Le Siècle Des Artevelde by Leon Vanderkindere

The grant was subsequently expanded to include Ternois, the land of Waas and the lay abbacy of St Peter of Gent. The original royal grant of territory to Count Baudouin I was limited to theĭoyennés of Bruges, Oudenburg and Aardenburg. Wide range of sources, the ancestry is shown in the present document in squareīrackets, indicating that the information should be treated with caution.īaudouin I Count of Flanders, and his successors until 1128,Īre shown in Chapter 1.B of the present document. It is also interesting to observe that none of the names of these supposedĮarly counts is found among the descendants of Count Baudouin, although thisĭoes not provide conclusive proof of the unreliability of the ancestry.Īlthough the names and relationships of these individuals are referred to in a Individuals, has concluded that the ancestry is ' legendary'Īnd should be rejected as ' an eleventh century invention',Īlthough he acknowledges that there is still a chance that the entries in the Annalesīlandinienses are based on genuine information. Stewart Baldwin, in his detailed analysis of all references to these Included among the Flemish pagi which are described by Vanderkindere. To a pagus Harlabeccensis has been found: in particular it is not In order to boost the standing of the comital family of Flanders. 'count' was attributed to them retrospectively by the later sources Jurisdiction was limited to a small area. It is assumed that, if they were historical people, they were minor lords whose TheĮarlier generations of Count Baudouin's alleged ancestors are referred to asĬounts at Harlabecce, presumably Harlebeke on the outskirts of Courtrai. Relating to these individuals is incomplete and, in part, contradictory.

Were based on earlier documentation which has since disappeared. Primary sources, although it is impossible to assess whether the later sources None of the individuals named is referred to in surviving contemporary The possible ancestry of Baudouin I Count of Flanders is set out in Chapter 1.Aīelow. 'controller' of the forests, a post held successively by some ofīaudouin's supposed ancestors, although both their existence and, if they didĮxist, the extent of their authority is subject to debate. In the area was apparently the ' forestier', in other words the Before this date, the senior governing figure The county of Flanders took its name from the Carolingian pagusįlandrensis, located around Bruges, the countship of which was granted toīaudouin I in 863 by Charles II 'le Chauve' King of the West Franks COUNTS of FLANDERS 1128-1191 (LORRAINE) 40įLANDERS and COMTES de HAINAUT 1191-1244.

Le Siècle Des Artevelde by Leon Vanderkindere