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- The Flemish dynasty was founded by Baldwin I (count until 879), who seems to have come from a family of relatively unimportant counts, and who jumped into the major leagues in 863 by kidnapping and marrying Judith, the daughter of King Charles the Bald, against the royal will. By securing a papal blessing for his marriage (which seems to have been a relatively rare medieval love match), he forced King Charles to accept him; the king made Baldwin the count of Ghent, and later of the Ternois (near Boulogne) and Flanders.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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