Elfrida OF ENGLAND: Adkins-Horton Family

Abt 873 - 929 (~ 56 years)

Generation: 1

Elfrida OF ENGLAND was born about 873 in Wessex, England; died on 7 Jun 929 in Flanders, France.

Notes:

Ethelfleda married the regent of Mercia, Ethelred, (Ealdorman of the Mercians). This marriage set the final seal upon the cooperation of the South and Midlands. He died in 911, and his widow succeeded him as ruler of Mercia. She was known as "the Lady of the Mercians." She aided his brother Edward I., the Elder, in conquering the Danelaw and its Five Boroughs. In 918, the Danish resistance in East Anglia collapsed, and all the Danish leaders submitted to Edward as their protector and lord. They were granted in return their estates and the right to live according to their Danish customs. At the same time "the Lady of the Mercians" conquered Leicester, and received even from York offers of submission. In this hour of success Ethelfleda died, and Edward was invited by the nobles of Mercia to occupy the vacant throne.

Elfrida married Baldwin II OF FLANDERS. Baldwin (son of Count Baldwin I "Iron Arm" OF FLANDERS and Princess Judith Martel OF FRANCE) was born in 864; died on 10 Sep 918. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Count Adalulf of Boulogne OF FLANDERS
3. Count Arnulf I "the Great" OF FLANDERS was born in 873; died on 27 Mar 965.

Generation: 2

2. Count Adalulf of Boulogne OF FLANDERS (1.Elfrida¹)

Count Arnulf I "the Great" OF FLANDERS

(1.Elfrida¹) was born in 873; died on 27 Mar 965.

Arnulf married Countess Adela 'Alix' DE VERMANDOIS. Adela (daughter of Count Heribert II DE VERMANDOIS and Richilda DE NEUSTRIA) was born about 895 in Vermandois, Aisne, Picardy, France; died on 10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine, France; was buried in St. Pierre Abbey, Gand, Flandres, France. [Group Sheet]

Children:

4. Baldwin III 'the Bald' OF FLANDERS died in 962.

Generation: 3

Baldwin III 'the Bald' OF FLANDERS

(3.Arnulf², 1.Elfrida¹) died in 962.

Baldwin married Matilda OF SAXONY. [Group Sheet]

Children:

5. Count Arnulph II OF FLANDERS was born in 961 in Flandre-Oriental, Belgium; died on 30 Mar 988.

Generation: 4

Count Arnulph II OF FLANDERS

(4.Baldwin³, 3.Arnulf², 1.Elfrida¹) was born in 961 in Flandre-Oriental, Belgium; died on 30 Mar 988.

Arnulph married Rosala OF LOMBARDY. Rosala (daughter of Berengar II OF ITALY and Willa OF TUSCANY) died in 1003. [Group Sheet]

Children:

6. Count Baldwin IV 'the Bearded' OF FLANDERS died on 30 May 1036.
7. Countess Hildegarde OF FLANDERS was born about 937 in Gand, East Vlaanderne, Flandre-Oriental, Belgium; died on 10 Apr 990 in Abdijkerk Egmond, Noord, Holland.