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Source: Wikiwand: Odoaker (Vlaanderengouw)

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Odoaker or Otger (Latin: Odacer, Audacer) was probably the father of Baldwin with the Iron Arm, the first count of Flanders. He was an obscure person for whom a genealogy has been established in later centuries. In the 11th century, Odoacer was presented as the son of Ingelram and as the third count of Flanders. In 1196 forest master legend declared him the last of the three forestiers from whom the count's house descended. He is said to have been a forest count from 852 to 864. It has been speculated that Odoacer came from the region of Laon and was possibly related to the Unruochingen.[1] This distinguished family had already supplied three shire counts in the area between the Scheldt and the North Sea: Hruoculf in the Doornikgouw (817), Unruoch in the Ternaasgouw (839) and Berengar. There are no contemporary sources about Odoaker. The earliest genealogy about the counts of Flanders, the Genealogia Arnulfi comitis Flandriae, written shortly after 960-962, does not mention him either. The oldest sources about him only mention his lineage with Boudewijn, without giving Odoaker any title or qualification.[2] That shows little prestige. Shortly after the death of Count Boudewijn V of Flanders in 1067, the Genealogia comitum Flandrensium attempted to clarify the obscure parentage of Boudewijn I. His father Odoaker was declared the son of Ingelram, who himself descended from Liederik, Count of Harelbeke (read: van de Kortrijkgouw). Half a century later, the Liber Floridus declared Liederik the first Count of Flanders. Building on this most likely fictitious genealogy, the forest master legend was born. Historian Edward De Maesschalck describes in his book The Counts of Flanders 861-1384 the attempts of medieval writers to highlight the origins of Count Boudewijn. Andreas van Marchiennes, prior of the monastery there and chronicler, wrote a book about the French kings just before 1200, shortly after the union in 1191 of the county of Flanders with the county of Hainaut. Andreas wanted to please the then Count Boudewijn VIII of Flanders, also Boudewijn V of Henegouwen, since his daughter Isabella of Henegouwen was married to the then French King Philip II. He gave a different twist to the previously invented genealogy of the Flemish counts: Liederik, once mentioned as count of Harelbeke and later even as the first count of Flanders, suddenly became a 'forestarius' or 'forest master'. However, during the Carolingian period, this feature never existed. According to De Maesschalck, a gouwgraaf named Liederik reigned between 792 and 836, probably in the region of Sint-Omaars. Ingelram, alleged son of Liederik, was a member of the court staff of Karel de Kale and is mentioned as a gouwgraaf in 853 in the region between Scheldt and Leie.

Odoaker or Otger (Latin: Odacer, Audacer) was probably the father of Baldwin with the Iron Arm, the first count of Flanders. He was an obscure person for whom a genealogy has been established in later centuries. In the 11th century, Odoacer was presented as the son of Ingelram and as the third count of Flanders. In 1196 forest master legend declared him the last of the three forestiers from whom the count's house descended. He is said to have been a forest count from 852 to 864. It has been speculated that Odoacer came from the region of Laon and was possibly related to the Unruochingen.[1] This distinguished family had already supplied three shire counts in the area between the Scheldt and the North Sea: Hruoculf in the Doornikgouw (817), Unruoch in the Ternaasgouw (839) and Berengar. There are no contemporary sources about Odoaker. The earliest genealogy about the counts of Flanders, the Genealogia Arnulfi comitis Flandriae, written shortly after 960-962, does not mention him either. The oldest sources about him only mention his lineage with Boudewijn, without giving Odoaker any title or qualification.[2] That shows little prestige. Shortly after the death of Count Boudewijn V of Flanders in 1067, the Genealogia comitum Flandrensium attempted to clarify the obscure parentage of Boudewijn I. His father Odoaker was declared the son of Ingelram, who himself descended from Liederik, Count of Harelbeke (read: van de Kortrijkgouw). Half a century later, the Liber Floridus declared Liederik the first Count of Flanders. Building on this most likely fictitious genealogy, the forest master legend was born. Historian Edward De Maesschalck describes in his book The Counts of Flanders 861-1384 the attempts of medieval writers to highlight the origins of Count Boudewijn. Andreas van Marchiennes, prior of the monastery there and chronicler, wrote a book about the French kings just before 1200, shortly after the union in 1191 of the county of Flanders with the county of Hainaut. Andreas wanted to please the then Count Boudewijn VIII of Flanders, also Boudewijn V of Henegouwen, since his daughter Isabella of Henegouwen was married to the then French King Philip II. He gave a different twist to the previously invented genealogy of the Flemish counts: Liederik, once mentioned as count of Harelbeke and later even as the first count of Flanders, suddenly became a 'forestarius' or 'forest master'. However, during the Carolingian period, this feature never existed. According to De Maesschalck, a gouwgraaf named Liederik reigned between 792 and 836, probably in the region of Sint-Omaars. Ingelram, alleged son of Liederik, was a member of the court staff of Karel de Kale and is mentioned as a gouwgraaf in 853 in the region between Scheldt and Leie.