Arnold av Flandern

<p>Arnold (Arnulf) II of Flanders was born about 961, he was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony<br />Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, and with Arnulf's grandfather count, Arnulf I, still alive. When Arnulf I died three years later in 965, the regency was held by their kinsman Baldwin Balso.<br />By the time Arnulf attained his majority in 976, Flanders had lost some of the southern territory acquired by Arnulf I. <br />Arnulf I had given some parts of Picardy to King Lothar of France to help assure his grandson's succession, and gave Boulogne as a fief to another relative. Then early in Arnold's minority King Lothar had taken Ponthieu and given it to Hugh Capet, and the first counts of Gu&icirc;nes had established themselves<br />He married Rozala of Lombardy, daughter of Berengar II of Italy, and was succeeded by their son, Baldwin IV&nbsp;</p><p>https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=85195171</p>