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Flanders (Kings, Dukes & Counts)
A Medieval Romance - and the start of the County of Flanders.
Baldwin/Baudouin "Bras de Fer" (d.879) eloped (c.862) with Judith (aged less than 20 and widow of Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and Æthelbald, King of Wessex - and daughter of Charles II "Le Chauve", Holy Roman Emperor). With time and the intervention of Pope Nicholas I - Judith’s father Emperor Charles II accepted the marriage (c.863) - and Baldwin/Baudouin "Bras de Fer" was granted the County of Flanders and thus became the 1st Count of Flanders (c.864).
Two of Count Baldwin I’s residences in Flanders were the early Castle of Gravensteen, Ghent and the former Castle in Bruges (on the site of the Town Hall / Hotel de Ville).
The Chapel of the Counts at Notre Dame Church, Courtrai / Kortrijk - is adorned with paintings of each of the the Counts of Flanders including Baldwin I & Judith.
House of Flanders - and Gravensteen Castle, Ghent / Gand, Belgium
Castle of the Counts of Flanders / Château des Comtes de Flandre.
Baldwin/Baudouin I "Bras de Fer", 1st Count of Flanders (d.879) [Founder of the House of Flanders] is believed to have built the initial Castle - and his descendant Philip I, Count of Flanders (d.1191) (son of Thierry I, Count of Flanders & Sibylle of Anjou) [House of Lorraine] rebuilt the castle towards the end of the 12th Century.
Paintings - Counts of Flanders - Chapelle des Comtes / Gravenkapel in the Église Notre-Dame de Courtrai / Kortrijk, Belgium - First Seven Generations
Baldwin I, 1st Count of Flanders (d.879) & his wife Judith (daughter of Charles the Bald King of France); Baldwin II (d.918); Arnoul I "the Great" (d.964); Baldwin III, co-Count with father (died of smallpox in 962); Arnoul II (d.987); Baldwin IV (d.1035); Baldwin V (d.1067) & his wife Adela (daughter of Robert II King of France) parents of Mathilde wife of William the Conqueror (Ancestor of Kings & Queens of England).
Statues in the Palais de la Nation (Belgian Federal Parliament Building) in Brussels.
Statues on the Senate side of the peristyle include a portrayal of Baldwin IX/VI Count of Flanders & Hainault & I Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d.c.1205) - House of Flanders.
Portrait Paintings in the Palais de la Nation (Belgian Federal Parliament Building) in Brussels.
The portrait gallery in the Senate’s Plenary Chamber includes portrayals of 17 key figures in the history of Belgium - 15 by Louis Gallait (1810-1887). One of the earlier figures: Baldwin IX/VI Count of Flanders & Hainault & I Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d.c.1205) - House of Flanders (5th portrait from left side of gallery).
House of Flanders - Statues on main façade of Bruges Town Hall / Hotel de Ville.
Statues include :
Baldwin/Baudouin I "Bras de Fer", 1st Count of Flanders (d.879) (bottom row - 4th from left) and his 5th Great-Grandson -
Robert I "le Frison“ Count of Flanders (d.1093) (top row - 2nd of 4 on far left turret).
The Bruges Town Hall / Hotel de Ville is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Historic Centre of Brugge.
Counts of Flanders - Statues adorning façade of Courtrai / Kortrijk Hotel de Ville, Belgium.
The 16 statues are portrayals of Counts & Countesses of Flanders - the 1st five statues from far left plus the 8th statue: Baldwin/Baudouin I "Bras de Fer", 1st Count of Flanders (d.879), Baldwin II (d.918), Arnoul I “the Great” (d.964), Baldwin IV (d.1035), Thierry I (d.1168) [House of Lorraine] brought the relic of the Holy Blood from the Holy Land and built the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges, and Baldwin IX/VI Count of Flanders & Hainault & I Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d.c.1205) (8th from left).
House of Flanders - Statues of Counts of Flanders adorn façade of Ghent (Gand) City Hall / Hotel de Ville, Belgium.
Three of the 19 statues from left to right are representations of:
[2nd] Baldwin I "Bras de Fer", 1st Count of Flanders (d.879)
[3rd] Baldwin VI/I "The Peaceable", 8th Count of Flanders & Count of Hainault (d.1070)
[4th] Robert I "le Frison“, 10th Count of Flanders (d.1093).
House of Flanders - Statues on main façade of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) Town Hall (Hotel de Ville).
Two of the six remaining statues (before WWII damage there were eight statues) are of :
- Baldwin III, Count of Flanders & Artois (d.962). He built the first fortification to defend Dunkirk.
- Count Baldwin III’s 11th Great-Grandson [and 3rd Great-Grandson of Baldwin V/VIII, Count of Hainaut & Flanders (d.1195)] - Robert de Cassel, Count of Marle (d.1331). Count Robert reorganized the city’s magistrate (municipal councils) and created three guilds (Archers , Crossbowmen and Arquebusiers) to help protect the city.
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