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Baudouin (Iron arm) of Flanders I

Baudouin, known as Iron arm, was born in 0837 in Flanders, Nord, France.¹ Iron arm's father was Odoscer and his mother was <Unknown>. His paternal grandparents were Engleran and <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died at the age of 42 in 0879 in Arras, Flanders.¹

General Notes
- # Note:
  
  A daring warrior under Charles II, he fell in love with the King's daughter Judith, the youthful widow of 2 English kings, married her, and fled with his bride to Lorraine. At first angry, Charles eventually forgave him and made him Margrave of Flanders-changed to Count in the 10th century. Encyclopedia Britannica for Baldwin I.
  
  # Note: Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
  # Note: Page: Baldwin I
  # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
  # Note: Page: 162-16
  # Note: Text: 862, 3rd husband
  
  http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I11304

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Count Girard of Paris
  - b.~  0718 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France d.0816
  
  Count Begue of Paris
  - b.~  0748 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France d.0816
  
  Carloman I Franks ^*
  - b.0715 in Austrasia, Flanders (Belgium) d.0754
  
  Rotrude of Austrasia
  - b.~  0730 in Heristal, Liege, Austrasia, Belgium d.0755
  
  Engleran
  - b.0780 in Flanders, Nord, France
  
  Duke Pepin (The Short) France III ^*
  - b.0714 in Austrasia, France d.24 Sep 0768 in St. Denis, Paris, Seine, France
  
  Charlemagne Roman
  - b.02 Apr 0742 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.28 Jan 0814 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
  
  Berthe (Bertrade) Laon ^*
  - b.0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 Jul 0783 in Choisy, Bourgogne, France
  
  Aupais Aupals France
  - b.~  0760 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.26 Apr 0855
  
  Himiltrude
  - b.0746 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
  
  Odoscer
  - b.~  0805 in Flanders, Nord, France d.0864
  
  Baudouin (Iron arm) of Flanders I
  - b.0837 in Flanders, Nord, France d.0879 in Arras, Flanders
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

Iron arm's family with Judith of France

Iron arm and Judith were married in a religious ceremony in 0862.¹ They had two sons and a daughter, named The Bald, Rudolf and Widnille.

Family Notes
- M: Abt. 0859
  P: Flandre, Austrasia

Children
- Baudouin (The Bald) Flanders II
  Baudouin, known as The Bald, was born in 0863 in Flanders, Nord, France.² He died at the age of 55 on September 10th, 0918.²
  
  Widnille Flanders
  Widnille was born in 0865 in Flanders, Belgium.³
  
  Rudolf de Cambrai
  Rudolf was born in 0865 in Flanders, Nord, France.¹ He died at the age of 31 on June 17th, 0896 in Cambrai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.¹

¹ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jwflank&id=I23837&style=TABLE
² http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=schluck&id=I18478&style=TABLE
³ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=m_restivo&id=I103979&style=TABLE