Arnulf II the Young, count of Flanders

Arnulf French: Arnoul
Also Known As:	"Arnold II", "Arnoul II", "Arnolph", "Arnulf", "Arnulph II", "the Younger", "the Young", "of Flanders", "af Flanderen", "le Jeune", "de Flandres", "van Vlaanderen", "met de baard", "av Flandern", "Arnulf den unge", "Greve Arnulf II le Jeune av Flandern", "The Young", "Arnould De Flandre"
Birthdate:	December 961
Birthplace:	Vlaanderen (Flanders), Belgium
Death:	March 30, 987 (25) La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
Place of Burial:	Gent, Vlaanderen, Belgium
Immediate Family:	Son of Baldwin III, count of Flanders and Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders Husband of Rozala of Italy Father of Baldwin IV the Bearded, count of Flanders and Matilda of Flanders Brother of Adelaide De Ardennes; Count Arnold I of Flanders, DUP and Count Odo of Blois Half brother of Gothelo I "the Great", duke of Lorraine; Godfrey II, duke of Lower Lorraine; Gerberge de Verdun; Hermann, comte de Verdun et d'Enham; Roger de Verdun, Governor of Ambriences Castle and 6 others
Occupation:	Count of Flanders, Greve, Greve i Flandern 96 5-987, Greve i Flandern, Greve av Flandern, gift för andra gången med Susanne, Count of Flanders from 965 until his death, GRAAF VAN VLAANDEREN, Hertig, Greve av Flandern 965-988

Managed by:	Sally Gene Cole
Last Updated:	May 7, 2023

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Recommended reading: Graven van Vlaanderen, Edward De Maesschalck, 2012 (only in Dutch)

Leo: Europäische Stammtafeln, Band II, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von, Reference: Page 9.

Leo: Caroli Magni Progenies, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977 , Rösch, Siegfried, Reference: 170.

Greve av Flandern 964-988 talet

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961	December 961	Birth of Arnulf II the Young, count of Flanders Vlaanderen (Flanders), Belgium
980	January 8, 980	Birth of Baldwin IV the Bearded, count of Flanders Ghent, Flandres, Belgium
987	March 30, 987 Age 25	Death of Arnulf II the Young, count of Flanders at L... La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France
	March 30, 987 Age 25	Burial of Arnulf II the Young, count of Flanders Gent, Vlaanderen, Belgium
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