Arnulf I, Count of Flanders

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Arnulf I, Count of Flanders was a powerful 10th-century Flemish ruler who significantly expanded and consolidated the County of Flanders into a major principality in medieval Northwestern Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Arnulf I, Count of Flanders canonical 13
Ingelram of Flanders 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Count of Flanders ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
alliedWith Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arnulf the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Arnulf the Great

Arnulf the Great ⓘ
burialPlace Saint Peter’s Abbey, Ghent ⓘ
child Baldwin III, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Liutgard of Flanders ⓘ
conflict King Louis IV of West Francia ⓘ
linked to: Louis IV of France

Normans ⓘ
countryOfOrigin County of Flanders ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 890 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 27 March 965 ⓘ
era 10th century ⓘ
expandedTerritory Artois ⓘ
Ostrevant ⓘ
Ponthieu ⓘ
parts of Picardy ⓘ
father Baldwin II, Count of Flanders ⓘ
givenName Arnulf ⓘ
linked to: Arnulf of Metz
governedFrom Ghent region ⓘ
houseOrDynastyFoundedByAncestor Baldwin I of Flanders ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
mother Ælfthryth of Wessex ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Flanders ⓘ
notableFor consolidation of comital authority in Flanders ⓘ
expansion of the County of Flanders ⓘ
making Flanders a major principality in Northwestern Europe ⓘ
partOf West Francia ⓘ
placeOfBirth Flanders ⓘ
placeOfDeath Flanders ⓘ
politicalRole frontier lord against Viking incursions ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Flanders ⓘ
predecessor Baldwin II, Count of Flanders ⓘ
reignOrInOffice 918–965 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Ghent ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Adele of Vermandois ⓘ
strengthened comital control over coastal Flanders ⓘ
fortifications along the North Sea coast ⓘ
successor Arnulf II, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Baldwin III, Count of Flanders ⓘ
title Margrave on the Flemish coast ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ælfthryth of Wessex → child → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
House of Flanders → hasNotableMember → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders → child → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Adelolf, Count of Boulogne → sibling → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Adelolf, Count of Boulogne → sibling → Ingelram of Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
Adelolf, Count of Boulogne → successor → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Baldwin II, Count of Flanders → parent → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Baldwin II, Count of Flanders → successor → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Luitgarde of Vermandois → relative → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Arnulf II, Count of Flanders → grandfather → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Arnulf II, Count of Flanders → predecessor → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Baldwin III, Count of Flanders → father → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Baldwin III, Count of Flanders → coRuledWith → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Baldwin III, Count of Flanders → predecessor → Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ