Husband Baldwin I Count of Flanders
AKA: Baldwin "Iron Arm" Count of Flanders, Baldwin I "Bras de Fer" Count of Flanders
Born: Abt 836
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Died: 879 - Flanders, Belgium
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Father: Odoacre Count of Harlebec (Abt 0801-Bet 0862)
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Marriage: Jan 862
Wife Judith Princess of France
AKA: Judith of Flanders
Born: Oct 844 - France
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Died: After 870
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Father: Charles II "the Bald" of France and Holy Roman Emperor (0823-0877)
Mother: Ermentrude of Orléams (Abt 0830-0869)
Other Spouse: Æthelwulf King of Wessex and King of Kent (Bet 0795-0858) - 1 Oct 856 - Verberie-sur-Oise, France
Other Spouse: Æthelbald King of Wessex ( -0860) - After 13 Jan 858
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Eloped, Jan 862
• Marriage, with acceptance of Charles, 13 Dec 863 - Auxerre, France
Children
1 M Baldwin II Count of Flanders
AKA: Baldwin Calvus (the Bald) Count of Flanders, Baldwin II "the Bald" Count of Flanders
Born: Abt 864 - Flanders, Belgium
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Died: 918
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Spouse: Ælfthryth (Abt 0869-0929)
Marr: 884
2 M Widinile
Born: Abt 865 - Flanders, Belgium
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3 M Raoul Count of Cambrai
Born: Abt 869
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Died: 896
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Research Notes (Husband)
Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871946
From Wikipedia - Baldwin I, Count of Flanders :
Baldwin I (probably born 830s, died 879 ), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm (the epithet is first recorded in the 12th century), was the first count of Flanders .
Baldwin was the son of a certain Audacer , about whom nothing definite is known; his legendary origins are rejected by modern scholarship. At the time Baldwin first appears in the records he was already a count, presumably in the area of Flanders, but this is not known. Count Baldwin rose to prominence when he eloped with princess Judith , daughter of Charles the Bald , king of West Francia . Judith had previously been married to Ethelwulf and his son (from an earlier marriage) Ethelbald , kings of Wessex, but after the latter's death in 860 she had returned to France.
Around Christmas 861, at the instigation of Baldwin and with her brother Louis' consent Judith escaped the custody she had been put under in the city of Senlis after her return from England. She fled north with Count Baldwin. Charles had given no permission for a marriage and tried capture Baldwin, sending letters to Rorik of Dorestad and Bishop Hungar , forbidding them to shelter the fugitive.
After Baldwin and Judith had evaded his attempts to capture them, Charles had his bishops excommunicate the couple. Judith and Baldwin responded by traveling to Rome to plead their case with Pope Nicholas I . Their plea was successful and Charles was forced to accept. The marriage took place on 13 December 863 in Auxerre . By 870 Baldwin had acquired the lay-abbacy of St. Pieter in Ghent and is assumed to have also acquired the counties of Flanders and Waas, or parts thereof by this time. Baldwin developed himself as a very faithful and stout supporter of Charles and played an important role in the continuing wars against the Vikings . He is named in 877 as one of those willing to support the emperor's son, Louis the Stammerer . During his life Baldwin expanded his territory into one of the major principalities of Western Francia , he died in 879 and was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Bertin, near Saint-Omer .
Family
Baldwin was succeeded by his son by Judith, Baldwin II (c. 866 - 918 ). The couple's first son was named Charles after his maternal grandfather, but he died young. His third son Raoul (Rodulf) (c. 869 - murdered 896) became Count of Cambrai around 888 , but he and his brother joined king Zwentibold of Lotharingia in 895. In 896 they attacked Vermandois and captured Arras , Saint-Quentin and Peronne , but later that year Raoul was captured by count Heribert and killed.
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871945 has b. 843 in France. Baldwin I was her third husband.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 1-13 (AEthelwulf)
From Wikipedia - Judith of Flanders :
Judith of Flanders (844 - 870 ) was a daughter of the Frankish king Charles the Bald . Through her marriage to two kings of Wessex she was first a queen, then later through her third marriage to Baldwin, she became Countess of Flanders .
Judith was born in October of 844, the daughter of Charles the Bald , King of the Franks , and Ermentrude .
Her father gave her in marriage to Ethelwulf , King of Wessex on October 1 , 856 at Verberie sur Oise , France. Soon after, Ethelwulf's son Ethelbald forced his father to abdicate. Following Ethelwulf's death on January 13 , 858 , Ethelbald married his widowed stepmother. However, the marriage was annulled in 860 on the grounds of consanguinity .
[edit ] Elopement
Judith eloped with Baldwin in January 862 . They were likely married at the monastery of Senlis before they eloped. The couple was in hiding from Judith's father, King Charles the Bald, until October after which they went to her uncle Lothair II for protection. From there they fled to Pope Nicholas I . The pope took diplomatic action and asked Judith's father to accept the union as legally binding and welcome the young couple into his circle - which ultimately he did. The couple then returned to France and were officially married at Auxerre .
Baldwin was accepted as son-in-law and was given the land directly south of the Scheldt to ward off Viking attacks. Although it is disputed among historians as to whether King Charles did this in the hope that Baldwin would be killed in the ensuing battles with the Vikings, Baldwin managed the situation remarkably well. Baldwin succeeded in quelling the Viking threat, expanded both his army and his territory quickly, and became one of the most faithful supporters of King Charles. The March of Baldwin came to be known as the County of Flanders and was for a long time the most powerful principality of France.
[edit ] Succession
Judith and Baldwin had a son, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders, born in 864 . Judith died in 870.
Husband Baldwin I de Burgh
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FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #173403 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) has Baldwin I de Burgh
Husband Baldwin III Count of Flanders
Born: Abt 915 - Flanders, Belgium
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Died: 1 Nov 962 - Flanders, Belgium
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Father: Arnulf I Count of Flanders and Artois (Abt 0890-0964)
Mother: Adele of Vermandois (Bet 0910-Abt 0960)
Marriage: Abt 961
Wife Mathilde of Saxony
AKA: Matilda Billung
Born: Abt 921 - Saxony, Germany
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Died: 28 May 1008
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Father: Herman Billung Duke of Saxony (Abt 0895-0973)
Mother: Hildergarde (Abt 0897- )
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1 M Jean de Conteville
Born: Abt 960 - Normandie, France
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2 M Arnulf II Count of Flanders
AKA: Arnold II the Young Count of Flanders
Born: Abt 961-962 - Flanders, Belgium
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Died: 30 Mar 987
Buried: - Ghent
Spouse: Rosala of Ivrea (Abt 0943-1003)
Marr: 968
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Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871973 -
CO-REGENT WITH FATHER 958-962. 4th Count of Flanders. Has b. abt 915.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 162-19, has b. abt. 940, d. 1 Jan. 961/2; m. abt. 961, Mathilde of Saxony. A death date of 1 Jan 961 would not make sense if m. abt. 961.
Wikipedia - Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, gives his death year as 962.
FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #103112 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) has name as Baldwin II de Burgh, b. abt 933 in Flanders.
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Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871974 has b. abt 921 in Saxony.
Another source has b. abt 937.
Husband Baldwin IV "the Bearded" Count of Valenciennes & Count of Flanders
Born: 980 - Flanders
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Died: 30 May 1035 or 1036
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Father: Arnulf II Count of Flanders (Abt 0961-0987)
Mother: Rosala of Ivrea (Abt 0943-1003)
Marriage: Abt 1012
Wife Ogive de Luxembourg
AKA: Otgiva of Luxembourg
Born: Abt 995
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Died: 21 Feb 1030 or 1036
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Father: Frederick I Count of Salm and Luxembourg (Abt 0965-1019)
Mother: [Ermentrude?] of Gleiberg ( - )
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1 M Baldwin V
Born: 1012
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Died: 1 Sep 1067 - Lille, France
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Spouse: Adele Capet Princess of France (1009-Abt 1078)
Marr: 1028
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Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 162-21
Source also: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 162-21 (Baldwin IV). Has b. abt. 995, d. 21 Feb. 1030 or 1036.
Source also: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) - has d. 21 Feb 1029 or 1030.
Husband Baldwin V
Born: 1012
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Died: 1 Sep 1067 - Lille, France
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Father: Baldwin IV "the Bearded" Count of Valenciennes & Count of Flanders (0980-1035)
Mother: Ogive de Luxembourg (Abt 0995-1030)
Marriage: 1028
Wife Adele Capet Princess of France
Born: 1009
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Died: Abt 8 Jan 1078 - Messinesmonastre, France
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Father: Robert II "the Pious" King of France (0972-1031)
Mother: Constance of Arles ( -Bet 1032)
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1 F Matilda of Flanders
Born: Abt 1031 - Flanders
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Died: 2 Nov 1083 - Caen, Normandie, France
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Spouse: William the Conqueror (Abt 1028-1087)
Marr: 1053 - Cathedral de Notre Dame, Normandie, France
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Husband Banin "Choldwig I" of Thuringia
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1 F Basina Andovera of Thuringia
AKA: Besina
Born: Abt 438 - Thuringia, Germany
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Died: Abt 480
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Spouse: Childeric I King of the Salian Franks (Bet 0436-0482)
Spouse: Bisinus King of the Thuringii (Abt 0440- )
Research Notes (Husband)
FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #317960
(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer)
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FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #319830
(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer)
Husband Hans Jerg Wehrli
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1 M Peter Werley
AKA: Peter Wardle, Peter Wearly
Born: 1753
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Spouse: Maria Smith ( - )
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http://www.edenstree.com/html/fam/fam00069.html
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http://www.edenstree.com/html/fam/fam00069.html
Husband Baron of Kymmer-yn-Edeirnion
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1 F Mali
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Spouse: Iorwerth Vychan ap Ieuaf of Llwynon, co. Denbig ( - )
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Source: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland" by John Burke & John Bernard Burke, vol. I (London, 1847), p. 656.
Husband Clodio King of the Salic Franks
AKA: Clodion King of the Salic Franks, Clodius King of the Salic Franks
Born: Abt 395 - Belgium
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Died: 447
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Father: Faramund King of the Franks (Abt 0369-Abt 0428)
Mother: Argotta Princess of the Salian Franks (Abt 0376- )
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Wife Basina de Thuringia
Born: 398 - Thuringia, Germany
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Died: Abt 414 - France
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Father: Alaric I de Thuringia ( - )
Mother: Galla Placidia of Cauca (Abt 0388-0450)
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1 M Merovech King of the Salic Franks
AKA: Meerwig, Merovée King of the Salian Franks
Born: Abt 411 - Belgium
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Died: Abt 457
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Spouse: Verica (Abt 0413- )
2 M Sigimerus I d'Auverigne
Born: Abt 414
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Legendary. May not have been a real person, and, if a real person, may not have been the father of Merovech.
FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #99020 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) has b. 395 in Westphalia, d. 447.
Source http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593873344 has b. abt 390 in Belgium, d. 447.
King of Salic Franks, named after the Franks near the Sale river in Belgium.
From Wikipedia - Clodio :
Chlodio[1] was a king of the Salian Franks from the Merovingian dynasty . He was known as a Long-Haired King and lived at a place on the Thuringian border called Dispargum . From there he invaded the Roman Empire in 428 and settled in Northern Gaul , where already other groups of Salians were settled. Although he was attacked by Romans he was able to maintain his position and 3 years later in 431 he extended his kingdom down south to the Somme River . In 448 , 20 years after his reign began Chlodio was defeated at an unidentified place called Vicus Helena by Flavius Aëtius , the commander of the Roman Army in Gaul.
Like all Merovingian kings Chlodio had long hair as a ritual custom. His successor may have been Merovech , after whom the dynasty was named 'Merovingian'. One legend has it that his father was Pharamond . The sources on Chlodio's history are Gregory of Tours and Sidonius Apollinaris .
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FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #140415 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) has b. 398 in Thuringia, Germany, d. abt 414 in France.
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875434 has b. abt 392
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Wife Basina
Born: Bef 573
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Father: Chilperic I King of Soissons and King of Neustria (Abt 0539-0584)
Mother: Audovera ( - )
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From Wikipedia - Basina, daughter of Chiperic I :
Basina was the only daughter and youngest child of Chilperic I , king of Soissons (later Neustria ), and his first wife, Audovera .
In 580 , an epidemic of dysentery swept through Gaul and afflicted her father as well as killing all his remaining children, except Basina and her brother Clovis . The jealous third wife of their father, Fredegund , tried to remove the impediment to her children's succession by sending Clovis to Berny , where the epidemic was strong. This failed to kill him and she had him assassinated along with his mother, the repudiated Audovera . Basina was sent to a convent (Holy Cross ) at Poitiers .
In 589 , Basina joined her first cousin, Clotilda , daughter of Charibert I , in rebellion against the abbess of their convent. Clotilda led a secession of nuns to the church of Saint Hilary there and proceeded to garner a following of men, mostly criminals. She ordered them to abduct the abbess. The kidnapped abbess was imprisoned under Basina's watch. Eventually, however, she was freed by one Flavian.
When Clotilda became too arrogant for her cousin's liking, Basina made peace with the freed abbess. Things did not return to normal with this, however. The violence continued and, in Gregory of Tours ' words, scarcely a day passed without a murder, or an hour without a quarrel, or a moment without tears [1] . This caused King Childebert II of Austrasia to propose to his uncle Guntram of Burgundy that they send joint embassies of their bishops to deal with the incindent in accordance with Canon law . Gregory, bishop of Tours , the chronicler, was ordered to go, along with Ebregisel , bishop of Cologne ; Maroveus, bishop of Poitiers ; and Gundegisel , bishop of Bordeaux , to the commotion, but Gregory demanded that Macco , count of Poitou , quell it with the arm of the law first. The secular answer being inadequate, the bishops gathered in Poitiers and pronounced a judgement which reinstated the abbess and declared her innocent of any crimes of which the rebels had accused her. The cousins were excommunicated.
In 590 , both Clotilda and Basina were pardoned by the king, and Basina-but not her cousin-returned to her monastery and lived, until her death, in obedience.
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