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Baldwin I, Count of Flanders

Baldwin I, Count of Flanders

Miller, Frederic P.
Vandome, Agnes F.
McBrewster, John

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Medieval & Renaissance History

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ISBN10: 6130933401
ISBN13: 9786130933401
Publisher: Alphascript Pub
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.20 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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. 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 to 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.

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