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Adelolf, Count of Boulogne (died 13 November 933) was a son of Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, and of Ælfthryth. He was probably named for his maternal great-grandfather, King Æthelwulf of Wessex.

Baldwin II's extensive lands and many offices in what is now the north of modern France and the west of Belgium were divided among his sons on his death in 918. The elder, Arnulf, became Count of Flanders. Adelolf succeeded his father as count of Saint-Pol, Count of Boulogne and of Thérouanne. He was also the lay abbot of the Abbey of Saint Bertinus (Saint-Bertin) at Saint-Omer.

In 926 Adelolf was sent as an ambassador to his maternal first cousin King Æthelstan of England by Count Hugh the Great, effective ruler of northern France under Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy, who had been elected king of France in 923. Adelolf was to seek the English king's agreement to a marriage between Hugh and another of Æthelstan's sisters. Among the lavish gifts sent to Æthelstan, an avid collector of relics, were said to be the sword of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and the Holy Lance. The embassy was a success and Hugh was married to Æthelstan's half-sister Eadhild.

Adelolf was the father of Arnulf II, Count of Boulogne (died 971), and of an illegitimate son named Baldwin (died 973) who was guardian of Arnulf II, Count of Flanders.

According to Folcwine's Gesta abbatum Sancti Bertini Sithiensium (Deeds of the abbots of Saint-Bertin), Adelolf died on 13 November 933. He was buried at Saint-Bertin.

Adelolf — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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Arnulf II of Boulogne (died 971) was a son of Count Adalolf. He succeeded as Count of Boulogne in 964 after the death of his uncle Arnulf I, and held it until 971. He was the father of Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne.

Arnulf — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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Arnulf III of Boulogne (died 990) was a son of Arnulf II, Count of Boulogne. He succeeded his father as count of Boulogne from 971 to 990. On his death his lands were divided between his 3 sons:

Baldwin got Boulogne
Arnulf got Ternois
a third son got Thérouanne.

Arnulf — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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Baldwin II of Boulogne (ca. 990 - ca. 1033) was a son of Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne, who he succeeded as count of Boulogne.

He married Adelina of Holland and was the father of Eustace I of Boulogne, who succeeded him.

Baldwin II of Boulogne ( - c.1027) was a son of Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne, who he succeeded as count of Boulogne.

Life

Baldwin II was the son of Arnulf III, Count of Boulogne and succeeded his father as count circa 990. Both Arnulf III and his father Arnulf II had freed themselves of Flemish rule during the minority of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders. In 1022 both Baldwin and his son Eustace, along with the counts of Normandy, Valois, and Flanders, met with Robert II, King of France and formed an alliance against Odo II, Count of Blois who was challenging the king's authority. But when Emperor Henry II died in July 1024 the alliance quickly fell apart as King Robert reconciled with count Odo II. In the wake of these changing alliances and for reasons that remain unclear, Baldwin was killed in battle c. 1027 warring with Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu, who then wed Baldwin's widow.

Family and issue

He married Adelina of Holland daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland and Lutgardis of Luxemburg. and was the father of:

Eustace I of Boulogne, who succeeded him.

After Baldwin's death Adelina married secondly, Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu.

Baldwin — Adelina of Holland. Adelina (daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland and Lutgardis of Luxemburg) was born Abt 990; died Abt 1045. [Group Sheet]