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- Byname:
- Baldwin The Bald
- French:
- Baudouin Le Chauve
- Dutch:
- Boudewijn De Kale
- Died:
- 918
- Notable Family Members:
- son Arnulf I
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Baldwin II
count of Flanders
Also known as: Baldwin the Bald, Baudouin le Chauve, Boudewijn de Kale(Show More)
Baldwin II (died 918) was the 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 motherās side a descendant of Charlemagne, he strengthened the dynastic importance of his family by marrying Aelfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great, of Wessex, Eng.
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