Arnoul Flandre, Third Count Of Flanders

889 - 965  (75 years)

• Name	Arnoul Flandre
  Title	Third Count Of Flanders
  Birth	12 Dec 889	Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Mar 965	Belgium
  Burial	Flanders, Belgium
  Person ID	I7206	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Baudouin Flandre, Count of Flanders ,   b. Abt 864, Nord, France d. 10 Sep 918, Belgium (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elfthryth Wessex,   b. Abt 877, Wessex, England d. 7 Jun 929, Nord, France (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	893	Belgium
  Family ID	F3598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelaide Vermandois, Countess Of Flanders ,   b. Abt 910, Vermandois, France d. 10 Oct 960, Flanders, Belgium (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	934	Belgium
  Children	+ 1. Elstrude Flandre,   b. Abt 932, Flanders, Belgium d. Abt 29 Sep 1036, Belgium (Age 104 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Baudouin De Flandre, Comte De Flandre III ,   b. Abt 933, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France d. Abt 970, Aquitaine, France (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Hildegaert Flandre,   b. 937, Vlaanderen, Belgium d. 980, Netherlands (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Arnulf of Flanders (c. 890 - March 28, 965), called the Great, was the third Count of Flanders, who ruled the County of Flanders, an area that is now northwestern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands. Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Alfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. Through his mother he was a descendant of the A nglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne. Presumably Arnulf was named after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty. At the death of their father in 918, Arnulf became Count of Flanders while his brother Adeloft or Adelolf succeeded to the County of Boulogne. However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II. Arnulf I greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois, Ponthieu, Amiens, and Ostrevent. He exploited the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Robert I of France, and later those between Louis IV and his barons.