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Birth:          ABT  816 of Flanders
Death:          ABT  879 Arras

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_I,_Margrave_of_Flanders
Baldwin I (probably 830s – 879), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm (the epithet is first 
recorded in the 12th century), was the first Margrave of Flanders.

At the time Baldwin first appear 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 Ęthelwulf and his son (from an earlier marriage) 
Ęthelbald, 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' 
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 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 862 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 Waasland, 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 St-Bertin, near Saint-Omer.

Family[edit]

Baldwin was succeeded by his and Judith's son, Baldwin II (c. 866 – 918). The 
couple's first son, Charles, named after his maternal grandfather, died at a young age. 
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 Herbert and killed.

Parents
____ Odacer (ABT  790 -  864)
----- ----- ()

Siblings
____ Baldwin I "Bras de Fer" (ABT  816 - ABT  879)

Marriage To ____ Judith (ABT  844 - ABT  870)
    m. 13 Dec  862 Auxerre

Notes
her third

Parents
____ Charles II "the Bald" (13 Jun  823 - 6 Oct  877)
D'ORLEANS Ermentrude (27 Sep  823 - 6 Oct  869)

Children by ____ Judith ABT  844 - ABT  870
____ Baldwin II "the Bald" (ABT  863 - 10 Sep  918)
____ Widnille (Guinidilda) (ABT  863 - )
OF FLANDERS Raoul (Rudolph) (ABT  865 - 17 Jun  896)

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