Baldwin I "The Iron Hand" Flanders Count Of 
Baldwin I "The Iron Hand" was born in 0837. He died at the age of 42 in 0879.General Notes
He was a Flehism cheiftan, who began his reign in 862, He fell in love
with Judith, the daughter of Charles the Bald, King of France and the
widow of Ethelwulf, King of England. King Charles made Baldwin Count of
Flanders on the advice of the Pope so that he would not support the
Normans.
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