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Husband: Baldwin II Count of FLANDERS [I31256]
Born: between 863 AND 865 1
Married: 884
Died: 918 2
Father: Baldwin I 'Bras de Fer' Count of FLANDERS
Mother: Judith of FLANDERS
Spouses:
Wife: Alfthryth 'Ethelswith' of WESSEX [I31257]
Born:
Died: 07 JUN 929 3
Father: Alfred 'the Great' King of WESSEX
Mother: Ealhswith or Ealswitha of the GAINI
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): Adalulf Count of BOULOGNE [I31261]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
02 (F): EALSWID [I31262]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
03 (F): ERMENTRUD [I31263]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
04 (M): Arnold I 'Arnulf' Count of FLANDERS [I31248]
Born: 890 4
Died: 28 MAR 965 in Belgium 5
Spouses: Adele 'Alix' of VERMANDOIS
Additional Information

Baldwin II Count of FLANDERS:

House: Flanders

Notes:

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Line 162
17.BALDWIN II, the Bald, b. 863/5, Count of Flanders and Artois, d. 918; m. 884, ALFTHRYTH (ETHELSWITH0 (44-16) of Wessex, d. 7 June 929, dau. of ALFRED THE GREAT (1-14), (CCN 112).

Alfthryth 'Ethelswith' of WESSEX:

Notes:

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Line 44
16. ALFTHRYTH (ETHELSWITH0 of Wessex, d. 7 June 929,; m. BALDWIN II (162-17), Count of Flanders, d. 917. (ASC; Ethelwerd, Chronicle, 1-2; William of Malmsbury, 121; L'Art de Verifier Les Dates; etc.) All descendants of Lines 162 to 169 belong to the posterity of King Alfred the Great.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ælfthryth of Wessex (877 – 7 June 929), also known as Elftrudis (Elftrude, Elfrida), was an English princess and a countess consort of Flanders.
She was the youngest daughter of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England and his wife Ealhswith. Her siblings included King Edward the Elder and Æthelflæd.
Between 893 and 899, Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (died 918), Count of Flanders.[1] They had the following issue:
Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890–964/65); married Adela of Vermandois
Adalulf, Count of Boulogne (c. 890 – 933)
Ealswid
Ermentrud
1. Abels, Richard P. (1988). Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. British Museum Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-7141-0552-9.

Footnotes
  1. Weis, Frederick Lewis , Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 [2343] (8th edition 2004).
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
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