Charles the Good
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Charles the Good was Count of Flanders from 1119 to 1127. His murder and its aftermath were chronicled by Galbert of Bruges. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1882 through cultus confirmation.
Image of Charles I on his reliquary in the Sint-Salvatorskathedraal, Bruges, Belgium
William Clito
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William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy. As the son of Robert Curthose, the elde
Charles the Good
…captured, and tortured to death. King Louis VI of France, who had supported the uprising against the Erembalds, then used his influence to select William Clito of the House of Normandy as the next count of Flanders. Aird, William M. (2008). Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy: C. 1050–1134. The Boydell Press…
William's effigy on a seal
The murder of Charles the Good, from the Grandes Chroniques de France
A 20th-century crucifix monument that mentions the Battle of Axspoele