Arnulf II, Count of Flanders

Arnulf II (960/1 – 30 March 987) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.

Life

He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony.Template:Sfn<ref name="ESII5">Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5</ref> His father Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, whilst Arnulf's grandfather, Arnulf I, was still alive.<ref name="ESII5"/> When Arnulf I died three years later (965), the regency was held by his kinsman Baldwin Balso, who died in 973.<ref name="JD73">Jean Dunbabin, France in the Making, 843–1180, Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 73</ref>

By the time Arnulf II attained his majority in 976, Flanders had lost some of the southern territory acquired by Arnulf I.<ref name="JD73"/> The latter had given some parts of Picardy to King Lothar of France to help assure his grandson's succession, and gave Boulogne as a fief to another relative.<ref name="JD73"/> Then early in Arnulf's minority Lothar had taken Ponthieu and given it to Hugh Capet, and the first counts of Guînes had established themselves.<ref name="JD73"/> Arnulf died on 30 March 987 at age 26.<ref name="AR7162">Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came To America before 1700, Seventh Edition (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993), Line 162-20</ref> Shortly after Arnulf's death his widow married King Robert II of France.<ref name="AR7162"/>

Family

In 976, he married Rozala of Italy, daughter of Berengar II of Italy,Template:Sfn and had two children:

• Baldwin IV (980–1035), who succeeded his father.Template:Sfn He married twice and fathered Baldwin V.
• Mathilde, who died before 995.<ref name="ESII5"/>

References

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See also

• Counts of Flanders family tree