Baldwin I, Count of Flanders

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Baldwin I of Flanders (d. 879), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm, was the first count of Flanders.

Baldwin was the son of the forester Inghelram, also called Audacer, and had been created first count of Flanders in 862. Baldwin rose to prominence when he eloped with Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald. (Judith had previously been married to Ethelwulf and his son Ethelbald, kings of Wessex.) Charles had Baldwin excommunicated.

Baldwin responded by traveling to Rome to plead his case to Pope Nicholas I. When this was granted Charles relented and accepted the marriage. To give Baldwin proper status, Charles made him count of Ghent. In the following years Baldwin was also given the counties of Ternois and Flanders.

Baldwin was succeeded by his son by Judith, Baldwin II of Flanders. His second son Rudolf (865-896) became Count of Cambrai.