He is married to Geertrude van Aalst.
They got married
Child(ren):
ARNAUD [I] d’Ardres (-after 1136, bur Ardres Saint-Audomer). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium names “Arnoldum” as the oldest son of "apud Markinium...vicecomes, Ghisnensis...comitis...Elembertus" and his second wife “Adelidem, senis Eustacii de Liskis”, adding that he succeeded as “in vicecomitatum” and was made “Markiniensem...comitem et Ardee dominum”[1213]. Vicomte [de Marchiennes]. The Chronicon Andrensis Monasterii by Abbot Guillaume records a donation of land made by “Eustachius filius Heremari de Bavelingahem”, witnessed by “...Eustachius vicecomes et Arnulfus frater eius...”, dated 1136[1214]. [Comte] de Marchiennes. Seigneur d’Ardres. The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records that “Arnoldus...senex” was buried “Ardee in templo cimitieriali iuxta sepulcrum uxoris sue Gertrudis”[1215].
m GERTRUDE van Gent, daughter of BOUDEWIJN van Gent & his wife Oda --- (-Jerusalem 1138, bur Ardres Saint-Audomer). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records that “Gertrudis”, after the death of "filii Manassis", journeyed to Jerusalem where she died and that she was buried “in cimiteriali ecclesia sancti Audomari Ardensis”[1216]. This passage does not otherwise identify Gertrude, but the following paragraph records that “Arnoldus...senex” was buried “Ardee in templo cimitieriali iuxta sepulcrum uxoris sue Gertrudis”[1217]. An earlier passage clarifies her family origin: The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium names "Gertrudem" as sister of "Balduinus cognomento Grossus sive Magnus", adding that she married "Ardensium domino Arnoldo Seni sive Vetulo"[1218].
Arnaud & his wife had five children:
ARNAUD [II] d’Ardres (-before 1144).
BAUDOUIN d’Ardres (-at sea 1147)
AGNES d’Ardres (-before 1147).
ADELINE d’Ardres (-after 1147).
ALASIA d’Ardres (-after 1147).
Bronnen:
[1213] Historia Comitum Ghisnensium 133, MGH SS XXIV, p. 628.
[1214] Chronicon Andrensis Monasterii, auctore Guillelmo abbate, Spicilegium (1723), Tome II, p. 798.
[1215] Historia Comitum Ghisnensium 134, MGH SS XXIV, p. 628.
[1216] Historia Comitum Ghisnensium 133, MGH SS XXIV, p. 628.
[1217] Historia Comitum Ghisnensium 134, MGH SS XXIV, p. 628.
[1218] Historia Comitum Ghisnensium 122, MGH SS XXIV, p. 620.
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