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- Count Baldwin II, Ruler of the Duchy of Margrave, Count of
Flanders/Baldwin "the Bald".
French Baudouin Le Chauve,; Dutch Boudewijn de Kale (d. 918), second
ruler of Flanders, who, from his stronghold at Bruges, maintained, as
his father Baldwin I before him, a vigorous defense of his
lands against the incursions of the Norsemen. On his mother's side a
descendant of Charlemagne, he strengthened the dynastic importance of
his family by marrying AElfthryth, daughter of AElfred "the Great", of
Wessex, Eng.
(Source: Baldwin II, from Britannica Online)
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