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Personal data Robert II de Dreux 

• He was born about 1153.
• Title: Graaf, van Dreux
• He died on December 28, 1218.
• A child of Robert I van Frankrijk and Agnes de Baudement

Household of Robert II de Dreux

He is married to Yolande de Coucy.

They got married.

Child(ren):

1. Robert III de Dreux  1185-1234 
2. Philippa de Dreux  ± 1192-1242 

Notes about Robert II de Dreux

ROBERT [II] de Dreux, son of ROBERT [I] "le Grand" Seigneur de Dreux & his second wife Agnès de Baudemont dame de Braine ([1153]-28 Dec 1218, bur Braine, église abbatiale de Saint-Ived). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "duos episcopos et comitem Robertum II de Brana et sorores duas eorum" as children of "comitem de Brana Robertum domnum" & his second wife[66]. "Robertus…comes Drocarum et Brane et…et uxor mea Agnes comitissa Brane" donated revenue from property "apud Qualliacum" to Paris Hôtel-Dieu, with the consent of "Roberti filii nostri", by charter dated 1178[67]. "Robertus comes frater…regis Francorum Ludovici et…uxor mea Agnes comitissa Brenensis et filii nostri Robertus dominus Drocarum, Willelmus et Iohannes" donated property to Sainte Geneviève by charter dated 1184[68]. "R comes dominus Droc et Bran" donated property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe naming "R pater meus comes…frater Ludovici…regis Francie" by charter dated Jul 1212[69]. Seigneur de Nesles 1170. Having married the widow of the Comte de Nevers, he administered the counties of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre during the minority of his stepson Comte Guillaume V. He succeeded his father 1184 as Comte de Dreux, and in 1188 as Comte de Braine. "Robertus comes, dominus Drocarum" donated property "in…Rupis Fortis" to Notre-Dame des Vaux de Cernay, with the consent of "uxoris mee Yolendis", by charter dated to [1184/1200][70]. “Robertus comes, dominus Drocarum et Braye, et Yolendis comitissa uxor mea” donated property to Notre-Dame, Paris, with the consent of “Roberti filii nostri”, by charter dated 1208[71]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death in 1218 of "comes Robertus" in the same week as the marriage of his daughter Philippa[72]. The Chronicon Fiscannensis Cœnobii records the death in 1218 of "Robertus Comes Drocensis et Branæ, filius Agnetis Comitissæ"[73].

m firstly (1177, separated for consanguinity 1181) as her fourth husband, MATHILDE de Bourgogne Ctss de Grignon, widow firstly of EUDES [II] Seigneur d'Issoudun, secondly of GUY [I] Comte de Nevers Comte d'Auxerre et Comte de Tonnerre, and thirdly of PIERRE de Flandre, daughter of RAIMOND de Bourgogne [Capet] Comte de Grignon & his wife Agnès de Thiers dame de Montpensier (1150-Fontevrault 1192, bur there). The Chronologia Roberti Altissiodorenses records that, after the death of "Guido comes", his wife "Mathildis" married "Petro Flandrensis" and after his death "Roberto", stating that they were separated for consanguinity soon after their marriage[74].

m secondly (1184) YOLANDE de Coucy, daughter of RAOUL [I] de Coucy Seigneur de Coucy & his first wife Agnès de Hainaut ([1164]-Braine, Aisne 18 Mar 1222, bur Braine, église abbatiale de Saint-Ived). The Chronicon Hanoniense names (in order) "Iolandem…Agnetis…tercia…Ada" as the three daughters of "Radulphus de Cocy" & his wife, specifying that Yolande married "Roberto comiti de Drecis et de Braina, filioque Roberti comitis fratris Ludovici regis Francorum"[75]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to the two daughters of "Rodulfo de Marla" & his wife Agnes as "mater…comitis de Grandiprato, altera Hyolenz [uxor] comiti de Brana Roberto"[76]. "Robertus comes, dominus Drocarum" donated property "in…Rupis Fortis" to Notre-Dame des Vaux de Cernay, with the consent of "uxoris mee Yolendis", by charter dated to [1184/1200][77]. “Robertus comes, dominus Drocarum et Braye, et Yolendis comitissa uxor mea” donated property to Notre-Dame, Paris, with the consent of “Roberti filii nostri”, by charter dated 1208[78]. "R comes dominus Droc et Bran" donated property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe with the consent of "Agnetis uxoris eius [R patris meis]…comitisse matris mee…et Yolande comitisse uxore mee et liberorum meorum" by charter dated Jul 1212[79]. The necrology of Reims [Saint-Rémi] records the death "XV Kal Apr" of "Ioles Brane comitissa"[80].

Comte Robert II & his second wife had [thirteen] children:
PHILIPPA de Dreux ([1192]-17 Mar 1242).
ROBERT [III] "Gasteblé" de Dreux ([1185]-Braine 3 Mar 1234, bur Braine).
11 more children

Bronnen:

[66] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1162, MGH SS XXIII, p. 846.

[67] Paris Hôtel-Dieu, 13, p. 6.

[68] Duchesne (1631) Dreux, Dreux, Preuves, p. 238, quoting Extrait du cartulaire de l’abbaye de S. Genevieve de Paris.

[69] Notre-Dame de la Trappe II, p. 2.

[70] Notre-Dame des Vaux de Cernay, Tome I, LXXII, p. 88.

[71] Paris Notre-Dame, Tome I, XVII, p. 299.

[72] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1219, MGH SS XXIII, p. 909.

[73] Ex Chronico Fiscannensis Cœnobii, RHGF, Tome XVIII, p. 350.

[74] Chronologia Roberti Altissiodorensis, RHGF, Tome XVIII, p. 249.

[75] Gisleberti Chronicon Hanoniense, MGH SS XXI, p. 509.

[76] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1168, MGH SS XXIII, p. 852.

[77] Notre-Dame des Vaux de Cernay, Tome I, LXXII, p. 88.

[78] Paris Notre-Dame, Tome I, XVII, p. 299.

[79] Notre-Dame de la Trappe Tome II, p. 2.

[80] 'Obits mémorables tirés de nécrologes luxembourgeois, rémois et messins', Revue Mabillon VI (1910-1911), p. 274.

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