Karl (Knutsen) Danmark (abt. 1084 - 1127)

Born about 1084 in Odense, Danmark [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 2 Mar 1127 at about age 43 in Bruges, Belgium

Biography

Charles I (Knutsen) Danmark was born in Denmark

Karl Knutsen (Charles the Good, Count of Flanders) was born about 1084 in Odense, Denmark, the only son of St. Canute IV, King of Denmark and Adele of Flanders.

In 1118 he married Marguerite (Clermont) Danmark. They had no issue. Charles was Count of Flanders from 1119-1127.

On 2 Mar 1127, Ash Wednesday, he was murdered while praying in the Church of St Donatian in Bruges. He was beatified in 9 Feb 1882 by Pope Leo XIII.

Sources

• "Bl. Charles the Good," Catholic Online. https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=483.
• Cawley, Charles. "Flanders, Counts," Medieval Lands. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#Charlesdied1127.
• "Charles, count of Flanders," Encyclopedia Britannica (Last updated 25 Dec 2023). https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-count-of-Flanders.
• "Charles I, Count of Flanders," Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I,_Count_of_Flanders.
• Galbert of Bruges, The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders, Trans. by John Jeffrey Rider (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013).

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011.