Baldwin II 'the Bald' Comte de Flandre 2
- Born: Abt 863 3
- Marriage: Ælfthryth between 883 and 899 1
- Died: 10 Sep 918 about age 55 3
 General Notes:
Second ruler of Flanders, who, from his stronghold at Bruges, maintained, as his father Baldwin I before him, a vigorous defense of his lands against the incursions of the Norsemen. On his mother's side a descendant of Charlemagne, he strengthened the dynastic importance of his family by marrying Aelfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great, of Wessex, Eng.
Acceded: Count and Margrave of Flanders, 879.
[source: Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy, http://nygaard.howards.net/]
Baldwin married Ælfthryth, daughter of Ælfræd 'the Great' King of Wessex and Eahlwið Princess of Mercia, between 883 and 899.1 (Ælfthryth was born about 868 in Wessex, England,4 died on 7 Jun 929 in Flanders, Belgium 1 and was buried in St Peter's Abbey, Ghent, France 1.)
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