of Flanders, Baldwin I
837 - 879 (42 years)-
Name of Flanders, Baldwin [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
Map of Burgundy Upper and Lower Map of Burgundy Suffix I Birth 837 Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France 
[1, 3, 5, 8] Gender Male Appointments / Titles Flanders, Noord-Holland, Netherlands [3, 5, 8] Margrave of Flanders Appointments / Titles Saint Omer [5, 8] House Flanders [5, 8] FSID LDHS-DF1 [3, 5, 8] Burial 879 Abbey of Saint Bertin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France [1, 2, 4, 5, 8] Abbey of Saint Bertin (Ruins) Death 2 Jan 879 Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Person ID I33927 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Father of Flanders, Odoacer, b. Between 800 and 810, France d. 19 Nov 837, Thérouanne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 37 years) Relationship natural Mother of Flanders, N.N., b. 813, Thérouanne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 860, France (Age 47 years) Relationship natural Family ID F13284 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family de France, Judith, b. Oct 844, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France d. 13 Jan 870, Bruges, Gironde, Aquitaine, France (Age 25 years) Marriage 13 Dec 862 Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France [3, 5] Children 1. of Flanders, Count Baldwin II, b. 864, French Flanders (Historical), Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 10 Sep 918, Blandijnberg, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Age 54 years) [natural]Family ID F13281 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 837 - Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France 
Appointments / Titles - Margrave of Flanders - - Flanders, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 
Marriage - 13 Dec 862 - Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France 
Burial - 879 - Abbey of Saint Bertin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France 
Death - 2 Jan 879 - Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Baldwin I (probably 830s – 879), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm and Baudouin, was the first margrave of Flanders. Early sources identify Baldwin (Baudouin) as the son of Odacre (also spelled Audacer) ruler of Flanders. Odacre is believed to have died when his son was still very young, too young to rule. It is not known who ruled Flanders between Odacre's death and the time his son was appointed.
When 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 Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, king of West Francia. Judith had previously been married to Æthelwulf and Æthelbald, kings of Wessex, but after the latter's death in 860, she returned to France.
Around the Christmas of 861, at the instigation of Baldwin and with her brother Louis's consent, Judith escaped the custody into which she had been placed in the city of Senlis, Oise 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. Judith and Baldwin responded by travelling to Rome to plead their case with Pope Nicholas I. Their plea was successful and Charles was forced to accept the situation. The marriage took place on 13 December 862 in Auxerre. By 870, Baldwin had acquired the lay-abbacy of Saint Peter's Abbey in Ghent and is assumed to have also acquired the counties of Flanders and Waasland, or parts thereof by this time.
Baldwin I and Judith had four children:
- Charles, who was named after his maternal grandfather but died at a young age
- Baldwin II (c. 866 – 918), who succeeded as margrave of Flanders
- Ralph (c. 869 – murdered 896), who became count of Cambrai around 888; he and his brother joined King Zwentibold of Lotharingia in 895, attacked Vermandois and captured Arras, Saint-Quentin and Peronne, and ended up captured and killed by Herbert I of Vermandois
- Guinidilda, who married Wilfred I the Hairy, Count of Barcelona
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 St-Bertin, near Saint-Omer.
- Baldwin I (probably 830s – 879), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm and Baudouin, was the first margrave of Flanders. Early sources identify Baldwin (Baudouin) as the son of Odacre (also spelled Audacer) ruler of Flanders. Odacre is believed to have died when his son was still very young, too young to rule. It is not known who ruled Flanders between Odacre's death and the time his son was appointed.
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