Ardolf I, Count of Guînes (Ardulf, Ardolph, Ardolphus), also known as Ardulf of Guînes was born about 965–966. His father was

Siegfried, Count of Guînes Siegfried de Guînes (died c. 965) (), also known as Siegfried "the Dane" (''Sifridus de Dachia''), Sigifrid, or Sigifroy, is believed to have been a Viking who controlled the area around Guînes in 928, although he never seemed to be formally desig ...

and his mother was Elftrude, daughter of

Arnulf I, Count of Flanders Arnulf I (/899 – 27 March 964), called "the Great", was the first Count of Flanders. Life Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. Through his mother he was a descendant of ...

and Adele of Vermandois. According to legend, Ardolf was born to Elftrude after his father, Siegfried, had died. His cousin,

Arnulf II, Count of Flanders Arnulf II (960/1 – 30 March 987) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death. Life He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders, daughter of Hermann Billung, Herman, Duke of Saxony.Detlev Schwennicke ...

, was his godfather. According to Lambert of Ardres, Ardolf grew up in the court of the Counts of Flanders and rose to be a favorite of his first cousin and godfather, swearing to military oaths and was created a knight by Arnulf II. Arnulf II also appointed him Count of Guînes. Ardolf married Matilda, the daughter of Count Erniculus of Boulogne. Ardolf and Matilda had issue: * Raoul de Guînes (Ralph, Rodolphe) * Roger (died young, before entering puberty)

References

Date of death unknown Date of birth unknown Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown 10th-century French nobility Counts of Guînes {{France-noble-stub