FRANCE, Appointed by Odo as the ruler of several counties, including the county of Paris, and abbot in commendam of many abbeys. Robert also secured the office of Dux Francorum, a military dignity of high importance. Robert I of
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Name FRANCE, Robert I of Title Appointed by Odo as the ruler of several counties, including the county of Paris, and abbot in commendam of many abbeys. Robert also secured the office of Dux Francorum, a military dignity of high importance. Birth 15 Aug 866 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Gender Male Misc Robert succeeded the Carolingian king Charles the Simple, and before him, Robert's brother Odo. Robert and his brother Odo were from the family known as the Robertians Relation to Me 34 GGF Royalty & Nobility Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. _MILT 885 Robert was present at the Siege of Paris _MILT 898 He did not claim the crown when Odo died; instead recognized the supremacy of Charles the Simple. Charles then confirmed Robert in his offices and possessions, after which he continued to defend N. Francia from the attacks of the Norsemen. _MILT Jan 921 Defeated a large band of Norse in the Loire Valley, and the defeated invaders converted to Christianity and settled near Nantes. Royalty & Nobility Between 922 and 923 King of West Francia Title Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans Title King of West Francia _MILT 2 Jun 922 Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Supported by many of the clergy and by some of the most powerful of the Frankish nobles, Robert took up arms, drove Charles into Lorraine, and was himself crowned king of the Franks _MILT 15 Jun 923 Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Rule was contested by the Viking leader Rollo. W/Rollo, Charles marched against Robert. Robert was killed but his army won the battle. Charles was captured. Death 15 Jun 923 Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France - Killed in battle defending his crown against Charles the Simple. Succeeded as king by his son-in-law Rudolph, Count of Burgandy, also known as Raoul.
Patriarch & Matriarch ROBERTIEN, COUNT OF WORMSGAU, Rutpert 'Robert' III of Worms, b. Abt 800, Wormsgau, Saxony, Germany d. 7 Dec 834, France (Age 34 years) (Grandfather)
DELATOURS CAROLINGIAN, Adelaide Judith Adelheid de Auxerre, b. 820, La Chapelle, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France d. Abt 882, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age 62 years) (Mother)Person ID I356 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father ROBERTIEN, Charles made peace with Robert and appointed him Count of Anjou. Thereafter Robert successfully defended the northern coast against a Viking invasion. Robert Rutpert Magnus Strong Marquis, b. 820, Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France d. 2 Jul 866, Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 46 years) Relationship natural Mother DELATOURS CAROLINGIAN, Adelaide Judith Adelheid de Auxerre, b. 820, La Chapelle, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France d. Abt 882, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age 62 years) Relationship natural Marriage Bef 860 France Family ID F48 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 WESTERN FRANCIA, Aelis, b. Picardie, France d. France Marriage Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France Children 1. ADELE, b. 891 d. Vermandois, Normandy, France [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F77 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Family 2 VERMANDOIS, Beatrice, b. 880 d. 931, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France (Age 51 years) Marriage 895 Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Married Vermandois, Normandy, France Children 1. DEFRANCE, Emma, b. 894 d. 935 (Age 41 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. GREAT, Hugh the, b. 898, Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France d. 16 Jun 956, Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F78 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Notes - Robert faithfully served his older brother, King Eudes, during Eudes’s reign (888-898), as margrave. Though on Eudes’s death he became one of the most powerful Frankish lords, inheriting all the family lands between the Seine and the Loire rivers, he swore fealty with other magnates to the new king, the Carolingian Charles III the Simple. From 911 onward, his role became more decisive: his defeat of the Northmen at Chartres paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which Charles assigned them territory in Normandy. Robert stood as godfather at the baptism of Rollo, the Northmen’s chief.
Robert’s military success greatly enhanced his prestige, and dissension between him and the king became undisguised. When Charles III imprudently offered preferment exclusively to lords from Lorraine, the Neustrian lords, led by Robert, broke into open revolt. They elected Robert king at Reims in June 922, and the East Frankish king Henry I immediately recognized Robert’s kingship and rights to Lorraine. In a battle near Soissons in 923, Charles’s army was routed, but Robert was killed. His grandson was Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty.
- Robert faithfully served his older brother, King Eudes, during Eudes’s reign (888-898), as margrave. Though on Eudes’s death he became one of the most powerful Frankish lords, inheriting all the family lands between the Seine and the Loire rivers, he swore fealty with other magnates to the new king, the Carolingian Charles III the Simple. From 911 onward, his role became more decisive: his defeat of the Northmen at Chartres paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which Charles assigned them territory in Normandy. Robert stood as godfather at the baptism of Rollo, the Northmen’s chief.