What is Arnulf II, Count of Flanders?
[[File:Arnulf II of Flanders.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{center|Arnulf II ''the Young'' Count of Flanders.}}]] '''Arnulf II of Flanders''' ({{circa|961}}–987), called '''Arnulf the Young''' was a [[France|French]] [[nobleman]] and the [[Count of Flanders]]. He ruled from 965 until his death. He ruled a much smaller County of [[Flanders]] than his father. == Career == Arnulf II, born about 961, was the son of [[Baldwin III, Count of Flanders]] and Mathilde.<ref name=ESII5>Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 5</ref> She was the daughter of [[Herman, Duke of Saxony]].<ref name=ESII5/> His father Baldwin III died in 962 when Arnulf was just an infant.<ref name=Uge3>Karine Ugé, ''Creating the Monastic Past in Medieval Flanders'' (York: York Medieval Press, 2005), p. 3</ref> His grandfather, [[Arnulf I, Count of Flanders|Arnulf I]], was still alive and ruling Flanders.<ref name=ESII5/> When Arnulf I died three years later (965), the [[:en:wikt:regency|regency]] was held by his [[:en:wikt:kinsman|kinsman]] Baldwin Balso.<ref name=JD73> Jean Dunbabin, ''France in the Making, 843–1180'', Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 73</ref> The [[regent]] Balso died in 973.<ref name=JD73/> By the time Arnulf reached his [[:en:wikt:age of majority|age of majority]] in 976, [[Flanders]] had lost some of the southern [[:en:wikt:territory|territory]] acquired by Arnulf I.<ref name=JD73/> His grandfather had given some parts of [[Picardy]] to King [[Lothar of France]] to help make sure his grandson, Arnulf II would succeed him. Arnulf I also [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]] as a [[fief]] to his nephew, [[Arnulf II, Count of Boulogne]].{{efn|The names Arnold and Baldwin are confusingly used repeatedly in both branches of this family. Both the counts of Flanders and the counts of Boulogne are [[:en:wikt:descended|descended]] from [[Judith, Countess of Flanders|Judith]], daughter of [[Charles th