Judith of Flanders | |
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![]() Judith in a 17th-century Flemish manuscript | |
Queen consort of Wessex | |
Tenure | 856–858 |
Tenure | 858–860 |
Countess consort of Flanders | |
Tenure | 862 – 870 or later |
Born | c. 844 |
Died | 870 or later |
Spouses | |
Issue more... | Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders |
Dynasty | Carolingian |
Father | Charles the Bald |
Mother | Ermentrude of Orléans |
Judith of Flanders (circa 843 – 870 or later) was a Carolingian princess who became Queen of Wessex by two successive marriages and later Countess of Flanders. Judith was the eldest child of the Carolingian emperor Charles the Bald and his first wife, Ermentrude of Orléans. In 856, she married Æthelwulf, King of Wessex. After her husband's death in 858, Judith married his son and successor, Æthelbald. King Ætheldbald died in 860. Both of Judith's first two marriages were childless. Her third marriage was to Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, with whom she had several children.