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Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders

830 - 879

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Baldwin I (probably 830s – 879), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm (Dutch: Boudewijn met de IJzeren Arm; the epithet is first recorded in the 12th century), was the first margrave of Flanders, which evolved into the County of Flanders. He was reputedly the son of Odoacer. Odoacer was the son of Enguerrand delle Fiandre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders has received more than 105,899 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders is the 3,123rd most popular politician (down from 2,846th in 2019).

Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders is most famous for being the first ruler of Flanders to unite the territory under his control.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders ranks 3,123 out of 15,577Before him are Seleucus III Ceraunus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Antipater the Idumaean, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Theudebald, and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. After him are Topa Inca Yupanqui, Tomislav of Croatia, Qazi Muhammad, Albrecht von Roon, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, and Maria of Alania.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 830, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders ranks 6Before him are Rurik, Pope Marinus I, Carloman of Bavaria, Saint Naum, and Junayd of Baghdad. After him are Kocel, Guthrum, Ermentrude of Orléans, Emperor Kōkō, Rimbert, and Mutimir of Serbia. Among people deceased in 879, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders ranks 3Before him are Rurik and Louis the Stammerer. After him are Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Ansgarde of Burgundy, and Zdeslav of Croatia.

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