Count of Flanders Arnulf II of Flanders

Male 961 - 987  (~ 27 years)


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  • Name Arnulf II of Flanders 
    Title Count of Flanders 
    Born Between 960 and 961 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 37334 
    Died 30 Mar 987 
    Person ID I37334  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father Baldwin III of Flanders,   b. 940,   d. 1 Jan 962  (Age 22 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F12399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rozala of Lombardy 
    Children 
     1. Baldwin IV of Flanders,   b. 980,   d. 30 May 1035  (Age 55 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F12392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, while Arnulf's grandfather, Arnulf I, was still alive. When Arnulf I died three years later (965), the regency was held by his kinsman Baldwin Balso.

      By the time Arnulf attained his majority in 976, Flanders had lost some of the southern territory acquired by Arnulf I. 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. 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.