Adalulf ( French Adalolphe de Boulogne ; died September 13, 933 ) - Count of Boulogne since 918 . It is sometimes mistakenly called "Adolf", while its real name is "Ethelwulf": it was named after the maternal great-grandfather - the Wessex king Ethelwulf . The son of Baudouin II of Flanders and Elftrita of Wessex .
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| fr. Adalolphe | |||||||
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| Kind | Flanders dynasty | ||||||
| Father | Baudouin II of Flanders | ||||||
| Mother | Elftrita of Wessex | ||||||
| Children | Arnulf II , Baldwin (illegal) | ||||||
After the death of his father, he inherited the counties of Boulogne and Teruana . In the same year he became secular abbot of Saint-Bertin .
Adalulf fought with the Vikings and participated in the victorious battle of Fokamberg . This did not stop the Danes Siegfried from capturing the county of Gin , which became the vassal fief of Flanders.
Adalulf died on September 13, 933 , leaving two sons. His possessions were captured by his brother - Arnulf of Flanders . Only in 964, the youngest son of Adalulf, Arnulf II restored his rights to Boulogne.
Literature
- Le Cat du Bressy. Adolphe, comte de Boulogne.
- Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol. 1, 1932, pàg. 625, Adolphe, comte de Boulogne , per Le Cat du Bressy
- Alain Lottin, Histoire de Boulogne-sur-Mer