Baldwin III, Count of Flanders and Artoi

940 - 1005  (65 years)

• Name	Baldwin III
  Birth	About 940  [1, 3]
  Death	1005  [1, 2, 4]
  Siblings	4 sisters
  + 1. Hildegarde of Flanders   d. 10 Apr 990 ▻ Dietrich II, Count of West Friesland,  m. 940 - 945   2. Elstrude of Flanders + 3. Baldwin III, Count of Flanders and Artoi,   b. About 940   d. 1005  (Age 65 years) ▻ Matilda of Saxony,  m. 1 Jan 961 + 4. Liutgarde ▻ Wickmann II, Count of Ghent and Hamalant,  m. 950 + 5. Ledgarde de Flanders   d. 29 Sep 964 ▻ Wickmann, Count of Gand
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Lideric, Forester of Flanders   (4 x Great Grandfather)  Aba or Bava,   b. Abt 779   d. 4 Sep 839  (Age 60 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3065	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Death: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1982) give his death date as 1 November 962. [2, 5]

  
  

Father	Arnold I, Count of Flanders and Artois,   b. Between 885 and 890, Flanders, Belgium d. 27 Mar 965, Flanders, Belgium (Age 80 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Adelaide de Vermandois,   b. About 915   d. 960, Bruges, Flanders, Belguim (Age 45 years)
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F2473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Matilda of Saxony   d. 25 May 1005  Other Partners: Godfrey, Count of Verdun and Bidgau  m. After 962
Marriage	1 Jan 961  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years and 1 month - She : ??.
Children	+   1. Arnold II, Count of Flanders,   b. 961/62   d. 30 Mar 987 (Age 25 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Susanna, Princess of Italy  m. 968
Family ID	F2471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	20 Dec 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Baldwin III, Count of Flanders and Artoi(940 – 1005) 2Arnold I, Count of Flanders and Artois(890 – 965) 4Baldwin II, Count of Flanders and Artois(865 – 918) 8Baldwin I, Count of Flanders( – 879) 16Count Odoacer( – 864) 17 9Judith of France, Princess of France(Abt 846 – 870) 18Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of France(828 – 877) 19Ermentrude of Orléans(830 – 869) 5Ælfthryth(877 – 929) 10Alfred, King of England (849 – 901) 20Æthelwulf, King of England (Abt 806 – 858) 21Osburh(Abt 810 – 876) 11Ealhswith of Mercia(852 – 904) 22Æthelred Mucil, Earldorman of Gainsborough 23Eadburh of Mercia 3Adelaide de Vermandois(915 – 960) 6Herbert II, Count of Vermandois and Troyes(887 – 943) 12Herbert I, Count of Vermandois(840 – 902) 24Pépin, Count of Senlis, Peronne and St. Quentin(817/18 – 840) 25 13Liegardis 26 27 7Hildebrande of Neustria, Princess of the West Franks(887 – 943) 14Robert I, Duke of France(866 – 923) 28Robert, Count of Anjou and Blois( – 866) 29Adelaide of Alsace and Tours(819 – 866) 15Adelaide of Alsace and Tours(819 – 866) 30Hugh II, Count of Tours(Abt 765 – 837) 31Aba or Bava(Abt 779 – 839)

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).