Person

Arnulf III, Count of Flanders

c. 1055–1071 · 11th century

Arnulf III was count of Flanders from 1070 to 1071, succeeding his father Baldwin VI as a boy under the regency of his mother Richilde. His uncle Robert the Frisian challenged them, and Arnulf was killed at the Battle of Cassel on 22 February 1071. Robert took Flanders, while Arnulf's younger brother Baldwin kept Hainaut.

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