Judith ³

  General Notes:

Also known as Judith of the West Franks

Judith was married
1st time in 856 with king Ethelwurf of England who died in 858.
2nd time in 858 with his son, Etherbald, who died in 860.
3rd time in 862 with Balduin Bras-de-Fer (Baldwin I 'Iron-Arm') of Flanders.

Judith was born probably in October of 844, the daughter of Charles the Bald, king of the Franks, and Ermentrude. She was forced by her father to marry Æthelwulf, King of Wessex on October 1, 856 at Verberie sur Oise, France; when he was 51, and she was 13.

After Æthelwulf's death on January 13, 858, she was married to his son, Æethelbald, sometime after February 858. Æethelbald was 18 and she was then 14. After Æethelbald's death, the marriage was annulled (in 860), and she was confined at Senlis.

She eloped with Baldwin I, Count of Flanders, in January 862. He was 23, she was 19. They were probably married at the monastery of Senlis before they eloped. They hid until October, when they went to her uncle Lothair for protection. From there they fled to Pope Nicholas I for protection. They were then officially married at Auxerre.

They had a son, Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, born in 864. Oddly enough, he was also called the Bald.

[source: Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy, http://nygaard.howards.net/]

Judith married Æthelwulf King of Wessex, son of Ecgbeorht King of Wessex and Redburga, on 1 Oct 856.¹ (Æthelwulf King of Wessex was born between 795 and 810,⁴ died after 13 Jan 858 ⁵ and was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.)

Judith next married Æthelbald King of Wessex, son of Æthelwulf King of Wessex and Osburga, in 858.² (Æthelbald King of Wessex was born about 834,⁶ died on 20 Dec 860 ⁶ and was buried on 25 Dec 860 in Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, England ⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

This marriage was annulled in 860 on the grounds of consanguinity.

Judith next married Baldwin I 'Iron-Arm' Comte de Flandre in 863 in Auxerre, France.³ (Baldwin I 'Iron-Arm' Comte de Flandre was born before 847 ³ and died about 879 ³.)