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
Baldwin II of Flanders
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Baldwin II was the second margrave of Flanders, ruling from 879 to 918. He was nicknamed the Bald after his maternal grandfather, Emperor Charles the Bald.
Judith of Flanders
…His possessions would become known as the County of Flanders, one of the most powerful domains in France. Between 893 and 899, her eldest surviving son Baldwin II married Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons (previously King of Wessex), son of Judith's first husband and brother of the…
19th century depiction of Baldwin by Albrecht De Vriendt
Baldwin II and Ælfthryth