Robert I, Count of Dreux
| Robert I, Count of Dreux | |
|---|---|
 Robert I Capet | |
| Spouse(s) |
Agnes de Garlande Hawise of Salisbury Agnes de Baudemont |
| Noble family | House of Dreux |
| Father | Louis VI of France |
| Mother | Adélaide de Maurienne |
| Born | c. 1123 |
| Died |
11 October 1188 probably Braine |
| French Monarchy |
| Direct Capetians |
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| Louis VI |
Robert I of Dreux, nicknamed the Great (c. 1123 – 11 October 1188), was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.[1] Through his mother he was related to the Carolingians and to the Marquess William V of Montferrat.
In 1137 he received the County of Dreux as an appanage from his father. He held this title until 1184 when he granted it to his son Robert II.
In 1139 he married Agnes de Garlande.[2] In 1145, he married Hawise of Salisbury.[3] By his third marriage to Agnes de Baudemont in 1152, he received the County of Braine-sur-Vesle, and the lordships of Fère-en-Tardenois, Pontarcy, Nesle, Longueville, Quincy-en-Tardenois, Savigny, and Baudemont.[4]
Robert I participated in the Second Crusade and was at the Siege of Damascus in 1148. In 1158 he fought against the English and participated in the Siege of Séez in 1154.
Marriages and children
1.Agnes de Garlande (1122–1143), daughter of Anseau de Garlande, count of Rochefort.[5]
- Simon (1141 – bef. 1182), lord of La Noue
2.Hawise of Salisbury (1118–1152), daughter of Walter Fitz Edward of Salisbury, Sheriff of Wiltshire
- Adèle of Dreux (1145 – aft. 1210), married firstly Valéran III, count of Breteuil, secondly Guy II, lord of Châtillon-sur-Marne, thirdly Jean I de Thorotte, fourthly Raoul III de Nesle, count of Soissons.[6]
- Alice or Adelheid (1144–?)
3.Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine (1130 – c. 1202).[7]
- Robert II (1154–1218), count of Dreux and Braine.[8]
- Henry (1155–1199), bishop of Orléans
- Alix (1156 – aft. 1217), married Raoul I, lord of Coucy[6]
- Philippe (1158–1217), bishop of Beauvais.[9]
- Isabella (1160–1239), married Hugh III of Broyes
- Peter (1161–1186)
- William (1163 – aft. 1189), lord of Braye, Torcy, and Chilly
- John (1164 – aft. 1189)
- Mamilie (1166–1200)
- Margaret (1167–?), nun
The Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche may also have been a son (legitimate or not) of his.
Ancestry
| 16. Robert II of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 8. Henry I of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 17. Constance of Arles | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. Philip I of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 18. Yaroslav I of Kiev | ||||||||||||||||
| 9. Anne of Kiev | ||||||||||||||||
| 19. Ingegerd Olofsdotter | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Louis VI of France | ||||||||||||||||
| 20. Dirk III, Count of Holland | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. Floris I, Count of Holland | ||||||||||||||||
| 21. Othelendis of Saxony | ||||||||||||||||
| 5. Bertha of Holland | ||||||||||||||||
| 22. Bernard II, Duke of Saxony | ||||||||||||||||
| 11. Gertrude of Saxony | ||||||||||||||||
| 23. Eilika of Schweinfurt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Robert I of Dreux | ||||||||||||||||
| 24. Otto, Count of Savoy | ||||||||||||||||
| 12. Amadeus II of Savoy | ||||||||||||||||
| 25. Adelaide of Susa | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. Humbert II of Savoy | ||||||||||||||||
| 26. Gerald, Count of Geneva | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. Joan of Geneva | ||||||||||||||||
| 27. Gisela of Geneva | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Adelaide of Maurienne | ||||||||||||||||
| 28. Reginald I, Count of Burgundy | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. William I, Count of Burgundy | ||||||||||||||||
| 29. Alice of Normandy | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. Gisela of Burgundy | ||||||||||||||||
| 15. Etiennete | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Dreux, R. Thomas McDonald and William W. Clark, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, Ed. William W. Kibler, (Routledge, 1995), 305.
- ↑ Michel, Edmond, Histoire de la ville de Brie-Comte-Robert, Vol.1, (Dujarric & Cie, 1902), 69.
- ↑ Power, Daniel, The Norman frontier in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, (Cambridge University Press, 2004), 239.
- ↑ Power, 214.
- ↑ Michel, Vol.1, 69
- 1 2 M. A. Pollock, Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: Auld Amitie, (Boydell & Brewer, 2015), 92 n29.
- ↑ Power, 214.
- ↑ Gislebertus of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, Trans. Laura Napran, (Boydell Press, 2005), 110.
- ↑ Gislebertus of Mons, 110
References
- Gislebertus of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, Trans. Laura Napran, Boydell Press, 2005.
- Medieval France: an encyclopedia, Ed. William W. Kibler, Routledge, 1995.
- Michel, Edmond, Histoire de la ville de Brie-Comte-Robert, Vol.1, Dujarric & Cie, 1902.
- M. A. Pollock, Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: Auld Amitie, Boydell & Brewer, 2015.
- Power, Daniel, The Norman frontier in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
| Robert I, Count of Dreux Born: c. 1123 Died: 11 October 1188 | ||
| New creation | Count of Dreux 1137–1184 |
Succeeded by Robert II |