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Baldwin II (c. 865 - 10 September 918) was the second margrave (or coun t ) o f F l a nders, ruling from 879 to 918. He was nicknamed the Bald (Calv u s ) a f t er his maternal grandfather, Emperor Charles the Bald.
Baldwin II was born around 865 to Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders and Ju d i t h , d aughter of Emperor Charles the Bald.[2] The early years of Baldw i n I I ' s r ule were marked by a series of devastating Viking raids into F l a n d e rs.[3] By 883, he was forced to move north to Pagus Flandransis, w h i c h b e came the territory most closely associated with the Counts of Fl a n d e r s.[3] Baldwin constructed a series of wooden fortifications at Sai n t - O m er, Bruges, Ghent, and Kortrijk. He then seized lands that were ab a n d o n ed by royal and ecclesiastical officials.[4] Many of these same ci t a d e l s later formed castellanies which housed government, militia, and l o c a l c o urts.[3]
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==Biography=='''Baudouin II "le Chauve", Comte de Flandre'''[EN: Ba l d w i n I I, Count of Flanders]
'''BAUDOUIN''' II ''The Bald'', Count/Marquis of Flanders, 879-918, Cou n t o f A r t ois, Count of Boulogne, 898? -918, etc, 2nd and eldest survivi n g s o n a n d heir, born about 863-865. He married in 884 '''AELFTHRYTH (o r E L S T R UDE) OF WESSEX''', daughter of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, b y E a l s w ith, daughter of Aethelred Mucil, earldorman of the Gaini. She w as b o r n a b out 870. They had two sons, Arnulf (I) [Count/Marquis of Flan der s ] a n d A dalolf (or Adolf), and two daughters, Ealhswid and Ermetrude . B A U D O UIN II, Count/Marquis of Flanders, died in 918, probably 10 Sept . H i s w i d ow, AElfthryth (or Elstrude), died 7 June 929. He and his wife w e r e b u r ied in the abbey of Saint-Pierre, Gand.[Richardson, D. (2013 ) . R o y a l Ancestrym V. pp. 495.]
===Parents===
* Father: Baldwin I of Flanders
* Mother: Judith, dau. Charles the Bald
===Marriage===m. (888) '''�lfthryth of Wessex''', dau. Alfred the Great . < r e f >alias: �lfthryth, Elftrude, Elfrid Issue:
* Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890-964)
::: m. Adela of Vermandois.
* Adalulf (c. 890-933), Count of Boulogne.
* Ealswid
* Ermentrud
==Research Notes==
===Previously-shown children===The following children have previously b e e n a t t ached on WikiTree, but there is no evidence for the relationship , s o t h e y h ave been detached:
* [[Flandres-4|Englebert]]
* Adele, now merged into [[Flandre-49|Flandre-49]]
==Sources==
* Cawley Medlands Project [https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLan d s / F L ANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#ArnoulIdied964A Counts of Flanders]* Wikiped i a N L [ h t tps://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudewijn_I_van_Vlaanderen Boudewi j n I v a n V l aanderen]
See also:* Flandria illustrata, sive Descriptio comitatus istius per to t u m t e r rarum orbem celeberrimi, III tomis absoluta / ab Antonio Sandero [ . . . ] ] a uthor Sanderus, Antonius, 1586-1664 (viaf)51680321 publisher Col o n i a e A grippinae : sumptibus Cornelii ab Egmondt et sociorum, 1641-1644 . ( i m a g e is of Boudewijn I).[http://lib.ugent.be/viewer/archive.ugent.b e% 3 A E E B84A32-D219-11DF-9DFE-FEF978F64438#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=31&r=0&xywh=59 0 6 % 2 C 1554%2C2476%2C1642]
* [[Wikipedia: Baldwin II, Count of Flanders]]
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Abt 864 - 918 (54 years)