given it to Hugh Capet, and the first counts of Guînes had established themselves.[3] Arnulf died on 30 March 987 at age 26.[4] Shortly after Arnulf's death his widow married King Robert II of France.[4]
Family
In 976, he married Rozala of Italy, daughter of Berengar II of Italy,[5] and had two children:
- Baldwin IV (980–1035), who succeeded his father.[5] He married twice and fathered Baldwin V.
- Mathilde, who died before 995.[2]
Notes
- Nicholas 1992, p. 42.
- Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5
- Jean Dunbabin, France in the Making, 843–1180, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 73
- Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came To America before 1700, Seventh Edition (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993), Line 162-20
- Nicholas 1992, p. 44.
References
- Nicholas, David (1992). Medieval Flanders. Longman.
