Background
He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony. His father Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, while Arnulf"s grandfather, Arnulf I, was still alive.
He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony. His father Baldwin III died in 962, when Arnulf was just an infant, while Arnulf"s grandfather, Arnulf I, was still alive.
When Arnulf I died three years later (965), the regency was held by his kinsman Baldwin Balso, who died in 973. Then early in Arnulf"s minority Lothar had taken Ponthieu and given it to Hugh Capet, and the first counts of Guînes had established themselves. Arnulf died on 30 March, 987 at age 26.
Baldwin IV (980–1035), who succeeded his father.
Mathilde, who died before 995.
