Judith Of The West Franks 
Judith was born in 0843. Judith's father was Charles II King of France and her mother was Ermntrude Countess Of Orleans. Her paternal grandparents were Louis I "The Pious" Emperor of the Holy Roman and Judith Princess Of Bavaria; her maternal grandparents are Eudes Count Of Orleans and Ingeltrude Countess Of Orleans. She had four brothers and five sisters, named Carloman, Lothaire, Charles, Louis II, Rotrude, Ermentrude Abbess Of, Hildegarde, Gisaele and Rothaut. She had a half-sister named Rothilde. She died after 0870.General Notes
Judith (c. 844–870), also called Judith Martel, was the wife of Ethelwulf of Wessex and Ethelbald of Wessex.
Judith was born probably in October of 844, the daughter of Charles the Bald, king of the Franks, and Ermentrude. She was forced by her father to marry Æthelwulf, King of Wessex on October 1, 856 at Verberie sur Oise, France; when he was 51, and she was 13.
After Æthelwulf's death on January 13, 858, she was married to his son, Æethelbald, sometime after February 858. Æethelbald was 18 and she was then 14. After Æethelbald's death, the marriage was annulled (in 860), and she was confined at Senlis.
She eloped with Baldwin I, Count of Flanders, in January 862. He was 23, she was 19. They were probably married at the monastery of Senlis before they eloped. They hid until October, when they went to her uncle Lothair for protection. From there they fled to Pope Nicholas I for protection. They were then officially married at Auxerre.
They had a son, Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, born in 864. Oddly enough, he was also called the Bald.
Judith died in 870.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0688 in Herstal d.15 OCT 741 in Cressy Sur Oise, Neustria
- b.0714 in Jupille, Austrasia d.0768 in Saint Denis, France
- b.0690 in Moselle, Austrasia d.0724
- b.2 APR 742 in Aix la Chapelle, Austrasia d.28 JAN 813/14 in Aix la Chapelle, Austrasia
- b.~ 0692 in Laon, France
- b.0720 in Laon, Austrasia d.12 JUL 783 in Choisy, Bourgogne
- b.~ 0704
- b.0778 in Casseneuil, France d.0840 in near Ingelheim, Hesse
- b.0720 in Alamannia d.BET. 788 - 803
- b.0758 in Aachen, Prussia d.30 APR 783 in Thionville, Austrasia
- b.0715 d.0788
- b.0736 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.BET. 30 APR 783 - 798
- b.23 JUN 823 in Frankfort, on-Main d.6 OCT 877 in Brios, France
- b. in Bavaria
- b.0800 in Alfdorf, Bavaria d.19 APR 843 in Tours, Neustria
- b. in Saxony
- b.0843 d.> 0870
- b.0800 in Orleans, France
- b.27 SEP 830 in Orlbeans, Nuestria d.6 OCT 869
- b.0805 in Orleans, France
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Judith and Ethelwulf were married in a religious ceremony in Verberie sur Oise, France.
Judith and Ethelbald were married in a religious ceremony.
Judith and Baldwin were married in a religious ceremony in Auxerre. They had a son and a daughter, named Baldwin and Guinidila Widnille.
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