Arnulf III, count of Flanders

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Arnulf

French: Arnoul
Also Known As: "Arnulf", "Arnoulph", "Arnoul", "le Malheureux", "de Flandres", "of Flanders", "van Vlaanderen", "von Flandern"
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Birthplace: Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium
Death: February 22, 1071 (11-20)
Bavinchove, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France (Fell in battle)
Place of Burial: Abbaye Saint-Bertin, Saint-Omer, Nord-Pas de Calais, France
Immediate Family:

Son of Baldwin VI, count of Flanders and Hainault and Richildis von Egisheim
Brother of Baldwin II, count of Hainault; N.N. Baudoin Järnarm and Adelheid (Alix) De Tournai d'Eine
Half brother of Roger von Hennegau,; Gertrud von Hennegau and Adelheid van Vlaanderen

Notes: Count of Flanders and Hainaut from 1070 to 1071. While he was a minor, he was under the guardianship of his mother Richildis van Hainaut. His uncle, Robrecht de Fries, accused Arnulf of ruling tyrannically over Flanders. In 1071 there was a confrontation
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About Arnulf III, count of Flanders

Arnoul le Malheureux, Comte de Flandre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_III,_Count_of_Flanders

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnoul_III_de_Flandre

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#Top

ARNOUL de Flandre ([1055]-killed in battle Cassel 22 Feb 1071, bur Saint-Bertin). The Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana names (in order) "Arnulfum et Balduinem" as sons of "Balduinum Haanoniensem [et] Richelde"[241]. "Arnulfum nepotem suum [Robertus filius Balduini comitis Insulani] occiso" is named in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin[242]. He succeeded his father in 1070 as ARNOUL III Count of Flanders, Comte de Hainaut. His uncle Robert rebelled against Count Arnoul, defeated him at the battle of Cassel where Arnoul was killed, and seized control of Flanders[243]. Arnoul's younger brother Baudouin was left only with the county of Hainaut.



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Arnulf III, count of Flanders's Timeline

1055
1055
Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium
1071
February 22, 1071
Age 16
Bavinchove, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
February 1071
Age 16
Abbaye Saint-Bertin, Saint-Omer, Nord-Pas de Calais, France