Judith of Flanders
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Judith of Flanders was a Carolingian princess who became Queen of Wessex by two successive marriages and later Countess of Flanders. Judith was the eldest child of the Carolingian emperor Charles the
A depiction of King Æthelwulf from the 14th century
A depiction of King Æthelbald from the 14th century
Baldwin I of Flanders and his wife Judith of France, by Jan van der Asselt, ca. 1372/73. Currently displayed at the Gravenkapel, Kortrijk, Belgium.
A depiction of the institution of Baldwin as Margrave of Flanders from circa 1450-1460 by Ægidius of Roya
Charles the Bald
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Charles the Bald was king of West Francia, king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire. After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the
Judith of Flanders
…princess who became Queen of Wessex by two successive marriages and later Countess of Flanders. Judith was the eldest child of the Carolingian emperor Charles the Bald and his first wife, Ermentrude of Orléans. In 856, she married Æthelwulf, King of Wessex. After her husband's death in 858, Judith married his son and…
Charles the Bald as depicted in the Vivian Bible, c. 845
Denier of Charles the Bald struck at Paris
Denier (type Temple and cross) of Charles the Bald, minted at Reims between 840 and 864 (pre-Edict of Pistres)
The so-called Equestrian statuette of Charlemagne (c. 870), thought to possibly depict Charles the Bald