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Nickname is the Pious.
He was born on March 27, 972Orléans
Centre France.
He was christened in France.
Alternative: He was christened in Le Pieux.
Alternative: He was christened in Le Pieux.
Alternative: He was christened in Le Pieux.
Alternative: He was christened in the year 970 in France-Son of Hugh Capet.
Alternative: He was christened in the year 972 in Orleans France.
Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on September 18, 1923.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on August 17, 1993.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on July 26, 1994.
Occupations:

Roi de France (996-1031).
996-1031 King of France.
Unknown GEDCOM info: Konge af Frankrig 996 - 1031 Unknown GEDCOM info: 0.
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Roi ,de France, 996/1031.
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Comte de Worms.
Konge.
Kung i Frankrike 996-1031.
Kung i Frankrike 996-1031.
Kung av Frankrike.
Kung av Frankrike 996-1031.
unknown in King of France.
Konge av Frankrike.
on December 30, 987 Co-Ruler of FranceFrance.
in the year 996 unknown in King of France.
in the year 996 Roi de France in France.
in the year 996 unknown in King of France.
in the year 996 unknownUnited States in Roi de France.
on October 24, 996 King of FranceFrance.

He died on July 20, 1031 in Château de Melun, he was 59 years oldMelun
Île-de-France France.
He is buried in the year 1031 in Basilique Saint-DenisSaint-Denis
Île-de-France France.

Household of Robert II "the Pious" Capet King of the Franks

He is married to Constance queen consort of the Franks queen consort of the Franks.

They got married about 1001Aquitaine France.

Child(ren):

Constance heritiere de Dammartin heritiere de Dammartin ± 1010-????
Henry I of France 1009-1060
Adela 1009-1078
Robert I 'le Vieux' de France 1011-1076

Notes about Robert II "the Pious" Capet King of the Franks

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(Research):Robert II Encyclopædia Britannica Article born c. 970, , Orléans, Fr. died July 20, 1031, Melun byname Robert The Pious, French Robert Le Pieux king of France who took Burgundy into the French realm. The son of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty, and Adelaide of Aquitaine, Robert was educated at the episcopal school of Reims under Gerbert of Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II. Soon after his own coronation (July 987), Hugh prudently arranged the election and coronation (December 987) of Robert, thus facilitating his son's eventual succession (October 996) as sole ruler. His excommunication as a result of his marriage within the prohibited degrees of relationship was eventually lifted after the repudiation of the childless Bertha in 1001. Constance of Arles, whom the King married two years later, was the mother of his successor, Henry I. Robert's domain was not extensive; and, to increase his power, he vigorously and tenaciously pressed his claim to fiefs as they became vacant. Thus, when the duke of Burgundy died without an heir (1002), Robert went to war against a rival claimant. Only in 1015, however, did he finally succeed in subduing the rich duchy. (The gain was transitory, for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother, Robert, and it thereafter remained for centuries outside royal control.) A patron of the Cluniac monastic movement, Robert apparently ruled firmly and judiciously in his own lands. ========================================================== Robert II "le Pieux", King of France 996-1031 (972-1031) Born 27 March 972 Orleans Died 20 July 1031 Melun Married circa 1001 Constance de Provence Born circa 986 Arles Died 25 July 1032 Melun About 1018 the 'Manichaean' teachings appeared in Aquitaine; this sect not only rejected both baptism and the Cross but apparently observed strict asceticism. Ten years later, ten of the canons of the Church of the Holy Cross at Orleans were accused of being 'Manichaeans' and of worshipping the devil. These canons, which included the confessor of Queen Constance, rejected the sacraments of the Church and denied the human birth of Christ together with the reality of his Passion and Resurrection. Brought to trial before the King, Robert 'the Pious', and an assemblage of bishops, these heretics were consigned to the flames, yet not before Queen Constance struck out the eye of her former confessor. Source: Leo van de Pas

Weis, p. 57: King of France 996-1031

King of France, Crowned 988

aka Robert the Pious[New Cunard.ged]

King of France, Crowned 988

aka Robert the Pious

Name Prefix: King Name Suffix: Ii, Of France "The Pious" Notes: King 996 - 1031 Acceded: 996.

Robert II, the Pious (March 27 972 - July 20 1031 ) was King of France from 996 to 1031 . A member of the Capetian Dynasty Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orléans, France , the son of King Hugh Capet(938>-996 ) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (952 -1004 ). In 987 , Robert?s fatherhad the nobles crown him as successor at Orléans on December 30th , thereby confirming the house of Capet as rulers of France. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowned his eldest son Hugh as his successor. But, due to Prince Hugh's death, another son, Henri , became king. Robert, despite maritalproblems that saw him temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V , was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. He was very musicallyinclined and was a composer, a chorister, and a poet, making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them. The kingdom Robert inherited was not large,and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to anyof the feudal lands as they became vacant which action usually resulted in warwith a counter-claimant. In 1003 , his invasion of Burgundy was thwarted andit would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as the Duke of Burgundy. The pious King Robert II made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons Henri and Robert. They turned against their father, in a civil war for power and property. King Robert?s army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris. He died in themiddle of the war with his sons on July 20 , 1031 at Melun , France. He was interred with his third wife, Constance d'Arles (973 -July 25, 1032 ) in Saint Denis Basilica . He was succeeded by his and Constance's second son, Henri I . Robert II married: c. 988 , 1) Susanne (Rosala),(c.945 - January 26, 1003). Princess of Italy Widow of Arnold II, Count of Flanders. The marriage was arranged by Robert?s father, she was much older than Robert, and ended in divorce a year later in 989. c. 996, 2) Bertha, Princess of Burgundy (952 ). Because she was his cousin, Pope Gregory V would not sanction the marriage and Robertwas excommunicated. However, after long negotiations with the new Pope Silvester II > the marriage was annulled. In 1001 , 3) Constance Taillefer d'Arles(973 >-July 25 , 1032) Daughter of a certain Count William, an intriguing andambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband. Issue (3): Adáele(Alix) - (1003 - January 8 , 1079 ) Hugh - (1007 -September 17 , 1025 ) Henry I - (May 4 , 1008 - August 4 , 1060 ) Adelaide Havoise - (1009 -June 5 , 1063 ) Robert - (1011 - March 21 , 1076 ) Eudo (Odes) - (1013 -1056 ) Constance - (1014 - unknown)@(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)@

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Father: Hugh CAPET b: Abt 939 in France
Mother: Adele (Adelaide) Of Poitou & AQUITAUNE b: 952

Marriage 1 Bertha DE BURGUNDY b: 967 in Burgundy,France
Married: 1002 1 3 2
Children
Henry I CAPET b: APR 1006 in Reims,Bourgogne,France
Robert I The Old Duke Of BURGUNDY b:1011
Adela (Alix) of France , Princess CAPET b: 1009 in France
Hugh of France CAPET b: 1007

Marriage 2 Constance of Arles TOLOUSE b: Abt 973 in Tolouse,France
Married: 1003 2

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Robert II, Roi de France was the son of Hugues de Paris, Roi de France and Adelaide de Poitou . He was born on 27 March 972 at Orléans, Orléanais, France.1 He married, firstly, Rosela of Italy , daughter of Berengar of Italy , King of Italy , in 992.2 He and Rosela of Italy were divorced in 992.2 He married, secondly, Bertha de Bourgogne , daughter of Conrad de Bourgogne, Roi de Bourgogne and Elfgifu (?) , in 996. He married, thirdly, Constance d'Arles, daughter of William d'Arles, Comte de Provence and Arsinde d'Anjou , in 1003. He was also reported to have been married circa 1000. He and Bertha de Bourgogne were divorced in 1000.2 He died on 20 July 1031 at age 59. He was a member of the House of Capet.3 Robert II, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Robert 'the Pious'.3 He gained the title of Roi Robert II de France in 996.1
Children of Robert II, Roi de France and Constance d'Arles:
Hugues III, Roi de France b. 1007, d. c 1025 Henri I, Roi de France+ b. Apr 1008, d. 4 Aug 1060 Adela de France, Princesse de France + b. 1009, d. 8 Jan 1079 Robert I de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne + b. c 1011, d. 21 Mar 1076
Citations
[S106 ] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online . Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
[S16 ] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 64. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
[S38 ] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 77. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.

Robert II, Roi de France (M) b. 27 March 972, d. 20 July 1031, #103098d. 20 Jul 1031|p10310.htm#i103098|Hugues de Paris, Roi de France|b. c 938d. 24 Aug 996|p10311.htm#i103103|Adelaide de Poitou|b. c 945d. bt 1004 - 1005|p10520.htm#i105197|Hugues of Neustria, Comte de Paris|b. c 895d. 9 Jun 956|p10519.htm#i105190|Edhilda (?)|d. 26 Jan 947|p10520.htm#i105196|William I. de Poitou, Duc d\\'Acquitaine|b. c 915d. 3 Apr 963|p10662.htm#i106618|Adele de Normandie|b. c 917d. a 14 Oct 962|p10478.htm#i104772|');"Pedigree Last Edited=1 Nov 2004
Robert II, Roi de France was the son of Hugues de Paris, Roi de France and Adelaide de Poitou . He was born on 27 March 972 at Orléans, Orléanais, France.1 He married, firstly, Rosela of Italy , daughter of Berengar of Italy , King of Italy , in 992.2 He and Rosela of Italy were divorced in 992.2 He married, secondly, Bertha de Bourgogne , daughter of Conrad de Bourgogne, Roi de Bourgogne and Elfgifu (?) , in 996. He married, thirdly, Constance d'Arles, daughter of William d'Arles, Comte de Provence and Arsinde d'Anjou , in 1003. He was also reported to have been married circa 1000. He and Bertha de Bourgogne were divorced in 1000.2 He died on 20 July 1031 at age 59. He was a member of the House of Capet.3 Robert II, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Robert 'the Pious'.3 He gained the title of Roi Robert II de France in 996.1
Children of Robert II, Roi de France and Constance d'Arles:
Hugues III, Roi de France b. 1007, d. c 1025 Henri I, Roi de France+ b. Apr 1008, d. 4 Aug 1060 Adela de France, Princesse de France + b. 1009, d. 8 Jan 1079 Robert I de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne + b. c 1011, d. 21 Mar 1076
Citations
[S106 ] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online . Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
[S16 ] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 64. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
[S38 ] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 77. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.

Robert ?den Fromme? eller ?den Hellige? var konge av Frankrike 996 - 1031.
Han ble i 987 kronet som farens medregent. Sitt tilnavn fikk han fordi han bygde
mange kirker og diktet kirkehymner.
Robert var gift
1. gang i 989 med Rozela (Susanna), datter til kong Berengar II av Italien, skilt i 992,
2. gang i 997 med Berta, datter til kong Konrad av Burgund. Han var hennes kusine og
de ble skilt ca. 1000 etter forlangende av pave Gregor V.

Basic Life Information

Robert II (27 March 972 - 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Co-rule with Father

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy. Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition. Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility. Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain. Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

Marital Problems

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen. She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

Piety

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety" resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

Military Career

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

Marriages and Children

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:
Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin
Adele of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.
Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017-1025)
Henry I, successor
Robert, became Duke of Burgundy
Odo (1013-c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy
Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Relationship and Child

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France>

Robert The Pious, French Robert Le Pieuxking of France who took Burgundy into the French realm.
The son of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty, and Adelaide of Aquitaine, Robert was educated at the episcopal school of Reims under Gerbert of Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II. Soon after his own coronation (July 987), Hugh prudently arranged the election and coronation (December 987) of Robert, thus facilitating his son's
eventual succession (October 996) as sole ruler. His excommunication as a result of hismarriage within the prohibited degrees of relationship was eventually lifted after the repudiation of the childless Bertha in 1001. Constance of Arles, whom the King married two years later, was the mother of his successor, Henry I.
Robert's domain was not extensive; and, to increase his power, he vigorously and tenaciously pressed his claim to fiefs as they became vacant. Thus, when the duke of Burgundy died without an heir (1002), Robert went to war against a rival claimant. Only in 1015, however, did he finally succeed in subduing the rich duchy. (The gain was
transitory, for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother, Robert, and it thereafter remained for centuries outside royal control.)
A patron of the Cluniac monastic movement, Robert apparently ruled firmly and judiciously in his own lands.

The King of France who took Burgundy into the French realm. His domain was
not extensive, so when the duke of Burgundy died without heir in 1002, Robert
went to war against a rival claimant. only in 1015, however, did he finally
succeed in subduing the rich duchy. The gain, however, was only transitory,
for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother, Robert, and it
thereafter remained for centuries outside royal control.

Robert II of France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Robert II the Pious (French: Robert II le Pieux) (March 27, 972 - July 20, 1031) was King of France from 996 to 1031. A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orléans, France, the son of King Hugh Capet (938-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (952-1004).

In 987, Robert's father had the nobles crown him as successor at Orléans on December 30th, thereby confirming the house of Capet as rulers of France. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowned his eldest son Hugh Magnus as his successor. But, due to Prince Hugh Magnus's death, another son, Henri, became king.

Robert, despite marital problems that saw him temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. He was very musically inclined and was a composer, a chorister, and a poet, making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any of the feudal lands as they became vacant which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as the Duke of Burgundy.

The pious King Robert II made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons. His eldest son Hugh Magnus died suddenly while in rebellion against his father. Robert's surviving sons, Henri and Robert, also turned against their father, in a civil war for power and property. King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris.

He died in the middle of the war with his sons on July 20, 1031 at Melun, France. He was interred with his third wife, Constance of Arles (973-July 25, 1032) in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his and Constance's second son, Henri I.

Robert II married:

c. 989, 1) Susanne (Rosala), Princess of Italy (c.945 - January 26, 1003). Widow of Count Arnulf II of Flanders. She was much older than Robert, and the marriage was arranged by his father. Robert divorced her a year later.
c. 996, 2) Bertha, Princess of Burgundy (952-1035). Widow of Count Theobald II of Blois. Because she was his cousin, Pope Gregory V would not sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. However, after long negotiations with the new Pope Silvester II the marriage was annulled.
In 1001, 3) Constance of Arles (973-July 25, 1034) Daughter of a certain Count William, an intriguing and ambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband. She was the mother of his children:
Advisa, Countess of Auxerre, (c.1003-after 1063), married Count Renaud I of Nevers
Hugh Magnus, co-king (1007-September 17, 1025)
Henry I of France (May 4, 1008-August 4, 1060)
Adela, Countess of Contenance (1009-June 5, 1063), married (1) Duke Richard III of Normandy (2) Count Baldwin V of Flanders
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011-March 21, 1076)
Eudes (1013-1056)
Constance (1014-unknown), married Manasses de Dammartin

Preceded by:
Hugh Capet King of France
996–1031 Succeeded by:
Henry I
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Robert II, "The Pious" King of France

Born: 27 Mar 972, Orleans, France

Married 1003 to Constance (de Arles) de Toulouse

Died: 20 Jul 1031, Melun, France

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Robert II, "The Pious", King of France

buried St Denis, France
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Robert II, the Pious (972 - 1031) was King of France from 996 to 1031. A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orleans, France, the son of King Hugh Capet (938-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (952-1004).

In 987, Robert’s father had the nobles crown him as successor at Orléans on December 30th, thereby confirming the house of Capet as rulers of France. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowned his eldest son Hugh as his successor. But, due to Prince Hugh's death, another son, Henri, became king.

Robert, despite marital problems that saw him temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. He was very musically inclined and was a composer, a chorister, and a poet, making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any of the feudal lands as they became vacant which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as the Duke of Burgundy.

The pious King Robert II made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons Henri and Robert. They turned against their father, in a civil war for power and property. King Robert’s army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris.

He died in the middle of the war with his sons on July 20, 1031 at Melun, France. He was interred with his third wife, Constance d'Arles (973-July 25, 1032) in Saint Denis Basilica.

He was succeeded by his and Constance's second son, Henri I.

Robert II married:

c. 988, 1) Susanne (Rosala), Princess of Italy (c.966 - January 26, 1003). The marriage was arranged by Robert’s father and ended in divorce.

c. 996, 2) Bertha, Princess of Burgundy (952-1035). Because she was his cousin, Pope Gregory V would not sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. However, after long negotiations with the new Pope Silvester II the marriage was annulled.

In 1001, 3) Constance Taillefer d'Arles (973-July 25, 1032)
Issue (3):

Adáele (Alix) - (1003 - January 8, 1079)
Hugh - (1007-September 17, 1025)
Henry I - (May 4, 1008 - August 4, 1060)
Adelaide Havoise - (1009-June 5, 1063)
Robert - (1011 - March 21, 1076)
Eudo (Odes) - (1013-1056)
Constance - (1014 - unknown)
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The King of France who took Burgundy into the French realm. His domain was
not extensive, so when the duke of Burgundy died without heir in 1002, Robert
went to war against a rival claimant. only in 1015, however, did he finally
succeed in subduing the rich duchy. The gain, however, was only transitory,
for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother, Robert, and it
thereafter remained for centuries outside royal control.

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of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 7th ed., at 115
(1992). Line 128-21, 101-21.

Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Co-rule with father
Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5]Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

[edit] Piety
Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety" resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

[edit] Military career
The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

Children

Robert II dispenses alms to the poor: "Robert had a kindly feeling for the weak and poor" — from François Guizot, A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times.Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]

Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin
Adele of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.
Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)
Henry I, successor
Robert, became Duke of Burgundy
Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy
Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.
Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

[edit] Notes
^ Andrew W. Lewis, "Anticipatory Association of the Heir in Early Capetian France" The American Historical Review 83.4 (October 1978:906-927) p. 907; the last co-king was Philip Augustus, who was co-king to the ailing Louis VII.
^ Lewis, 908.
^ Ibid, 914.
^ Ibid, passim.
^ The letter compopsed by Gerbert survives, though no Byzantine response is recorded: Constance B. Bouchard, 'Consanguinity and Noble Marriages in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries" Speculum 56.2 (April 1981:268-287) pp 274, 276.
^ The most complete account of the marriages of Robert II remains that of Charles Pfister, Etudes sur le règne de Robert le Pieux (Paris 1885:41-69); see Constance Bouchard 1981:273ff.
^ "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy". Retrieved on 2007-06-21.

[edit] Sources
Lewis, Andrew W. "Anticipatory Association of the Heir in Early Capetian France." The American Historical Review, Vol. 83, No. 4. (Oct., 1978), pp 906-927.
* Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 53-21, 101-21, 107-20, 107-21, 108-21, 128-21, 141-21, 141A-21, 146-19, 162-20, 185-2.
Jessee, W. Scott. A missing Capetian princess: Advisa, daughter of King Robert II of France (Medieval Prosopography), 1990

Robert II, king of France reigned in 996/1031. Excommunicated in 998.R obert II (of France) , called Robert the Pious (970-1031), King ofFran ce (996-1031), the son of King Hugh Capet, born in Orleans andeducate d at Reims under the French scholar Gerbert, who later became PopeSylv esterII. In 996 Robert married ,as his second wife, his cousin Berthao f Burgundy (born 962). Two years later Pope Gregory V (died 999)excomm unicated him and annulled this marriage, which was concideredincestuou s by the church; in 1003 Robert submitted to the pope andmarried the d aughter of Marquis of Provence, Constance of Arles (died1032) by whom he Had four sons. He recognized Hugh (1007-1025), theeldest of these s ons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in 1025, theother sons, aide d by their mother, revolted; Robert was still fightingthem at the tim e of his own death. Robert was called The Pious because ofhis humilit y and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler.

Robert II the Pious (French: Robert II le Pieux) (March 27, 972 - July 20, 1031) was King of France from 996 to 1031. A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orléans, France, the son of King Hugh Capet (938-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (952-1004).
In 987, Robert's father had the nobles crown him as successor at Orléans on December 30th, thereby confirming the house of Capet as rulers of France. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowned his eldest son Hugh Magnus as his successor. But, due to Prince Hugh Magnus' death, another son, Henri, became king.
Robert, despite marital problems that saw him temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. He was very musically inclined and was a composer, a chorister, and a poet, making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them.
The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any of the feudal lands as they became vacant which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as the Duke of Burgundy.
The pious King Robert II made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons. His eldest son Hugh Magnus died suddenly while in rebellion against his father. Robert's surviving sons, Henri I of France and Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, also turned against their father, in a civil war for power and property. King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris.
He died in the middle of the war with his sons on July 20, 1031 at Melun, France. He was interred with his third wife, Constance of Arles (973-July 25, 1032) in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his and Constance's second son, Henri I.

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Marriages
Robert II married:
• c. 989, 1) Susanne (Rosala), Princess of Italy (c.945 - January 26, 1003). Widow of Count Arnulf II of Flanders, by whom she had issue. She was much older than Robert, and the marriage was arranged by his father. Robert divorced her a year later.
• c. 996, 2) Bertha, Princess of Burgundy (952-1035). Widow of Count Theobald II of Blois. Because she was his cousin, Pope Gregory V would not sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. However, after long negotiations with the new Pope Silvester II the marriage was annulled.
• In 1001, 3) Constance of Arles (973-July 25, 1034) Daughter of a certain Count William, an intriguing and ambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father. She was the mother of his children:
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Children and Descendants
1. Advisa, Countess of Auxerre, (c.1003-after 1063), married Count Renaud I of Nevers. Their children inherited the counties of Nevers and Auxerre.
2. Hugh Magnus, or Hugh "The Great" co-king (1007-September 17, 1025); Hugh is said to have been married (or betrothed) before his death to Halwisa (Hawisa?) or Elisabeth d'Avoye, dau of one Henri l'Oiseteur, who married 2ndly Hamon, Count of Corbeil. Elisabeth's second husband Hamon [1] was younger brother of William, Count of Corbeil (possibly also known as William, Count of Arques), and as such he was a descendant of Richard I "The Fearless" or "Sans-Peur", Duke of Normany, great-grandfather William II, Duke of Normandy, later styled "The Conqueror". One of Hamon and Elisabeth's sons was apparently Robert Fitzhamon (b ca. 1045-1055 d. 1107) who was an important figure in Anglo-Norman history from 1087 to 1106. However, these marriages and the exact connections of Hamon to the Dukes of Normandy have not been proven.
3. Henry I of France (May 4, 1008-August 4, 1060) ancestor of later Kings of France.
4. Adela, Countess of Contenance, later Adela, Countess of Flanders (1009-June 5, 1063), married (1) Duke Richard III of Normandy; and (2) Count Baldwin V of Flanders. She is better known as the mother of Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror.
5. Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011-March 21, 1076) ancestor of the first Capetian house of Burgundy.
6. Eudes (1013-1056) died after the failed invasion of Normandy.
7. Constance (1014-unknown), married Manasses de Dammartin
Robert's descendants would go on to rule not only France, but England (through his granddaughter Matilda of Flanders' marriage to William the Conqueror), Portugal, Castille, and Leon.

Robert II, Roi de France1 (M)
b. 27 March 972, d. 20 July 1031, #103098
Pedigree
Last Edited=19 Jun 2005

Robert II, Roi de France was born on 27 March 972 in Orléans, Orléanais, France.2 He was the son of Hugues de Paris, Roi de France and Adelaide de Poitou.1 He married, firstly, Rosela of Italy, daughter of Berenger I of Fuili, Emperor of Italy, in 992.3 He and Rosela of Italy were divorced in 992.3 He married, secondly, Bertha de Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad, Roi de Jurane Bourgogne and Elfgifu, in 996. He married, thirdly, Constance d'Arles, daughter of Guillaume III Taillefer, Comte de Provence and Adelaide d'Anjou, in 1003. He was also reported to have been married circa 1000. He and Bertha de Bourgogne were divorced in 1000.3 He died on 20 July 1031 at age 59.1
Robert II, Roi de France was a member of the House of Capet.4 Robert II, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Robert 'the Pious'.4 He gained the title of Roi Robert II de France in 996.2

Children of Robert II, Roi de France and Constance d'Arles
Hugues III, Roi de France b. 1007, d. c 10254
Henri I, Roi de France+ b. Apr 1008, d. 4 Aug 10604
Adela de France, Princesse de France+ b. 1009, d. 8 Jan 10792
Robert I de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne+ b. c 1011, d. 21 Mar 10765
Citations
1. [S45] Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 63. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
2. [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online . Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
3. [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 64. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
4. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 77. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
5. [S16] Louda and MacLagan, Lines of Succession, table 74.

Believed to have married Bertha of Burgundy (962-1010), widow ofCount Eudes I of Chartes. If so, be probably married her after 1003and married Constance of Toulouse about 1010. In this case, thechildren of Robert II are not associated with the proper mother. Moreresearch is needed here.
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Byname ROBERT THE PIOUS, French ROBERT LE PIEUX, king of France whotook Burgundy into the French realm.

The son of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty, and Adelaideof Aquitaine, Robert was educated at the episcopal school of Reimsunder Gerbert of Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II. Soon after his owncoronation (July 987), Hugh prudently arranged the election andcoronation (December 987) of Robert, thus facilitating his son'seventual succession (October 996) as sole ruler. His excommunicationas a result of his marriage within the prohibited degrees ofrelationship was eventually lifted after the repudiation of thechildless Bertha in 1001. Constance of Arles, whom the King marriedtwo years later, was the mother of his successor, Henry I.

Robert's domain was not extensive; and, to increase his power, hevigorously and tenaciously pressed his claim to fiefs as they becamevacant. Thus, when the duke of Burgundy died without an heir (1002),Robert went to war against a rival claimant. Only in 1015, however,did he finally succeed in subduing the rich duchy. (The gain wastransitory, for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother,Robert, and it thereafter remained for centuries outside royalcontrol.)

A patron of the Cluniac monastic movement, Robert apparently ruledfirmly and judiciously in his own lands.
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[1106] WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 8720856 = 917702

Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, 1993
Robert II (of France), called Robert the Pious (970?-1031), king of France (996-1031), the son of King Hugh Capet, born in Orlans, and educated at Reims under the French scholar Gerbert, who later became Pope Sylvester II. In 996 Robert married, as his second wife, his cousin Bertha of Burgundy (born 962?). Two years later Pope Gregory V (died 999) excommunicated him and annulled this marriage, which was considered incestuous by the church; in 1003 Robert submitted to the pope and married the daughter of the marquis of Provence, Constance of Arles (died 1032), by whom he had four sons. He recognized Hugh (1007-25), the eldest of these sons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in 1025, the other sons, aided by their mother, revolted; Robert was still fighting them at the time of his own death. Robert was called The Pious because of his humility and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler.

BIRTH: Encyclopedia says 970, PORTU2.TAF (Compuserve) says 971, COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), p. 4 says ABT 971, COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) ABT 971, PLANTEGENET.DOC says 996

DEATH: Encyclopedia says 1031, PORTU2.TAF (Compuserve) says 1031 COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 3 says ABT 1031; COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) says ABT 1031 & 20 Jul 1021

Robert II, the Pious (r. 996-1031), was the son of Hugh Capet. Pious and learned, he tried to strengthen royal power and acquired the duchy of Burgundy for the crown. - Encyclopedia, p. 722
Constance was his 2nd wife - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 53;Duke of Burgandy - PORTU2.TAF (Compuserve)

MARRIAGE: PORTU2.TAF (Compuserve), COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) says ABT 1005

WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 8725158 = 917702, b. 27 Mar 972, d. 20 Jul 1031

"Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists ...", Line 128, b 970

WIKIPEDIA
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Robert II of France

Robert II the Pious (French: Robert II le Pieux) (March 27, 972 - July 20, 1031) was King of France from 996 to 1031. A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orléans, France, the son of King Hugh Capet (938-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (952-1004).

In 987, Robert's father had the nobles crown him as successor at Orléans on December 30th, thereby confirming the house of Capet as rulers of France. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowned his eldest son Hugh Magnus as his successor. But, due to Prince Hugh Magnus's death, another son, Henri, became king.

Robert, despite marital problems that saw him temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. He was very musically inclined and was a composer, a chorister, and a poet, making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any of the feudal lands as they became vacant which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as the Duke of Burgundy.

The pious King Robert II made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons. His eldest son Hugh Magnus died suddenly while in rebellion against his father. Robert's surviving sons, Henri and Robert, also turned against their father, in a civil war for power and property. King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris.

He died in the middle of the war with his sons on July 20, 1031 at Melun, France. He was interred with his third wife, Constance of Arles (973-July 25, 1032) in Saint Denis Basilica.

He was succeeded by his and Constance's second son, Henri I. He was an ancestor to Isabella of France and Isabella of Castile, and so he is the ancestor to the present-day British royal family, including Elizabeth II, Queen of England.

Robert II married:

* c. 989, 1) Susanne (Rosala), Princess of Italy (c.945 - January 26, 1003). Widow of Count Arnulf II of Flanders. She was much older than Robert, and the marriage was arranged by his father. Robert divorced her a year later.

* c. 996, 2) Bertha, Princess of Burgundy (952-1035). Widow of Count Theobald II of Blois. Because she was his cousin, Pope Gregory V would not sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. However, after long negotiations with the new Pope Silvester II the marriage was annulled.

* In 1001, 3) Constance of Arles (973-July 25, 1034) Daughter of a certain Count William, an intriguing and ambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband. She was the mother of his children:

1. Advisa, Countess of Auxerre, (c.1003-after 1063), married Count Renaud I of Nevers
2. Hugh Magnus, co-king (1007-September 17, 1025)
3. Henry I of France (May 4, 1008-August 4, 1060)
4. Adela, Countess of Contenance (1009-June 5, 1063), married (1) Duke Richard III of Normandy (2) Count Baldwin V of Flanders
5. Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011-March 21, 1076)
6. Eudes (1013-1056)
7. Constance (1014-unknown), married Manasses de Dammartin

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He was a royal composer, chorister, and poet, who might have ruled Italy but preferred that his palace should be his cloister, where he lived in the enjoyment of melody and song. He conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. He was a very devout man. He married in 988 (1) Rosala (Rozela), daughter of King Berengar II. of Italy, but this marriage was repudiated in 992

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!Name is; Robert II, "The Pious" King Of /FRANCE/

Robert II the Pious King of France

Robert "The Pious" (b.c. 970 Orleans, France - d. July 20, 1031,Melun, France), King of France who took Burgundy into the Frenchrealm. Robert's domain was not extensive; and, to increase his power,he vigorously and tenaciously pressed his claim to fiefs as theybecame vacant. Thus, when the duke of Burgundy died without an heir(1002), Robert went to war against a rival claimant. Only in 1015,however, did he finally succeed in subduing the rich duchy. (The gainwas transitory, for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother,Robert, and it thereafter remained for centuries outside royalcontrol.) A patron of the Cluniac monastic movement, Robert apparentlyruled firmly and judiciously in his own lands.

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Malgré sa piété, il fut excommunié pour avoir répudié sa femme Rozala et épousé sa cousine Berthe.
Il se maria par la suite avec Constance de Provence. Il lutta contre l'anarchie féodale, agrandit le domaine royal et conquit le duché de Bourgogne, qu'il laissa à son fils.

!Name is; Robert II, "The Pious" King Of /FRANCE/
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Robert was distinguished for his piety and learning, he also sought t o strengthen the weak royal power, conquered several towns, and secure d the duchy of Burgundy for the crown. His son and successor was Henr y I. Robert's biographer was Helgaud. Robert is styled as tall, rath er fat, long faced, mild eyed with a broad nose, and a bull beard. B y nature, he is described as naturally gentle, humble, pious and virtu ous, an affable man who was kind. Both Robert and his father supporte d the limited 'pax dei' or 'Truce / Peace of God' initially declared a t the Synod of Charroux in 989. Among other things, it disallowed fig hting between Wednesday evening and following Monday morning each wee k of the year as well as on any holidays or any of the numerous feast days.

Robert was a pupil of Gerbert of Aurillac (who later became Pope Sylve ster II) and thus familiar with Latin and was fond of books. He is re ferenced as a 'veritable monk' on the throne and in his last years sou ght consolation in his faith. Robert was a royal composer, chorister , and poet, who might have ruled Italy but preferred that his palace s hould be his cloister, where he lived in the enjoyment of melody and s ong. He conducted vespers in his royal robes. One of his greatest ene mies was Eudes de Blois. As such, he allied himself with Rollo, the G ranger, a viking, who had established himself in the area of Normandie .

He married in 988 (1) Rosala (Rozela), daughter of King Berengar II. o f Italy, but this marriage was repudiated in 992, married in 997 (2) B ertha of Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, who died after 101 7, also divorced in 1003/5; and (3) Constance Berengar (Berenger) of A rtes, borncirca 987, died in Melun in 1032 buired at St. Denis, daught er of William Berengar II (Berenger), Count of Provence, by his 2nd ma rriage. During his reign he added to the royal bishoprics held by hi s father. They included of Troyes and Auxerrre in Sens, Chalons-sur-M arne in the province of Rheims, Macon in the province of Lyon and the archbishopric of Bourges. The reign of Robert, saw a considerable exp ansion of the Royal domain and part of that was the annexation of Burg undy, and the extension of his authority over the counties of Dreux an d Melun.

Robert II thePious (French: Robert II le Pieux) (March 27, 972 - July 20, 1031) was King of France from 996 to 1031. A member of the Capetia n Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orléans, France, th e son of King Hugh Capet (938-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (952-1004 ). In 987, Robert's father had the nobles crown him as successor at Or léans on December 30th, thereby confirming the house of Capet as ruler s of France. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowne d his eldest son Hugh Magnus as his successor. But, due to Prince Hug h Magnus' death, another son, Henri, became king. Robert, despite mar ital problems that saw him temporarily excommunicated in 997 (he and B ertha were related in the 6th degree) by Pope Gregory V, was a very de vout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. He was very musi cally inclined and was a composer, a chorister, and a poet, making hi s palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matin s and vespers in his royal robes. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increa se his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any of the feudal lan ds as they became vacant which action usually resulted in war with a c ounter-claimant. At the time of his uncle Henri de Bourgogne's deat h in 1002, Robert put himself forward as the rightful heir of Burgundy , instead of Henri's step-son and legitimate heir Otto 'Guillaume' de Bourgogne. In 1003, his invasion of Burgundy was thwarted and it woul d not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of th e Church and be recognized as the Duke of Burgundy. During Robert's e fforts to gain Burgundy, he was assisted by Duke Richard II de Normand ie in his efforts. The crown of France did not retain Burgundy for lo ng and while Robert held it for the rest of his reign, it was lost onc e his son Henri ascended to the throne. ON 22 April 1015, Robert siez ed the town of Sens and by agreement with Renaud - Count of Sens, hal f of the town would revert to the crown, as well as the entire county . On 6 August 1023, Robert met Henry II of the Holy Roman Empire, alo ng the Meuse river. The emper was encamped at Ivois and King Robert a t Mouzon. The pious King Robert II made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons. His eldest son Hugh Magnus died suddenly whil e in rebellion against his father. Robert's surviving sons, Henri I o f France and Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, also turned against their fat her, in a civil war forpower and property. King Robert's army was beat en and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris.

He died in the middle of the war with his sons on July 20, 1031 at Mel un, France. He was interred with his third wife, Constance of Arles (9 73-July 25, 1032) in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his an d Constance's second son, Henri I. Robert married first ca. 989, Susa nne (Rosala), Princess of Italy (c.945 - January 26, 1003). Widow of C ount Arnulf II of Flanders, by whom she had issue. She was much oldert han Robert, and the marriage was arranged by his father. Robert divorc ed her a year later.

Robert married second ca. 996, Bertha, Princess of Burgundy (952-1035) . Widow of Count Theobald II of Blois. Because she was his cousin, Pop e Gregory V would not sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunica ted. However, after long negotiations with the new Pope Silvester II t he marriage was annulled. Robert married in 1001, Constance of Arles( 973-July 25, 1034) Daughter of a certain Count William, an intriguing and ambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encour aging her sons to revolt against their father. She was the mother of h is children:

Robert's children include: Advisa, Countess of Auxerre, (c.1003-after1 063), married Count Renaud I of Nevers. Their children inherited theco unties of Nevers and Auxerre; Hugh Magnus, or Hugh "The Great" co-kin g (1007-September 17, 1025); Hugh is said to have been married (or bet rothed) before his death to Halwisa (Hawisa?) or Elisabeth d'Avoye, da u of one Henri l'Oiseteur, who married 2ndly Hamon, Count of Corbeil. Elisabeth's second husband Hamon was younger brother of William, Coun t of Corbeil (possibly also known as William, Count of Arques), and a s such he was a descendant of Richard I "The Fearless" or "Sans-Peur, " Duke of Normany, great-grandfather William II, Duke of Normandy, lat er styled "The Conqueror". One of Hamon and Elisabeth's sons was appar ently Robert Fitzhamon (b ca. 1045 - 1055 d. 1107) who was an importan t figure in Anglo-Norman history from 1087 to 1106. However, these mar riages and the exact connections of Hamon to the Dukes of Normandy hav e not been proven. Henry I of France (May 4, 1008-August 4, 1060) anc estor of later Kings of France. Adela, Countess of Contenance, later A dela, Countess of Flanders (1009-June 5, 1063), married Duke Richard I II of Normandy; and (2) Count Baldwin V of Flanders. She is better kno wn as the mother of Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror ; Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011-March 21, 1076) ancestor of the fir st Capetian house of Burgundy; Eudes (1013-1056) died after the faile d invasion of Normandy and Constance (1014-unknown), married Manasses de Dammartin. Robert's descendants would go on to rule not only Franc e, but England (through his granddaughter Matilda of Flanders' marriag e to William the Conqueror), Portugal, Castille, and Leon.

GIVN Robert II "The Pious"
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Robert II., the Pious, King of France from 996 to 1031, was born in Orleans in 971, died in Melun in 1031, buried at St. Denis, reigned from 996 to July 20, 1031. He was a royal composer, chorister, and poet, who might have ruled Italy but preferred that his palace should be his cloister, where he lived in the enjoyment of melody and song. He conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. He was a very devout man.

!Name is; Robert II, "The Pious" King Of /FRANCE/
CompuServe Roots Library: The Royal Sovereigns of the Kingdom of France

[Hubert Barnich , Canadian conf., posted info from a book about the
family COURTENAY and the Comt de Namur in Belgium] '..Robert II le Pieux
(972-1031), Roi en 996, duc de Bourgogne de 1002..'
NAME Robert II The Pious, King of France. Kilde: Weis, Frederick Lewis,
Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, 6th Edition, Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co, 1988.
Kilde: King of France Jan 1 988-1031 [Ref: Weis AR #101] King of
France Jan 1 996-1031 [Ref: Weis AR #53]
Kilde: date: [Ref: Weis AR #53] 970/1 [Ref: Weis AR #101], place:
[Ref: Weis AR #101], parents: [Ref: Weis AR #101]
INDIVIDUAL BIRTH RESEARCH NOTES: date: 970/971 [Ref: Weis AR #141]
Kilde: date: [Ref: Weis AR #108] third wife of Robert II [Ref: Weis
AR #53]
Kilde: date: [Ref: Weis AR #146] Abt 990, second marriage of Rosela
first of Robert II, repudiated [Ref: Weis AR #162]
Kilde: date: [Ref: Weis AR #141, Weis AR #101], place: [Ref: Weis AR
#101]
INDIVIDUAL BURIAL SOURCE NOTES: [Ref: Weis AR #53] DATE Date Unknown
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[from Ancestry.com 81120.GED, references "France in the Making, 843-1180, by Jean Dunbabin, p136]

In 988, Hugh Capet sought a Byzantine bride for Robert. Had the Emperor been accommodating, Hugh's initiative would have been liberally rewarded. As it was, Robert had to content himself with the daughter of an Italian king, a marriage which, though satisfactory from the point of blood and dowry, failed miserably in human terms. Robert's second attempt, the alliance with Berthe of Burgundy, came up against the insuperable obstacle of ecclesiastical opposition, led by the very section of the reforming church on whose good offices he relied so heavily. The third marriage, with Constance of Arles, was a stormy one; yet the lady, though personally unpopular, was clearly valued as a worthy prize for a king.

[from Ancestry.com 139798.GED]

Robert reigned 996-1031. He was a royal composer, chorister and poet, who might have ruled Italy but preferred that his palace would be his cloister, where he lived in the enjoyment of melody and song. He conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. He was very devout.

#Générale#inhumation : Saint-Denis 93

#Générale#Profession : Roi de France du 24 Octobre 996 au 2 Juillet1031.
Décès : ou à Paris ou à 77000.Melun ?

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Fin Mariage: 1001 ou 1003/1005

{geni:about_me} - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France

"Comme pour son père Hugues Capet, on ne connaît ni la date, ni le lieu précis de la naissance de Robert, et cela bien que les historiens penchent fortement pour l’année 972 et pour Orléans, capitale du duché robertien depuis le IXe siècle."
Laurent Theis, Robert le Pieux. Le roi de l'an mil, Paris, éditions Perrin, 1999 (ISBN 978-2-262-01375-2).

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Robert II le Pieux de France / Robert II the Pious of France

Born: 27 March 972 [unproven; birth date very uncertain - see source above]

Dead: 20 July 1031

King of France from 996 until his death

Father: Hugh Capet

Mother: Adelaide of Aquitaine

Marriage with

1.Rozala (who changed her name to Susannah after becoming queen)

She was the daughter of Berengar II of Italy and the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. No children together.

2.Bertha (but the marriage got annulled)

He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

3.Constance of Arles

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

Children with Constance of Arles;

1.Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

2.Hedwig (or Advisa) of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

3.Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

4.Henry I, successor

5.Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

6.Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

7.Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

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ROBERT (II) de France, son of HUGUES Capet King of France & his wife Adelais [de Poitou] (Orléans ([27 Mar] 972-Château de Melun 20 Jul 1031, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).

The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Robertum regem et filiam Hadevidem…comitissam Hainonensium" as the children of King Hugues[148].

He was invested as associate-king with his father 25 Dec 987, consecrated 1 Apr 988 at the cathedral of Sainte-Croix in Orléans[149]. He succeeded his father in 996 as ROBERT II "le Pieux"[150] King of France.

He claimed the duchy of Burgundy on the death of his paternal uncle Duke Henri in 1002, but took 12 years to complete its conquest in the face of opposition from Otto-Guillaume Comte de Mâcon[151].

After the death of Emperor Heinrich II King of Germany in 1024, King Robert supported the rebels (led by Frédéric II Duke of Upper Lotharingia) opposed to King Konrad II but he refused the crown of Italy which they offered it to him. Robert nevertheless sent troops to attack Metz, but was repulsed[152].

The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death in 1031 of "rex Francorum Robertus"[153]. Rodolfus Glaber records the death of King Robert at Melun in July and his place of burial[154]. The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XII Kal Aug" of "Rotbertus rex"[155]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XIII Kal Aug" of "Rotbertus…Francorum rex"[156].

m firstly (988, before 1 Apr, repudiated [991/92]) as her second husband, ROZALA [Suzanne] di Ivrea, widow of ARNOUL II “le Jeune” Count of Flanders, daughter of BERENGARIO II ex-King of Italy [Ivrea] & his wife Willa of Tuscany-Arles ([950/960]-13 Dec 1003 or 7 Feb 1004, bur Gent, church of the Abbey de Saint-Pierre du Mont-Blandin).

Richer records that King Robert repudiated his wife "Susannam…genere Italicam eo quod anus esset" but refused to allow her to retake her castle at Montreuil, whereupon she constructed another nearby[165]. She returned to Flanders after she was repudiated by her second husband, and became one of the principal advisers of her son Count Baldwin IV. France retained Montreuil-sur-Mer.

m secondly ([late 996/early 997], divorced Sep 1001) BERTHE of Burgundy, widow of EUDES I Comte de Blois et de Chartres, daughter of CONRAD I “le Pacifique” King of Burgundy [Welf] & his wife Mathilde de France [Carolingian] ([964/965]-16 Jan after 1010).

Pope Gregory V called on King Robert to repudiate his wife in 998 on grounds of consanguinity. The request was repeated in 1001 by the court of Rome. Robert at first refused and the kingdom of France was excommunicated[173]. The king, in reaction to the 1108 assassination of his favourite Hugues de Beauvais who had served Queen Berthe, visited Rome in 1008 in an unsuccessful attempt to divorce his third wife in order to take back Berthe[175].

m thirdly (after Sep 1001 before 25 Aug 1003) CONSTANCE d'Arles, daughter of GUILLAUME II “le Libérateur” Comte d’Arles [Provence] et Marquis & his wife Adelais [Blanche] d’Anjou ([987/89]-Château de Melun 22 or 25 Jul 1032, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).

The Historia Francorum names "Constantiam, filiam Guillelmi comitis Arelatensis, natam de Blanca sorore Gaufridi comitis Andegavensis" as wife of King Robert[178].

The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines also names "Constantia filia fuit Blanche comitisse Arelatensis" as wife of "Robertus rex"[179]. The Chronicon Hugonis names "Constantiam" as wife of "Robertus", specifying that she was "cognatam Hugonis Autisiodorensis episcopi comitis Cabilonensis"[180]. This is presumably based on Rodulfus Glaber who states incorrectly that "Constantiam…filiam…prioris Willemi Aquitanie ducis" was wife of King Robert II, specifying that she was "cognatam" of Hugues Comte de Chalon Bishop of Auxerre[181]. The only relationship so far identified between the two is that Constance's maternal uncle, Geoffroy I Comte d'Anjou, was the second husband of the mother of Comte Hugues.

Rodulfus Glauber dates her marriage to "about the year 1000"[182].

The king attempted to separate from Constance in 1008 in order to take back his second wife, according to Rodulfus Glaber through the influence of "Hugo dictus Beluacensis"[183], but he restored Constance's royal prerogatives end-1009[184].

She opposed her husband's proposal to crown their second son Henri as associate king in 1026, supporting the candidature of her third son Robert[185]. She organised two revolts against King Robert, and another against her son King Henri I after his accession in 1031[186].

Rodolfus Glaber records the death of Queen Constance in the same city as her husband [Melun] and in the same month [July] in the following year, as well as her place of burial[187]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés records the death "XI Kal Aug" of "regina Constancia"[188]. The necrology of Argenteuil Priory records the death "VIII Kal Aug" of "Constancia regina"[189].

King Robert & his third wife had [seven] children:

1. [CONSTANCE de France.

There is no proof that Constance, wife of Manassès de Dammartin, was the daughter of King Robert II, the affiliation being proposed for onomastic reasons only[190]. It is, however, supported by the presence of the king and queen at a donation by Comte Manassès in 1031[191]. Rodolfus Glaber records that King Robert had two daughters by his wife Constance[192], presumably referring to Hedwige and Adela. According to Europäische Stammtafeln[193], the wife of Manassès was "Constance [de Dammartin]", presumably on the theory that she brought her husband the county of Dammartin.

m ([1023 or before]) MANASSES Comte de Dammartin-en-Goële, son of HILDUIN II de Montdidier Seigneur de Ramérupt & his wife --- (-killed in battle Ornel, near Etain, Bar-le-Duc 15 Nov or 15 Dec 1037).]

2. HEDWIGE [Avoie] de France ([1003]-5 Jun after 1063).

Rodolfus Glaber records that "Rainaldus…Landrici comitis filius" married a daughter of King Robert[194]. The Chronici Hugonis Floriacensis names "Adelaidem…Rainaldi comitis Nivernensis uxorem" as the daughter of King Robert and his wife Constance[195]. The Historia Nivernensium Comitum records that the wife of "Renaldum" was "sorori Regis Roberti, filii Hugonis Capitonis"[196]. The Annales Vizeliacenses also specifies that Renaud's wife was the sister not daughter of King Robert II[197]. However, this is chronologically unlikely given that King Robert and his known sisters were born in the 970s, more than twenty years before the earliest possible date of birth of Comte Renaud. Her marriage was agreed by her father as part of his alliance with Landry Comte de Nevers after capturing Auxerre, which the king gave to his daughter as dowry[198]. "Rainaldus comes Nivernensis" donated property "Belmontis" to Cluny, for the souls of "…uxoris mee Advise…" by charter dated to [1028/40][199]. She founded the abbeys of Crisenon and Issenon.

m (1006, soon after 25 Jan 1016) RENAUD de Nevers, son of LANDRY Comte de Nevers & his wife Mathilde de Bourgogne-Comté (-killed in battle Sainte-Vertu, Yonne 29 May 1040, bur Auxerre, Saint-Germain). He succeeded his father in 1028 as RENAUD I Comte de Nevers. He was killed in battle against Robert I Duke of Burgundy, his brother-in-law.

3. HUGUES de France (1007-28 Aug 1025, bur Compiègne, church of the Abbaye de Saint-Corneille).

The Historia Francorum names (in order) "Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem" as the four sons of King Robert and Constance[200].

He was consecrated associate-king 9 Jun 1017, at Compiègne, church of the Abbaye de Saint-Corneille, when he was "barely 10 years old" according to Rodolfus Glaber[201]. He rebelled against his father claiming the full authority of his position as associate-king, but later submitted[202].

The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés records the death "V Kal Sep" of "Hugo iuvenis rex Francorum"[203]. The necrology of Argenteuil Priory records the death "V Kal Sep" of "Hugo iuvenis rex"[204]. Rodolfus Glaber records his place of burial[205].

4. HENRI de France ([end 1009/May 1010]-Palais de Vitry-aux-Loges, forêt d’Orléans, Loiret 4 Aug 1060, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).

The Historia Francorum names (in order) "Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem" as the four sons of King Robert and Constance[206].

He succeeded his father in 1031 as HENRI I King of France.

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5. ROBERT de France ([1011/12]-church of Fleury-sur-Ouche, Côte d’Or 18 Mar 1076, bur Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye, Côte d’Or).

The Historia Francorum names (in order) "Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem" as the four sons of King Robert and Constance[207]. Rodulfus Glauber names "Heinricus rex…germanium suum Rotbertum" when recording the latter's installation as duke of Burgundy by his brother[208].

His mother supported him as candidate to be consecrated associate king in 1027, in place of his older brother Henri who was supported by their father. His father named him heir to the duchy of Burgundy in 1030. He was installed as ROBERT I "le Vieux" Duke of Burgundy in 1032 by his brother King Henri I.

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6. EUDES de France ([1013]-Germigny-des-Prés, near Sully, Loiret 15 May [1057/59]).

The Historia Francorum names (in order) "Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem" as the four sons of King Robert and Constance[209].

He allied himself with Eudes II Comte de Blois in the war against his brother Henri I King of France 1034-1041. He was defeated and imprisoned at Orléans. After his release, he fought for the king in Normandy, but was defeated in 1054 at Mortemer.

Orderic Vitalis records the war between the Normans and "Henricum regem" in 1054 when "Odonem fratrem suum" was defeated by "Roberti Aucensis comiitis et Rogerii de Mortuomari" who led the Norman forces "apud Mortuum-mare"[210]. He owned land near Bellême[211].

The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "Id Mai" of "Odo Roberti regis filius"[212].

7. ADELA de France (-Messines 8 Jan 1079, bur Messines, Benedictine monastery).

The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "soror…regis Henrici Adela" as wife of "Balduino Insulano"[213]. The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Alam comitissam Flandrensem" as the daughter of King Robert[214]. She is named as daughter of King Robert in a manuscript whose attribution to Orderic Vitalis is disputed, which also refers to her marriage[215].

Kerrebrouck mentions her betrothal to Duke Richard "très jeune" but does not cite the primary source on which this is based[216]. "Richardus Nortmannorum dux" agreed grants of property to "Adela" on the occasion of their marriage by charter dated Jan 1026, which does not specify her parentage[217]. Her father gave her the seigneurie of Corbie as her dowry.

Ctss de Contenance. She founded the Benedictine monastery at Messines near Ypres.

The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "VI Id Jan" of "Adelaidis comitissa"[218].

Betrothed (Jan 1027) to RICHARD III Duke of Normandy, son of RICHARD I Duke of Normandy & his first wife Judith de Bretagne ([1001]-6 Aug 1027).

m (Amiens 1028) BAUDOUIN de Flandre, son of BAUDOUIN IV "le Barbu/Pulchrae Barbae" Count of Flanders & his first wife Ogive de Luxembourg ([1012/13]-Lille 1 Sep 1067, bur Lille, Saint-Pierre). He succeeded his father in 1035 as BAUDOUIN V “le Pieux/Insulanus” Count of Flanders. He was regent of France for his nephew Philippe I King of France 1060-1066/67.

References:

[148] Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis 2, MGH SS XIII, p. 252.

[149] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 55.

[150] This nickname was applied to the king from the early years of his reign, see Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 59 footnote 2.

[151] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 55.

[152] Poull (1994), pp. 21-2.

[153] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1031, MGH SS XXIII, p. 783.

[154] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.36, p. 159.

[155] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cathédrale de Chartres, Nécrologe du xi siècle, p. 16.

[156] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 322.

[157] Reginonis Chronicon 965, MGH SS I, p. 627.

[158] Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana MGH SS IX, p. 306.

[159] Annales Elnonenses Minores [950-968], MGH SS V, p. 19.

[160] Nicholas, D. (1992) Medieval Flanders (Longman), p. 44.

[161] Liber traditionum sancti Petri Blandiniensis, 96, p. 92.

[162] Vita Sancti Bertulfi Abbatis Renticensis, RCGF 10, p. 365.

[163] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 60 footnote 32.

[164] Nicholas (1992), p. 45.

[165] Guadet, J. (ed.) (1845) Richeri Historiarum (Paris) IV.LXXXVII, p. 270.

[166] Liber traditionum sancti Petri Blandiniensis, 102, p. 96.

[167] Liber traditionum sancti Petri Blandiniensis, 107, p. 101.

[168] Annales Elnonenses Minores 1003, MGH SS V, p. 19.

[169] MGH Poetæ Latini medii ævi, V.1, Die Ottonenzeit, Grabschriften, p. 299.

[170] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 387.

[171] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.9, MGH SS VII, p. 64.

[172] Richer IV, supplementary notes following CVII, p. 308.

[173] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 62 footnote 42.

[174] Lecesne, H. (ed.) (1874) Cartulaire de Marmoutier pour le Dunois III, p. 4.

[175] Szabolcs de Vajay 'Mathilde, Reine de France inconnue', Journal des Savants (Oct-Dec 1971), pp. 241-60, 242 footnote 8.

[176] Guérard, M. (ed.) (1840) Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Père de Chartres (Paris) ("Chartres Saint-Père"), I, Liber Quintus, Cap. V, p. 96.

[177] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cathédrale de Chartres, Nécrologe du xi siècle, p. 5.

[178] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 385, additional manuscript quoted in footnote ***.

[179] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1013, MGH SS XXIII, p. 780.

[180] Chronicon Hugonis, monachi Virdunensis et divionensis abbatis Flaviniacensis I 996, MGH SS VIII, p. 368.

[181] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.7, p. 107.

[182] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.40, p. 165.

[183] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.7, p. 107.

[184] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 57.

[185] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.34, p. 157.

[186] Kerrebrouck (2000), pp. 56 and 57.

[187] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.36, p. 159.

[188] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, p. 267.

[189] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Prieuré d'Argenteuil, p. 348.

[190] Depoin, J. (1912) Recueil des chartes et documents de Saint-Martin-des-Champs, monastère parisien, Vol. 1 (Paris), no. 6, pp. 15-16, expanded by Mathieu, J. N. (1996) 'Recherches sur les premiers Comtes de Dammartin', Mémoires publiés par la Fédération des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, t. 47 (1996), pp. 7-60, 15-16, both cited in Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 63.

[191] Cartulaire de Notre-Dame de Chartres d'après les cartularies et les titres originaux, ed. Lépinois, E. de and Merlet, L. (Chartres, 1862-1865), no. XIII, cited in Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 63 footnote 57.

[192] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.7, p. 107.

[193] ES III 676.

[194] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum IV.26, p. 213.

[195] Chronici Hugonis Floriacensis, RHGF X, p. 222.

[196] Origine et Historia Brevi Nivernensium Comitum, RHGF X, p. 258.

[197] Bouchard (1987), pp. 343-4, the author highlighting the "unreliable genealogies" of Raoul Glaber and preferring the Annales Vizeliacenses as a reliable source.

[198] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 58.

[199] Cluny Tome IV, 2811, p. 13.

[200] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 385, additional manuscript quoted in footnote ***.

[201] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.32, p. 151.

[202] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 58.

[203] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, p. 270.

[204] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Prieuré d'Argenteuil, p. 348.

[205] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.33, p. 157.

[206] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 385, additional manuscript quoted in footnote ***.

[207] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 385, additional manuscript quoted in footnote ***.

[208] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.9, MGH SS VII, p. 64.

[209] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 385, additional manuscript quoted in footnote ***.

[210] Le Prévost, A. (1840) Orderici Vitalis Historiæ Ecclesiasticæ (Paris) ("Orderic Vitalis (Prévost)"), Vol. I, Liber I, p. 184, and Vol. III, Liber VII, p. 160.

[211] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 58.

[212] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 317.

[213] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1060, MGH SS XXIII, p. 792.

[214] Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis 2, MGH SS XIII, p. 252.

[215] Chibnall, M. (ed. and trans.) The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, Vol. IV (Oxford Medieval Texts, 1969-80), Appendix I, p. 350.

[216] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 58.

[217] Spicilegium Tome III, p. 390.

[218] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 307.

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet.

Parents:Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Birth place: Orléans, France.

Death:20 July 1031 (aged 59), Melun, France

Buriel: Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France

Co-reign

Solo-reign 30[citation needed]. December 987 – 24 October 996;

24 October 996 – 20 July 1031

Coronation 30[citation needed] December 987

Predecessor Hugh

Successor Henry I

Spouse Rozala of Italy

Bertha of Burgundy

Constance of Arles

Issue

Hugh Magnus, Rex Filius

Henry I

Adela, Countess of Flanders

Robert I, Duke of Burgundy

Father Hugh Capet

Mother Adelaide of Aquitaine

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]

* Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

* Hedwig (or Advisa) of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

* Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

* Henry I, successor

* Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

* Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

* Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]

* Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

* Hedwig (or Advisa) of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

* Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

* Henry I, successor

* Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

* Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

* Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

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Robert II the Pious

King of the Franks

The Excommunication of Robert the Pious by Jean-Paul Laurens (1875)

The Excommunication of Robert the Pious by Jean-Paul Laurens (1875)

Co-reign

Solo-reign 30 December 987 – 24 October 996;

24 October 996 – 20 July 1031

Coronation 30 December 987

Predecessor Hugh

Successor Henry I

Spouse Rozala of Italy

Bertha of Burgundy

Constance of Arles

Issue

Hugh Magnus, Rex Filius

Henry I

Adela, Countess of Flanders

Robert I, Duke of Burgundy

Father Hugh Capet

Mother Adelaide of Aquitaine

Born 27 March 972(972-03-27)

Orléans, France

Died 20 July 1031 (aged 59)

Melun, France

Burial Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France

Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Contents

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* 1 Co-rule with father

* 2 Marital problems

* 3 Piety

* 4 Military career

* 5 Children

* 6 Notes

* 7 Sources

[edit] Co-rule with father

Silver denier of Robert II, 1.22g. Monnaie de Paris.

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

[edit] Marital problems

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5]Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

[edit] Piety

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety" resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

[edit] Military career

Robert II dispenses alms to the poor: "Robert had a kindly feeling for the weak and poor" — from François Guizot, A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

[edit] Children

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]

* Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

* Adele of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

* Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

* Henry I, successor

* Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

* Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

* Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Andrew W. Lewis, "Anticipatory Association of the Heir in Early Capetian France" The American Historical Review 83.4 (October 1978:906-927) p. 907; the last co-king was Philip Augustus, who was co-king to the ailing Louis VII.

2. ^ Lewis, 908.

3. ^ Ibid, 914.

4. ^ Ibid, passim.

5. ^ The letter compopsed by Gerbert survives, though no Byzantine response is recorded: Constance B. Bouchard, 'Consanguinity and Noble Marriages in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries" Speculum 56.2 (April 1981:268-287) pp 274, 276.

6. ^ The most complete account of the marriages of Robert II remains that of Charles Pfister, Etudes sur le règne de Robert le Pieux (Paris 1885:41-69); see Constance Bouchard 1981:273ff.

7. ^ "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy". http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAPET.htm#_Toc154137001. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.

[edit] Sources

* Lewis, Andrew W. "Anticipatory Association of the Heir in Early Capetian France." The American Historical Review, Vol. 83, No. 4. (Oct., 1978), pp 906-927.

* Jessee, W. Scott. "A missing Capetian princess: Advisa, daughter of King Robert II of France". Medieval Prosopography, 1990.

Robert II of France

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Under Hugh Capet

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Hugh (II) Magnus

Preceded by

Hugh Capet King of the Franks

With:

Hugh (II) Magnus as co-King

(19 June 1017–17 September 1026);

Henry I as co-King

(14 May 1027–29 July 1031)

24 October 996–29 July 1031 Succeeded by

Henry I

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Robert II, Roi de France (1)

M, #103098, b. 27 March 972, d. 20 July 1031

Last Edited=19 Jun 2005

Robert II, Roi de France was born on 27 March 972 at Orléans, Orléanais, France. (2) He was the son of Hugues de Paris, Roi de France and Adelaide de Poitou. (1) He married, firstly, Rosela of Italy, daughter of Berenger I of Fuili, Emperor of Italy, in 992. (3) He and Rosela of Italy were divorced in 992. (3) He married, secondly, Bertha de Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad, Roi de Jurane Bourgogne and Elfgifu (?), in 996. He married, thirdly, Constance d'Arles, daughter of Guillaume III Taillefer, Comte de Provence and Adelaide d'Anjou, in 1003. He was also reported to have been married circa 1000. He and Bertha de Bourgogne were divorced in 1000. (3)

He died on 20 July 1031 at age 59. (1)

Robert II, Roi de France was a member of the House of Capet.4 Robert II, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Robert 'the Pious'. (4) He gained the title of Roi Robert II de France in 996. (2)

Children of Robert II, Roi de France and Constance d'Arles

-1. Hugues III, Roi de France b. 1007, d. c 1025 (4)

-2. Henri I, Roi de France+ b. Apr 1008, d. 4 Aug 1060 (4)

-3. Adela de France, Princesse de France+ b. 1009, d. 8 Jan 1079 (2)

-4. Robert I de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne+ b. c 1011, d. 21 Mar 1076 (5)

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

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ROBERT II OF FRANCE

From Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France

Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. Second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Co-rule with father:

Robert II the Pious

King of the Franks

Reign As co-King: 30 December 987 – 24 October 996;

as senior King: 24 October 996 – 20 July 1031

Coronation 30 December 987, Cathedral of Orléans

Titles Duke of Burgundy (1016)

Born 27 March 972(972-03-27)

Orléans, France

Died 20 July 1031 (aged 59)

Melun, France

Buried Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France

Predecessor Hugh Capet

Successor Henry I

Consort Rozala of Italy (c.937 – 1003)

Bertha of Burgundy

Constance of Arles (973 – 1034)

Issue Hugh Magnus, Rex Filius (1007 – 1025)

Henry I (1008 – 1060)

Adela, Countess of Flanders (1009 – 1063)

Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011 – 1076)

Royal House House of Capet

Father Hugh Capet (c.940 – 996)

Mother Adelaide of Aquitaine (952 - 1004)

Immediately after his coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. Hugh's own claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated two kings should he die while on expedition. Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to contol the nobility. Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the pretension of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholar have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[3] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December that same year.

Robert began to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement. When Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute.

Marital problems:

Robert had married the daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala (who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen), who was many years his senior, as early as 989. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she still had children, and their marriage was arranged by Hugh. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For this reason, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert contracted his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an intriguing and ambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

Piety:

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety", resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

Military career:

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by son Henry in both France and Burgundy.

Children:

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:

Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

Hedwig (or known as Advisa of Auxerre), married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issues.

Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

Henry I, successor

Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

Robert II of France

House of Capet

Born: 27 March 972 Died: 20 July 1031

New institution co-King of France

Under Hugh Capet

30 December 987–24 October 996 Succeeded by

Hugh (II) Magnus

Preceded by

Hugh Capet King of France

With:

Hugh (II) Magnus as co-King

(19 June 1017–17 September 1026);

Henry I as co-King

(14 May 1027–29 July 1031)

24 October 996–29 July 1031 Succeeded by

Henry I

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Co-rule with father

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30[citation needed] December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

Marital problems

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5] Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

Piety

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety" also resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

Military career

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

Children

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]

* Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

* Hedwig (or Advisa) of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

* Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

* Henry I, successor

* Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

* Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

* Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30[citation needed] December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5] Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety" also resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]

Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

Adele of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

Henry I, successor

Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

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ROBERT II, king of France, was a son of Hugh Capet, and was born atOrleans. He was educated at Reims under Gerbert, afterwards PopeSilvester II. As the ideal of medieval Christianity he won his surname of'Pious' by his humility and charity, but he was also possessed some ofthe qualities of a soldier and a statesman. His father associated himwith himself in the government of France, and he was crowned in December987, becoming sole king on Hugh's death in October 996. In 988 he marriedRosala, or Susanna, widow of Arnold II, count of Flanders. He repudiatedher in 989, fixing his affections up-on Bertha, daughter of Conrad thePeaceful, king of Burgundy, or Arles, and wife of Eudes I, Count ofBlois; and although the pair were related, and the king had beengodfather to one of Bertha's children, they were married in 996, a yearafter the death of Eudes. Pope Gregory V. excommunicated the king, and acouncil at Rome imposed a seven years' penance upon him. For five yearsthe king braved all anathemas, but about 1002 he gave up Bertha andmarried Constance, daughter of a certain County William. Still attachedto Bertha, Robert took this lady with him to Rome in 1010, but the poperefused to recognize their marriage, and the king was forced to return toConstance. By this wife Robert had four sons, and in 1017, the eldest ofthese, Hugh, [1007-1025], was crowned as his father's colleague andsuccessor. After Hugh's death, Robert's concluding days were troubled bya rising on the part of his younger sons, and after a short war, in whichhe was worsted, the king died at Melun on July 20, 1031. [SOURCE:Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 19, p. 346B, ROBERT II, king ofFrance.]

He was a royal composer, chorister, and poet, who might have ruled Italy but preferred that his palace should be his cloister, where he lived in the enjoyment of melody and song. He conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. He was a very devout man. -Charlotte's Web Geneology http://www.charweb.org/gen/rjones/d0087/g0000016.htm#I468

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Robert II, "The Pious" King of France

Reign 24 October 996 – 20 July 1031

Coronation 30 December 987

Consort Rozala of Italy

Bertha of Burgundy

Constance of Arles

Father Hugh Capet

Mother Adelaide of Aquitaine

Born 27 March 972(972-03-27)

Orléans, France

Died 20 July 1031 (aged 59)

Melun, France

Burial Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France

Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain. Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess, Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety" resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:

Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

Adele of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

Henry I, successor

Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

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Robert II of France

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. Second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Co-rule with father

Immediately after his coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. Hugh's own claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated two kings should he die while on expedition.[1] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to contol the nobility.[2] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the pretension of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholar have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[3] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December that same year.

Robert began to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement. When Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute.

Marital problems

Robert had married the daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala (who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen), who was many years his senior, as early as 989. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she still had children, and their marriage was arranged by Hugh. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For this reason, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert contracted his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an intriguing and ambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

Piety

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety", resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

Military career

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

Children

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[4]

Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

Adele of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issues.

Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

Henry I, successor

Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

Notes

^ Lewis, 908.

^ Ibid, 914.

^ Ibid, passim.

^ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.

Sources

Lewis, Anthony W. "Anticipatory Association of the Heir in Early Capetian France." The American Historical Review, Vol. 83, No. 4. (Oct., 1978), pp 906-927.

* Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 53-21, 101-21, 107-20, 107-21, 108-21, 128-21, 141-21, 141A-21, 146-19, 162-20, 185-2.

Jessee, W. Scott. A missing Capetian princess: Advisa, daughter of King Robert II of France (Medieval Prosopography), 1990

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Prefix: King

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Robert II, the Pious (972 - 1031) was King of France from 996 to 1031. A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orleans, France, the son of King Hugh Capet (938-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (952-1004).

In 987, Robert's father had the nobles crown him as successor at Orléans on December 30th, thereby confirming the house of Capet as rulers of France. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowned his eldest son Hugh as his successor. But, due to Prince Hugh's death, another son, Henri, became king.

Robert, despite marital problems that saw him temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. He was very musically inclined and was a composer, a chorister, and a poet, making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any of the feudal lands as they became vacant which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as the Duke of Burgundy.

The pious King Robert II made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons Henri and Robert. They turned against their father, in a civil war for power and property. King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris.

He died in the middle of the war with his sons on July 20, 1031 at Melun, France. He was interred with his third wife, Constance d'Arles (973-July 25, 1032) in Saint Denis Basilica.

He was succeeded by his and Constance's second son, Henri I.

Robert II married:

c. 988, 1) Susanne (Rosala), Princess of Italy (c.966 - January 26, 1003). The marriage was arranged by Robert's father and ended in divorce.

c. 996, 2) Bertha, Princess of Burgundy (952-1035). Because she was his cousin, Pope Gregory V would not sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. However, after long negotiations with the new Pope Silvester II the marriage was annulled.

In 1001, 3) Constance Taillefer d'Arles (973-July 25, 1032)

Issue (3):

Adáele (Alix) - (1003 - January 8, 1079)

Hugh - (1007-September 17, 1025)

Henry I - (May 4, 1008 - August 4, 1060)

Adelaide Havoise - (1009-June 5, 1063)

Robert - (1011 - March 21, 1076)

Eudo (Odes) - (1013-1056)

Constance - (1014 - unknown)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy. Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition. Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility. Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain. Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

From www.wikipedia.org at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France

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Called Robert the Pious. He was educated at Reims under the French scholar Gerbert, who later became Pope Sylvester II. Pope Gregory V (died 999) excommunicated him and annulled his marriage, which was considered incestuous by the church; in 1003 Robert submitted to the pope and married the daughter of the marquis of Provence. He recognized Hugh, the eldest of these sons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in 1025, the other sons, aided by their mother, revolted; Robert was still fighting them at the time of his own death. Robert was called The Pious because of his humility and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler.

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5]Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety" resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

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The family of Robert II le Pieux de FRANCE and Constance de PROVENCE

[10405] FRANCE (de), Robert II le Pieux (Hugues Capet & Adélaïde .. [10406]), roi de France, born about 970, died 1031-07-20 Melun (Seine-et-Marne : 770288), France, buried Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis : 930066), France

* married 1003 or 1005 .. (France)

PROVENCE (de), Constance (Guillaume II & Adèle dite Blanche d'ANJOU [128949]), born 986, died 1032-07, buried Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis : 930066), France

1) Adèle, born 1009, died 1079, married 1028 Baudouin V de FLANDRES

2) Henri Ier, roi de France, born about 1005, died 1060-08-04 Vitry-aux-Loges (Loiret : 450346), France, buried Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis : 930066), France, married Reims (Marne : 510454), France 1051-05-19 Anne de KIEV ou de RUSSIE

Bibliographie : Histoire de la maison royale de France (Père Anselme); Mémoires (Société généalogique canadienne-française)

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Co-rule with father

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30[citation needed] December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

[edit] Marital problems

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5] Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

[edit] Piety

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety" also resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

[edit] Military career

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy.

[edit] Children

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]

* Constance, married Manasses de Dammartin

* Hedwig (or Advisa) of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

* Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017–1025)

* Henry I, successor

* Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

* Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

* Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

Co-reign

Solo-reign 30[citation needed]. December 987 – 24 October 996;

24 October 996 – 20 July 1031

Coronation 30[citation needed] December 987

Predecessor Hugh

Successor Henry I

Spouse Rozala of Italy

Bertha of Burgundy

Constance of Arles

Issue

Hugh Magnus, Rex Filius

Henry I

Adela, Countess of Flanders

Robert I, Duke of Burgundy

Father Hugh Capet

Mother Adelaide of Aquitaine

Born 27 March 972(972-03-27)

Orléans, France

Died 20 July 1031 (aged 59)

Melun, France

Burial Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France

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Robert II, Roi de France was born on 27 March 972 at Orléans, Orléanais, France.2 He was the son of Hugues de Paris, Roi de France and Adelaide de Poitou.1 He married, firstly, Rosela of Italy, daughter of Berenger I of Fuili, Emperor of Italy, in 992.3 He and Rosela of Italy were divorced in 992.3 He married, secondly, Bertha de Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad, Roi de Jurane Bourgogne and Elfgifu (?), in 996. He married, thirdly, Constance d'Arles, daughter of Guillaume III Taillefer, Comte de Provence and Adelaide d'Anjou, in 1003. He was also reported to have been married circa 1000. He and Bertha de Bourgogne were divorced in 1000.3 He died on 20 July 1031 at age 59.1

Robert II, Roi de France was a member of the House of Capet.4 Robert II, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Robert 'the Pious'.4 He gained the title of Roi Robert II de France in 996.2

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BURIAL: St Denis, Seine, France

BIRTH: 27 Mar 0972, Orleans, France

DEATH: 20 Jul 1031, Melun

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Gift tre gånger

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Robert II av Frankrike, også kalt for «Robert den fromme» (fransk Robert II le Pieux) (27. mars 972–20. juli 1031), var konge av Frankrike, medlem av Huset Capet, født i Orléans som sønn av kong Hugo Capet (938-996) og Adelheid av Aquitaine (952-1004).

Innhold [skjul]

1 Bakgrunn

2 Den fromme

3 Maktlysten

4 Mange fiender

5 Ekteskap

6 Barn og etterkommere

[rediger] Bakgrunn

Roberts far, kong Hugo Capet, lot adelskapet krone sønnen som sin etterfølger den 30. desember 987, hvilket etablerte Huset Capet som Frankrikes konger. Etter at Robert ble konge fulgte han sin fars eksempel og kronet sin eldste sønn Hugo Magnus som sin etterfølger. Det skulle likevel ikke skje. Da sønnen prins Hugo Magnus døde ble en annen sønn, Henrik, konge.

[rediger] Den fromme

Til tross for Roberts ekteskapelige problemer som etter hvert betydde at han for en kort tid ble bannlyst av pave Gregor V (se nedenunder), var han likevel en hengiven katolikk, noe som ga ham kallenavnet «Den fromme». Han var svært musikalsk begavet og var utøvende som komponist og korsanger, skrev poesi, og gjorde sitt palass til et avsondret, religiøst sted hvor han dirigerte gudstjenester, morgenbønn og kveldsbønn i sine kongelige drakt. En annen side av hans fromhet var at han ikke tålte kjetteri og straffet de som ble oppfattet som kjettere nådeløst.

[rediger] Maktlysten

Det kongedømme som Robert arvet var ikke stort, og i et forsøk på øke sin makt forsøkte han med stor tyngde å kreve et hvert stykke føydalt land som lå ubesatt og legge det inn under kronen. Det førte ofte til motkrav og krig. Hans invasjon av Bourgogne i 1003 ble forhindret og trakk ut. Det var ikke før i 1016 at han til slutt maktet å få kirken bak seg til å bli anerkjent som hertug av Bourgogne.

[rediger] Mange fiender

Den fromme kong Robert II fikk få venner og mange fiender, inkludert sine egne sønner. Hans eldste sønn Hugo Magnus fikk en brå død i et opprør mot faren. Hans overlevende sønner, den kommende Henrik I av Frankrike og Robert I, hertug av Bourgogne, vendte seg også mot kongen i en borgerkrig for makt og eiendom. Kong Roberts hærstyrker ble beseiret og han trakk seg tilbake til Beaugency utenfor Paris.

Robert døde mens han var i krig med sine sønner den 20. juli 1031 i Melun. Han ble gravlagt ved siden av sin tredje hustru, Constance av Arles (973-25. juli 1032), da hun døde året etter, i Saint Denis-basilikaen i Paris. Han ble etterfulgt av hans og Constances andre sønn, Henrik I.

[rediger] Ekteskap

Robert II giftet seg med:

ca 989, 1) Susanne (Rosala), prinsesse av Italia (ca 945 – 26. januar 1003). Enke av grev Arnulf II av Flandern, med hvem hun hadde en tvist gående. Hun var meget eldre enn Robert, og ekteskapet var arrangert av hans far. Robert skilte seg fra henne et år senere.

ca 996, 2) Bertha, prinsesse av Bourgogne (952-1035). Enke av grev Theobald II av Blois. Fordi hun var hans kusine ville ikke pave Gregor anerkjenne ekteskapet og Robert ble bannlyst. Da det kom en ny pave, Silvester II, klarte han etter lange forhandlinger å få ekteskapet annullert.

I 1001, 3) Constance av Arles (973-25. juli 1034), datter av grev Guilhem II av Provence, var en ambisiøs og intrigerende kvinne som gjorde livet ulykkelig for ektemannen ved å oppmuntre sønnene til å gjøre opprør mot faren. Hun var mor til hans følgende barn:

[rediger] Barn og etterkommere

Advisa, grevinne av Auxerre, (ca 1003-en gang etter 1063), gift med grev Renaud I av Nevers. Deres barn arvet landene Nevers og Auxerre.

Hugo Magnus, samkonge (1007-17. september 1025). Etter sigende ble Hugo før sin død trolovet eller gift med Halwisa (Hawisa?) eller Elisabeth d'Avoye, datter av en Henri l'Oiseteur. Denne Elisabeth har spesiell interesse for engelsk historie ved at hun senere giftet seg for andre gang med Hamon, greve av Corbeil. Hamon var en yngre bror av William, greve av Corbeil (mulig også kjent som William, greve av Arques), og som sådan var han en etterkommer av Rikard I, hertug av Normandie, og oldefar til Vilhelm II, hertug av Normandie, senere kalt for «Vilhelm Erobrenen». En av Hamon og Elisabeths sønner var øyensynlig Robert Fitzhamon (født mellom 1045-1055 og død 1107) som var en viktig skikkelse i anglo-normannisk historie fra 1087 til 1106. Men, disse ekteskap og forbindelser mellom Hamon og hertugene av Normandie har ennå ikke blitt tilfredsstillende bevist.

Henrik (4. mai 1008-4. august 1060), den neste kongen.

Adela, grevinne av Contenance (1009-5. juni 1063), gift første gang med hertug Rikard III av Normandie, og deretter med grev Baldwin V av Flandern. Med sistnevnte kalles hun for Adela, grevinne av Flandern og er bedre kjent som mor til Matilda av Flandern, hustru til «Vilhelm Erobrenen» (se over).

Robert I, hertug av Bourgogne (1011-21. mars 1076). Forfar til Huset Capet i Bourgogne.

Eudes (1013-1056), døde etter en mislykket invasjon av Normandie.

Constance (1014-ukjent), gift med Manasses de Dammartin.

Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. Second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Contents [hide]

1 Co-rule with father

2 Marital problems

3 Piety

4 Military career

5 Children

6 Notes

7 Sources

[edit] Co-rule with father

Immediately after his coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. Hugh's own claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated two kings should he died while on expedition.[1] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to contol the nobility.[2] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the pretension of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholar have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[3] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December that same year.

Robert began to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement. When Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute.

[edit] Marital problems

Robert had married the daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala (who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen), who was many years his senior, as early as 989. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she still had children, and their marriage was arranged by Hugh. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For this reason, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally, in 1001, Robert contracted his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. She was an intriguing and ambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

[edit] Piety

Robert II dispenses alms to the poor: "Robert had a kindly feeling for the weak and poor" — from Guizot's A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times.Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety", resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

[edit] Military career

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by son Henry in both France and Burgundy.

[edit] Children

Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha blessed him with one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:

Hugh Magnus, co-king (1017 – 1025)

Henry I, successor

Adela, married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders.

Robert, became Duke of Burgundy

Odo (1013–1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

Constance (born 1014), married Manasses de Dammartin

Beatrice (died circa 1072)

Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

[edit] Notes

^ Lewis, 908.

^ Ibid, 914.

^ Ibid, passim.

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Lewis, Anthony W. "Anticipatory Association of the Heir in Early Capetian France." The American Historical Review, Vol. 83, No. 4. (Oct., 1978), pp 906-927.

Robert II of France

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Born: 27 March 972

Died: 20 July 1031

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Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.

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* 1 Co-rule with father

* 2 Marital problems

* 3 Piety

* 4 Military career

* 5 Children

* 6 Ancestry

* 7 Notes

* 8 Sources

[edit] Co-rule with father

Silver denier of Robert II, 1.22g. Monnaie de Paris.

Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30[citation needed] December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.

[edit] Marital problems

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5] Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest

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Byname Robert The Pious, French Robert Le Pieux king of France whotook Burgundy into the French realm.
The son of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty, and Adelaided'Aquitaine, Robert was educated at the episcopal school of Reims underGerbert of Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II. Soon after his owncoronation (July 987), Hugh prudently arranged the election andcoronation (December 987) of Robert, thus facilitating his son's eventualsuccession (October 996) as sole ruler. His excommunication as a resultof his marriage within the prohibited degrees of relationship waseventually lifted after the
repudiation of the childless Bertha in 1001. Constance of Arles, whom theKing married two years later, was the mother of his successor, Henry I.
Robert's domain was not extensive; and, to increase his power, hevigorously and
tenaciously pressed his claim to fiefs as they became vacant. Thus, whenthe duke of Burgundy died without an heir (1002), Robert went to waragainst a rival claimant. Only in 1015, however, did he finally succeedin subduing the rich duchy. (The gain was transitory, for in 1032 Henry Igranted Burgundy to his brother, Robert, and it thereafter remained forcenturies outside royal control.)
A patron of the Cluniac monastic movement, Robert apparently ruledfirmly and judiciously in his own lands.

To cite this page: "Robert II" Encyclopædia Britannica
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King of France, 1 Jan 996-1031; Count of Paris.Capet, Robert II the Piousof France, King of France

Born: 27 MAR 972, Orléans, France
Acceded: 996
Died: 1031

Father: Capet, Hugh, King of France, b. ABT 938

Mother: , Adelaide of Poitou, b. ABT 945

Married 996 to , Bertha of Burgundy

Married 1003 to , Constance of Arles\\\\Tolouse

Child 1: Capet, Hugh of France, King of France, b. 1007
Child 2: Capet, Henry I of France, King of France, b. APR 1008
Child 3: Capet, Robert I of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy, b. 1011
Child 4: Capet, Adela (Alix) of France, Princess, b. 1009
ROBERT II, king of France, was a son of Hugh Capet, and was born atOrléans. He was educated at Reims under Gerbert, afterwards PopeSilvester II. As the ideal of medieval Christianity he won his surname of"Pious" by his humility and charity, but he was also possessed some ofthe qualities of a soldier and a statesman. His father associated himwith himself in the government of France, and he was crowned in December987, becoming sole king on Hugh's death in October 996. In 988 he marriedRosala, or Susanna, widow of Arnold II, count of Flanders. He repudiatedher in 989, fixing his affections up-on Bertha, daughter of Conrad thePeaceful, king of Burgundy, or Arles, and wife of Eudes I, Count ofBlois; and although the pair were related, and the king had beengodfather to one of Bertha's children, they were married in 996, a yearafter the death of Eudes. Pope Gregory V. excommunicated the king, and acouncil at Rome imposed a seven years' penance upon him. For five yearsthe king braved all anathemas, but about 1002 he gave up Bertha andmarried Constance, daughter of a certain County William. Still attachedto Bertha, Robert took this lady with him to Rome in 1010, but the poperefused to recognize their marriage, and the king was forced to return toConstance. By this wife Robert had four sons, and in 1017, the eldest ofthese, Hugh, [1007-1025], was crowned as his father's colleague andsuccessor. After Hugh's death, Robert's concluding days were troubled bya rising on the part of his younger sons, and after a short war, in whichhe was worsted, the king died at Melun on July 20, 1031. [SOURCE:Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 19, p. 346B, ROBERT II, king ofFrance.]Ancestral File Number: 8XJK-Q0

BIOGRAPHY
Robert was the son of Hugues Capet, king of France, and Aelis. Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugues began to push for Robert's coronation. Hugues claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on the expedition. Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugues the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of Hugues' contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugues' plan to campaign in Spain. Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugues' success is that when he died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, though during his long reign actual royal power became dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.

Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991 he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugues was then in disagreement.

As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess, Hugues Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rosela Roxana, who took the name of Sussanah upon becoming queen. Many years his senior, she was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom, Baudouin IV, was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha de Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad I, king of Burgundy, around the time after his father's death. She was widow of Eudes I, comte de Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled.

Finally in 1001 Robert entered into his last and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance de Provence, the daughter of Guillaume II 'le Liberateur', comte de Provence et Arles. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against her father.

Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet 'the Pious'. He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and made his palace a place of religious seclusion where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's 'piety' stemmed from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.

In that regard about 1018 the 'Manichaean' teachings appeared in Aquitaine; this sect rejected both baptism and the Cross, and apparently observed strict asceticism. Ten years later, ten of the canons of the Church of the Holy Cross at Orléans were accused of being 'Manichaeans' and of worshipping the devil. These canons, who included the confessor of Queen Constance, rejected the sacraments of the Church and denied the human birth of Christ together with the reality of his Passion and Resurrection. Brought to trial before King Robert 'the Pious', and an assembly of bishops, these heretics were consigned to the stake, but not before Queen Constance struck out the eye of her former confessor.

The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003 his invasion of the duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognised as duke of Burgundy.

The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugues, Henri, and Robert. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. Hugues died in revolt in 1025. In a conflict with Henri and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. He was interred in the basilica of Saint Denis in Paris. He was succeeded by his son Henri in both France and Burgundy. Despite attempting to kill Henri and being expelled from his court, Constance was interred with Robert when she died in 1032.

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Robert II "de Vrome" van Frankrijk, ook bekend als "le Pieux", geb. 27.03.972 in Orléans, ovl. 20.07.1031 in Melun, begraven in St-Denis, ref. nr. 20.03.2005 ES II-11, GOFFp70,105.6,[38] Koning en mederegent 988, koning van Frankrijk 996/1031, hertog van Neder-Bourgondië 1002/17. Trouwt (1) 988 met Rozela van Ivrea, gesch. 992. Trouwt (2) 997 met Bertha van Bourgondië, gesch. 1003/5. In 1023 verkondigen Robert de Vrome en de Duitse keizer Hendrik II bij een bijeenkomst aan de Maas een "universele vrede". In deze tijd werd het bewaren van de vrede één van de belangrijkste instrumenten om de macht van de heersers in hun eigen rijk te versterken. Sinds Robert de Vrome is het Franse koninklijke zegel met een lelie versierd, een symbool dat samen met de blauwe kleur ontleend is aan de Mariaverering, die in die tijd sterk opgang deed. De Capetingers maakten op deze manier gebruik van bestaande symbolen, waartoe ook de koningszalving te Reims - in navolging van Clovis - behoorde (Le Goff). Hij trouwde met Constance van de Provence, ook bekend als van Arles, getrouwd 1001/1002.

Não é certo que esse seja o filho de Hugo Capeto que será avö de Constância.
Do seu casamento com Adelaide da Aquitânia (945-1004), filha de Guilherme III, conde de Poitiers e duque da Aquitânia, nasceram:[10] [11]
* Gisela (969 - c. 1000), casada com Hugo I de Abbeville, conde de Ponthieu
* Edwige, ou Hadwige (970-1013), casada com Ranier IV, conde de Hainaut, e depois com o conde Hugo III de Dasbourg
* Roberto II, o Piedoso (972-1031), seu sucessor no trono francês
* Adelaide (973-1068)
É relatada a existência de outras filhas, mas a veracidade dessa descendência é discutível.

Also listed as married to Robert II:
Mrs. Robert II Concubine, not married.
Rosele (Susanna) Princess of ITALY, married bef 1 Apr 988, butdivorced.

Geboren op 27 maart 972 - Orleans Gestorven op 20 juli 1031 - Meulan, Aquitanie , leeftijd bij overlijden: 59 jaar oud

852677952. Konge Robert II den Hellige HUGOSONHUGOSON av Frankrike(19144) was born in 970.(19145) He was a Konge in 996 in Frankrike.(19146) Kronet 987 til farens medregent He died on 20 Jul 1031.(19147) Han fikk tilnavnet fordi han mygget mange kriker og diktet kirkehymner He was married to Grevinne Constance WILHELMSDTR av Provence in 1002

Robert II_01_King_of_France_-_Paris_France_1
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excommunicated him and annulled this marriage, which was considered

the time of his own death. Robert was called The Pious because of his

cousin Bertha of Burgundy. Two years later Pope Gregory V

Acceded France 987-

!Name is; Robert II, "The Pious" King Of /FRANCE/
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!BIRTH: "Royal Ancestors" by Michel Call - Based on Call Family Pedigrees FHL
film 844805 & 844806, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Copy of
"Royal Ancestors" owned by Lynn Bernhard, Orem, UT.

!SOURCE "The Dudley Genealogies" p vi FHL book 929.273 D863dd p 67
!NOTE called "the Pious"

!King of France

Data From Lynn Jeffrey Bernhard, 2445 W 450 South #4, Springville UT 84663-4950
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Richard 111, Duke of Normandy who d s p the uncle of William the Conquerorwho married Baldwin V. de I'Isle count of flanders and of Artois.

Richard 111, Duke of Normandy who d s p the uncle of William the Conquerorwho married Baldwin V. de I'Isle count of flanders and of Artois.

from "Our Folk" by Albert D Hart, Jr.

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Roberto II de França
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Roberto II
Rei dos Francos
Reinado 30 de Dezembro de 987 a
24 de Outubro de 996
(subordinado a Hugo Capeto)
24 de Outubro de 996 a
20 de Julho de 1031
Títulos Duque da Borgonha (1016)
Nascimento 27 de Março 972
Orleães, França
Sepultamento Basílica de Saint-Denis, França
Antecessor Hugo Capeto
Sucessor Henrique I de França
Consorte Rosália de Ivrea
Berta da Borgonha
Constança de Arles
Filhos Avoye
Hugo Magno
Henrique I de França
Adela
Roberto I, Duque da Borgonha
Dinastia Capetiana
Pai Hugo Capeto
Mãe Adelaide da Aquitânia

Roberto II (Orleães, 27 de Março de 972 - Melun, 20 de Julho de 1031) cognominado o Pio ou o Sábio, foi o segundo monarca de França da dinastia capetiana, desde 996 até à sua morte. Era filho de Hugo Capeto, com quem reinou e a quem sucedeu, e de
Adelaide da Aquitânia1.
Índice
esconder

* 1 Regência com Hugo Capeto
* 2 Amor por Berta de Borgonha
* 3 Reinado
* 4 Casamentos e descendência
* 5 Referências

editar Regência com Hugo Capeto

Imediatamente após a sua própria coroação, o seu pai começou a fazer pressão para obter a coroação de Roberto. Segundo Hugo Capeto, era importante para a estabilidade do reino haver um segundo rei, para o caso de ele mesmo morrer numa expedição q
ue estava a planejar contra os mouros que atacavam Borell II, conde de Barcelona, invasão que nunca chegou a realizar-se.
Hugo Capeto, pai de Roberto II

O cronista Rudolfo Glaber atribui esta solicitação de Hugo à idade avançada em que se encontrava e à sua incapacidade de controlar a nobreza. No entanto, historiadores modernos tendem a dar mais importância à vontade de o velho rei garantir o dir
eito de Roberto à successão e estabelecer uma dinastia, em oposição ao poder de a aristocracia eleger um novo rei. Na generalidade, os cronistas da época não parecem sustentar última esta teoria, e as dúvidas sobre as reais intenções de Hugo quer
er fazer ou não uma campanha na Península Ibérica mantêm-se até hoje2.

A 30 de Dezembro de 987, Hugo Capeto associou então o filho ao trono e pressionou-o para casar, em 988, com Rosália de Ivrea (945-1003), também chamada de Rosália de Itália, Rosália de Provença, ou Susana de Itália, viúva de Arnulfo II, conde da
Flandres, filha de Berenguer II, rei da Itália, e de Willa de Toscânia-Arles. O objectivo da união passava por juntar Montreuil-sur-Mer e Ponthieu do seu dote aos domínios reais.

Roberto começou a assumir um papel régio activo, subordinado ao seu pai, no início da década de 990. Em 991 ajudou a evitar que os bispos franceses comparecessem a um sínodo no reino da Germânia, convocado pelo papa João XV, com quem Hugo estava
em conflito. E quando o rei morreu em 996, Roberto continuou a reinar sem qualquer disputa pela sucessão.

editar Amor por Berta de Borgonha

Na Primavera de 996, Berta da Borgonha (952-1035), viúva do conde Odo I de Blois, filha de Matilda de França e do rei Conrado das Duas Borgonhas, o Pacífico, e portanto neta paterna de Luís IV de França, veio pedir ajuda e protecção a Roberto. Es
te foi seduzido pela sua nobreza e determinação, e pouco depois tornaram-se amantes. Este amor teria a oposição de Hugo Capeto, que tinha sido inimigo do primeiro marido de Berta.

Mas meses mais tarde, quando o velho rei morreu, Roberto acabaria por repudiar a sua esposa Rosália de Ivrea, cerca de vinte anos mais velha que ele, e de quem não gerara descendência. Apesar da oposição também da Igreja, que o condenou formalmen
te por motivos de consanguinidade, no final de Novembro ou no início de Dezembro de 996 casou-se com Berta. Com este matrimónio pretendia gerar um herdeiro para a jovem dinastia capetiana, e o dote da sua nova esposa incluía os direitos sobre a B
orgonha e as imensas possessões da poderosa família de Blois.
A excomunhão de Roberto o Pio, pintura academicista e orientalista de Jean-Paul Laurens (século XIX), no Museu de Orsay

Com efeito, a ligação de Berta e Roberto tinha implicações geopolíticas: uma grande parte dos territórios do duque da Borgonha prestava vassalagem ao imperador Otão III da Germânia e os Otões controlavam o norte da Itália e tinham grande influênc
ia na nomeação dos papas.

Em Fevereiro de 997, no concílio de Pavia, o papa Gregório V exortou Roberto a renunciar à "sua prima (que era inclusivamente mãe de um afilhado seu), uma vez que a tinha desposado contrariamente à interdição apostólica", e condenou os bispos que
"consentiram estas núpcias incestuosas"3. No Verão seguinte, o papa e o imperador germânico convocaram um novo concílio em Roma. Foi inflingida uma pena de sete anos de penitência ao rei, foi feita a ameaça de excomunhão dos dois amantes e de co
locar o reino da França sobre interdicto (excomunhão aplicada a um território), o que nunca se chegou a concretizar.

Em 999, Gerberto d'Aurillac subiu ao papado com o nome de Silvestre II. Como antigo mestre de Roberto e de Otão III, tinha mais poder negocial com os dois soberanos. Aos 29 anos de idade, e como do seu casamento só nascesse um nado-morto, Roberto
acabou por ceder à anulação do matrimónio em 1003, apesar de não renunciar à anexação da Borgonha, que conseguiuria oficializar após um longo conflito.

Casou-se então pela terceira vez com Constança de Arles (973-1034), filha de Adelaide-Branca de Anjou e de Guilherme I, conde da Provença e Arles, de quem teve descendência. Mas apesar do novo casamento, Berta ainda se manteve sua amante. Em 1008
, devido às pressões e recriminações da sua nova esposa, Roberto deslocou-se a Roma para tentar oficializar ainda o seu casamento com o amor da sua vida. O papa, agora João XVIII, recusou, e desta vez o monarca submeteu-se à vontade eclesiástica.

editar Reinado
Localização da Borgonha no mapa da França

Apesar dos seus problemas maritais, Roberto II era um católico devoto, pelo que foi cognominado de o Pio. Tinha também o gosto pela música, sendo compositor, corista, poeta, e tornando o seu palácio em um lugar de seclusão religiosa, onde celebra
va as matinas e as vésperas nas suas vestes reais. No entanto, para os seus contemporâneos, a sua piedade resultava da intolerância que reservava aos heréticos, que punia rigorosamente.

O reino que Roberto herdara não era grande, e por isso esforçava-se em aumentar o seu poder, tentando vigorosamente fazer valer os seus direitos sobre quaiquer terras feudais que ficassem sem senhor, o que geralmente resultava em guerra com outro
pretendente. Em 1003, a sua invasão do Ducado da Borgonha recebeu oposição e a sua soberania só seria legalizada pela Igreja em 1016, sendo que imediatamente doou este domínio ao seu filho Henrique.

O pio fez poucos amigos e muitos inimigos, incluindo a sua terceira esposa e os seus filhos Hugo Magno, Henrique e Roberto, que o combateram em uma guerra por poder e terras. Hugo morreu na revolta em 1025. Em uma batalha com Henrique e Roberto,
o exército do rei foi derrotado e este retirou-se para Beaugency, nos arredores da sua capital, Paris. Morreu em conflito com os filhos em 20 de Julho de 1031, em Melun. Foi sepultado com a sua esposa Constança na Basílica de Saint-Denis, sendo
sucedido por Henrique, tanto no reino da França como no ducado da Borgonha.

editar Casamentos e descendência

Roberto II casou-se em 988 com Rosália de Ivrea, que não gerou descendência e de quem se separaria em 996. De Berta da Borgonha, cujo casamento nunca foi oficialmente reconhecido pela Igreja, nasceu apenas um nado-morto em 999. Mas das suas terce
iras núpcias com Constança de Arles em 1003 nasceram4:

* Avoye (ou Alice, Adelaide ou Adela) (1003 - depois de 1063), casada com Reinaldo I, conde de Nevers e de Auxerre.
* Hugo Magno (1007-1025), rei dos francos associado ao seu pai, morreu antes de Roberto II
* Henrique I de França (1008-1060), também rei dos francos associado ao seu pai, e depois seu sucessor
* Adelaide de França (1009-1079), casada com Ricardo III da Normandia, duque da Normandia e depois com Balduíno V, conde da Flandres
* Roberto I, Duque da Borgonha (1011-1076)
* Odo (1013 - c. 1060)
* Constança (1014 - depois de 1037), casada com Manassse de Dammartin

De uma mulher desconhecida, Roberto ainda teve um filho ilegítimo:

* Rudolfo, bispo de Bourges

editar Referências

* O reinado de Roberto II é conhecido devido a uma biografia escrita no mosteiro de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire e graças aos detalhes fornecidos pelo cronista Rudolfo Glaber.
* O religioso Adalberão de Laon dedicou diversos poemas a este rei.

1. ↑ Genealogia de Roberto II no site FMG (em francês)
2. ↑ Anticipatory Association of the Heir in Early Capetian France, Anthony W. Lewis The American Historical Review, Vol. 83, N.º 4 (Outubro de 1978), págs 906-927 (em inglês)
3. ↑ Robert II le Pieux, les femmes de sa vie (em francês)
4. ↑ Fundação para a Genealogia Medieval (em inglês)

Precedido por
Hugo Capeto Armas da dinastia capetiana
Rei de França
996 — 1031
(reinando subordinado a Hugo Capeto desde 987) Sucedido por
Henrique I
Precedido por
Odo-Guilherme Duque da Borgonha
1016
(Senhor da Borgonha desde a sua anexação em 1004) Sucedido por
Henrique I de França

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incestuous by the church; in 1003 Robert submitted to the pope and

married the daughter of the marquis of Provence, Constance of Arles,

Pope Sylvester II. In 996 Robert married, as his second wife, his

Robert II (of France), called Robert the Pious (970?-1031), king of

France (996-1031), the son of King Hugh Capet, born in Orleans, and

educated at Reims under the French scholar Gerbert, who later became

by whom he had four sons. He recognized Hugh, the eldest of these

sons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in 1025, the other sons,

aided by their mother, revolted; Robert was still fighting them at

humility and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler.

Les Sources du Regne de Hughes Capet Revue Historique
Tome XXVIII Paris 1891, P. Violet

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Frankrikes kung

Robert II av Frankrike, også kalt for ?Robert den fromme? (fransk Robert II le Pieux) (27. mars 972-20. juli 1031), var konge av Frankrike, medlem av Huset Capet, født i Orléans som sønn av kong Hugo Capet (938-996) og Adelheid av Aquitaine (952-1004).

Bakgrunn
Roberts far, kong Hugo Capet, lot adelskapet krone sønnen som sin etterfølger den 30. desember 987, hvilket etablerte Huset Capet som Frankrikes konger. Etter at Robert ble konge fulgte han sin fars eksempel og kronet sin eldste sønn Hugo Magnus som sin etterfølger. Det skulle likevel ikke skje. Da sønnen prins Hugo Magnus døde ble en annen sønn, Henrik, konge.

Den fromme
Til tross for Roberts ekteskapelige problemer som etter hvert betydde at han for en kort tid ble bannlyst av pave Gregor V (se nedenunder), var han likevel en hengiven katolikk, noe som ga ham kallenavnet ?Den fromme?. Han var svært musikalsk begavet og var utøvende som komponist og korsanger, skrev poesi, og gjorde sitt palass til et avsondret, religiøst sted hvor han dirigerte gudstjenester, morgenbønn og kveldsbønn i sine kongelige drakt. En annen side av hans fromhet var at han ikke tålte kjetteri og straffet de som ble oppfattet som kjettere nådeløst.

Maktlysten
Det kongedømme som Robert arvet var ikke stort, og i et forsøk på øke sin makt forsøkte han med stor tyngde å kreve et hvert stykke føydalt land som lå ubesatt og legge det inn under kronen. Det førte ofte til motkrav og krig. Hans invasjon av Bourgogne i 1003 ble forhindret og trakk ut. Det var ikke før i 1016 at han til slutt maktet å få kirken bak seg til å bli anerkjent som hertug av Bourgogne.

Mange fiender
Den fromme kong Robert II fikk få venner og mange fiender, inkludert sine egne sønner. Hans eldste sønn Hugo Magnus fikk en brå død i et opprør mot faren. Hans overlevende sønner, den kommende Henrik I av Frankrike og Robert I, hertug av Bourgogne, vendte seg også mot kongen i en borgerkrig for makt og eiendom. Kong Roberts hærstyrker ble beseiret og han trakk seg tilbake til Beaugency utenfor Paris.

Robert døde mens han var i krig med sine sønner den 20. juli 1031 i Melun. Han ble gravlagt ved siden av sin tredje hustru, Constance av Arles (973-25. juli 1032), da hun døde året etter, i Saint Denis-basilikaen i Paris. Han ble etterfulgt av hans og Constances andre sønn, Henrik I.

Ekteskap
Robert II giftet seg med:

ca 989, 1) Susanne (Rosala), prinsesse av Italia (ca 945 - 26. januar 1003). Enke av grev Arnulf II av Flandern, med hvem hun hadde en tvist gående. Hun var meget eldre enn Robert, og ekteskapet var arrangert av hans far. Robert skilte seg fra henne et år senere.
ca 996, 2) Bertha, prinsesse av Bourgogne (952-1035). Enke av grev Theobald II av Blois. Fordi hun var hans kusine ville ikke pave Gregor anerkjenne ekteskapet og Robert ble bannlyst. Da det kom en ny pave, Silvester II, klarte han etter lange forhandlinger å få ekteskapet annullert.
I 1001, 3) Constance av Arles (973-25. juli 1034), datter av grev Guilhem II av Provence, var en ambisiøs og intrigerende kvinne som gjorde livet ulykkelig for ektemannen ved å oppmuntre sønnene til å gjøre opprør mot faren. Hun var mor til hans følgende barn:

Barn og etterkommere
Advisa, grevinne av Auxerre, (ca 1003-en gang etter 1063), gift med grev Renaud I av Nevers. Deres barn arvet landene Nevers og Auxerre.
Hugo Magnus, samkonge (1007-17. september 1025). Etter sigende ble Hugo før sin død trolovet eller gift med Halwisa (Hawisa?) eller Elisabeth d'Avoye, datter av en Henri l'Oiseteur. Denne Elisabeth har spesiell interesse for engelsk historie ved at hun senere giftet seg for andre gang med Hamon, greve av Corbeil. Hamon var en yngre bror av William, greve av Corbeil (mulig også kjent som William, greve av Arques), og som sådan var han en etterkommer av Rikard I, hertug av Normandie, og oldefar til Vilhelm II, hertug av Normandie, senere kalt for ?Vilhelm Erobrenen?. En av Hamon og Elisabeths sønner var øyensynlig Robert Fitzhamon (født mellom 1045-1055 og død 1107) som var en viktig skikkelse i anglo-normannisk historie fra 1087 til 1106. Men, disse ekteskap og forbindelser mellom Hamon og hertugene av Normandie har ennå ikke blitt tilfredsstillende bevist.
Henrik (4. mai 1008-4. august 1060), den neste kongen.
Adela, grevinne av Contenance (1009-5. juni 1063), gift første gang med hertug Rikard III av Normandie, og deretter med grev Baldwin V av Flandern. Med sistnevnte kalles hun for Adela, grevinne av Flandern og er bedre kjent som mor til Matilda av Flandern, hustru til ?Vilhelm Erobrenen? (se over).
Robert I, hertug av Bourgogne (1011-21. mars 1076). Forfar til Huset Capet i Bourgogne.
Eudes (1013-1056), døde etter en mislykket invasjon av Normandie.
Constance (1014-ukjent), gift med Manasses de Dammartin.

1 NAME the Pious //
2 GIVN the Pious
2 SURN
2 NICK the Pious

1 NAME Robert II "the Pious" of /France/ 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 BIRT 2 DATE 985 2 PLAC Orleans, France 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001

[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: RC 134, 140, 154, 232, 333; Coe; A. Roots 53, 101, 107, 108, 141A; Kraentzler 1160, 1171, 1176, 1179, 1181, 1218, 1224, 1225, 1258, 1265, 1290; Pfafman; AIS; Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. Roots: Robert II, the Pious, King of France 1 Jan. 996-1031; Count of Paris.
RC: King of France from 988-1031.
Descents: Robert II, King of France, died 1031. K: Robert II, le Pieux, King of France. Dates much different from RC.
AIS: Robert II, King of France.

!Name is; Robert II, "The Pious" King Of /FRANCE/
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1 NAME the Pious //
2 GIVN the Pious
2 SURN
2 NICK the Pious

1 NAME Robert II "the Pious" of /France/ 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 BIRT 2 DATE 985 2 PLAC Orleans, France 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001

[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: RC 134, 140, 154, 232, 333; Coe; A. Roots 53, 101, 107, 108, 141A; Kraentzler 1160, 1171, 1176, 1179, 1181, 1218, 1224, 1225, 1258, 1265, 1290; Pfafman; AIS; Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. Roots: Robert II, the Pious, King of France 1 Jan. 996-1031; Count of Paris.
RC: King of France from 988-1031.
Descents: Robert II, King of France, died 1031. K: Robert II, le Pieux, King of France. Dates much different from RC.
AIS: Robert II, King of France.

JMG : Fils d'Hugues Capet et d'Adélaïde de Poitou, Robert est associé au trône par son père dès 987. Ce dernier lui fait donner une éducation brillante par les grands lettrés de l'époque. Elève doué, le jeune prince profite des leçons et devient un homme très instruit, amateur de livres, de musique et de chant. Son goût pour les textes sacrés et la théologie, mais aussi la chasse aux hérésies qu'il est le premier à entreprendre, lui vaut son surnom de Robert le Pieux. Sa piété reconnue ne l'empêche pas cependant de répudier sa première épouse, Rosala, fille du roi d Italie, pour épouser sa cousine, Berthe de Bougogne. La vieillesse et la stérilité de Rosala ne sont pas seules en cause dans cette répudation, qui risque de déclencher la colère de l'Eglise. C'est avant tout un choix politique : Berthe est un parti intéressant qui apporte au roi des droits sur le duché. Frappé d'anathème par le pape Grégoire V, Robert le Pieux doit finalement se séparer de Berthe, vers 998 (ou 1001). Rosala étant morte en 1003, Robert se trouve une nouvelle femme - et de nouvelles alliances - en la personne de Constance de Provence, fille du comte de Toulouse. Par ce mariage, le nord et le sud de la France se trouvaient réunis. Marqué par ses péripéties matrimoniales, le règne de Robert le fut aussi par l'énergie qu'il déploya contre les grands féodaux pillards, toujours prêts à s'opposer au pouvoir royal. Avec ténacité, il doit lutter également contre les princes allemands désireux d'étendre leur suprématie (spécialement en Bourgogne), afin de maintenir l'unité du domaine capétien. Après le décès de son fils aîné, Robert fait couronner son cadet, Henri, qui lui succédera à sa mort, le 20 juillet 1031. Sources: - personne: Christian Pfister - Etudes sur le règne de Robert le Pieux, Paris 1885 pages 41-85 - famille 1: Eugène VASSEUR "Les Nobles aïeux de trois seigneurs rouergats du 17ème siècle" 2002 3e éd.

GJ

GJ=Gary Jacobson www.garyjacobson.org/ahnentafel.html

Called Robert the Pious. He was educated at Reims under the Frenc scholar Gerbert, who later became Pope Sylvester II. Pope Gregory V (died 999) excommunicated him and annulled his marriage, which was considered incestuous by the church; in 1003 Robert submitted to the pope and married the daughter of the marquis of Provence. He recognized Hugh, the eldest of these sons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in 1025, the other sons, aided by their mother, revolted; Robert was still fighting them at the time of his own death. Robert was called The Pious because of his humility and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler.

Also Known As: Robert "LePieux". Born: between 27 Mar 970 and 972 in Orleans, Loiret, Orleanais, France, son of Hughes II, King de France and Adelaide de Poitiers, Some sources indicate that Robert II was born in the year 972 while other indicate the date 27 March 970 which would make his birth some three months after his father, Hughes Capet's, marriage to his mother, Adelaide. Married in 989: Rosela=Suzanne, Princess of Italy, daughter of Berenger II, King of Italy and Willa d'Arles ; It is considered a strange idea on the part of Hughes that his young son should marry a woman who was some 32-years [some say she was even 37 years] older than Robert. In 988, she had become the widow of Arnoul II de Flandre. She is quite pretty but has "troubling" black eyes, but most importantly, she brings as dowry Montreuil-sur-Mer. This will allow the capetian sovereigns to have access to the French Channel. Repudiated: Rosela=Suzanne, Princess of Italy in 992 in France Robert II repudiated his wife because she was "an old woman", but he would keep the dowry of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Note - between 996 and 1031: Robert II became King of France upon the death of his father on 24 October 996. In 1000, Angers is destroyed by fire. When the King's Uncle, Henri, Duke of Burgundy died without heir in 1002 {the same year Strasbourg is completey destroyed by fire), Otto-Guillaume, Count of Burgundy, supported by the Chatelains, and local prelats. wanted to expand his territories. But, King Robert would have none of it, claiming that the duchy should remain without the capetian family. With the help of the Abbe of Cluny and the Bishop of Autun, and also supported by the Duke of Normandie, King Robert undertook a veritable conquest of Burgundy which would last some 12 years. In 1002, Robert helped the Lombards to establish a King for themselves in the person of Arduin of Ivrea [d'Ivree] . In 1015, Brunon, Bishop of Langres, and principal ally of the Count of Burgundy, dies, and Otto-Guillaume renders Hommage to the King. Robert gives the Duchy to his son, Henri, but it is in title only, as the King insists on keeping the power of the properties of the kingdom as well as their revenues. In the footsteps of his father, Robert II associates his eldest son, Hughes, to the throne in 1017. This really miffs the lords of the court who were hoping for an election. But it is Queen Constance herself, who sees to it that her son does not get the least lands as part of the deal. In 1018, Poitiers and Beauvais both are ravaged by ire, and the next year Rouen and Chartres also are destroyed by fire. In 1023, Eudes II de Blois takes over the succession of Champagne. Thus, the next 200 years, Blois, Chartres and Champagne would be a constant menace to the scant royal properties. Though Robert "Le Pieux" and Henri II, Emperor of Germany worked toward peace, these efforts came to an end in 1024 upon the death of Henri II. When Robert's eldest son, Hughes dies in 1026, Robert prepares his second son, who would be Henri I. Married in 997 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine, France: Princess Berthe de Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad I, King de Bourgogne and Mahaut=Mathilde, Princess de France; Robert had made Berthe, the beautiful widow of the Count of Anjou, his mistress in 996. But because it was better to sin a little bit than to sin a lot, he married her as King. They are related in the third degree, and Robert is the godfather of one of Berthe's children. This spiritual relationship makes the marriage incestuous in the eyes of the Church. In 998, the Council, called by then Pope Gregory V, stipulates that Robert should leave Berthe forever, and do penance for 7 years in accordance with the laws of the Church. In the midst of the deliberations, Gregory V dies and is replaced by Pope Sylvester II who is none other than the Monk, Gerbert, ancient mentor of the King. However, while the pronouncement of an anathema is lifted, the excommunication is maintained. In 1001, Robert concedes. Two years later, in 1003, he marries Constance. That same year on 7 February 1003, the old Queen Suzanne ied. Repudiated: Princess Berthe de Bourgogne between 1001 and 1003. Married in 1003 in France: Constance de Provence, daughter of Guillaume I/II, Count de Provence and Adelais=Adele d'Anjou; Constance was Robert II's third wife. Constance would immediately satisfy Robert's needs for a male heir by giving him four boys, but her cruelty [when Constance spotted one of her mentors accused of heresy on his way to the pyre to be burned alive, she stepped up to him and pierced one of his eyes with the pin of her corsage] and Southern ways would alienated and antagonize the Court. The couple remained married beyond 1010, after Robert had been persuaded by Pope Sergius IV not to divorce Constance, but continued to quarrel until Robert's death. Hughes, their eldest son, was crowned in 1017, but died in 1025. The next son, Henry, was Robert's choice, but Constance favored their third son, Robert and fomented rebellions in his favor. Died: on 20 Jul 1031 n Meulun, Seine-et-Oise, Ile-de-France, France, Robert II is buried at Saint Denis.

OR "ROTBERTUS"; KNOWN AS "THE PIOUS"; COUNT OF PARIS; DUKE OF BURGUNDY; KING OF
FRANCE 996-1031 (BECAME KING 10/24/996)

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Called Robert the Pious. He was educated at Reims under the Frenchscholar Gerbert, who later became Pope Sylvester II. Pope Gregory V(died 999) excommunicated him and annulled his marriage, which wasconsidered incestuous by the church; in 1003 Robert submitted to thepope and married the daughter of the marquis of Provence. Herecognized Hugh, the eldest of these sons, as his successor. AfterHugh's death in 1025, the other sons, aided by their mother, revolted;Robert was still fighting them at the time of his own death. Robertwas called The Pious because of his humility and charity; he was alsoesteemed as a soldier and ruler.

Called Robert the Pious. He was educated at Reims under the French
scholar Gerbert, who later became Pope Sylvester II. Pope Gregory V (died
999) excommunicated him and annulled his marriage, which was considered
incestuous by the church; in 1003 Robert submitted to the pope and married
the daughter of the marquis of Provence. He recognized Hugh, the eldest
of these sons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in 1025, the other
sons, aided by their mother, revolted; Robert was still fighting them at
the time of his own death. Robert was called The Pious because of his
humility and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler.

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REFN: R36
Alias: Robert II ("The Pious" Of France), The Sage
Alias: Robert I King of France
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He ruled from 996 to 1031.

Regerande kung 996-1031, samregent med fadern Hugo Capet från 987. Han ärvde Burgund 1002, men kunde först 1015 ta hertigdömet i besittning. Under Robert var kungamakten mycket svag till följd av rikets upplösning i flera självstyrande feodallän, och Roberts direkta inflytande begränsades till områden kring Paris och Orléans. Han lyckades dock temporärt utsträcka sitt välde till Bourgogne. (Källa: Bra Böcker)

roi des Francs de 996 à 1031.

Il fut le deuxième roi de la dynastie dite des Capétiens directs. Son père l'associe au trône dès Noël 987 pour être sûr que son droit à la succession ne lui soit pas contesté.

Sous les pressions de son père, il épouse d'abord, en 988, Rozala d'Italie, veuve du comte de Flandre Arnoul II et fille du roi d'Italie Bérenger. Elle est de vingt ans son aînée. N'ayant pas réussi à avoir d'enfant avec elle il s'en sépare en 992.

Il tombe ensuite follement amoureux de Berthe de Bourgogne, veuve de Eudes Ier de Blois. Pour des raisons de consanguinité (ils sont cousins au troisième degré), l'Église est contre ce mariage. Il a quand même lieu en 997, mais le pape Grégoire V excommunie immédiatement les deux conjoints. En 999, Sylvestre II devient pape. Étant l'ancien maître de Robert et ayant encore de l'affection pour ce dernier, il commue la peine en une pénitence de sept ans. Ce mariage ne donnant naissance qu'à un enfant mort-né, Robert quitte Berthe en 1003.

Il se remarie avec Constance d'Arles. Il eut six enfants avec cette dernière.

King of France

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2 GIVN the Pious
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1 NAME Robert II "the Pious" of /France/ 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 BIRT 2 DATE 985 2 PLAC Orleans, France 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001

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Sources: RC 134, 140, 154, 232, 333; Coe; A. Roots 53, 101, 107, 108, 141A; Kraentzler 1160, 1171, 1176, 1179, 1181, 1218, 1224, 1225, 1258, 1265, 1290; Pfafman; AIS; Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. Roots: Robert II, the Pious, King of France 1 Jan. 996-1031; Count of Paris.
RC: King of France from 988-1031.
Descents: Robert II, King of France, died 1031. K: Robert II, le Pieux, King of France. Dates much different from RC.
AIS: Robert II, King of France.

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Also Known As:<_AKA> Robert 'the Pious' II
Name Prefix: King
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Reign was bedeviled by famine throughout the land and revolution.

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- December 24 » Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.

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Also died on July 20

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1031 » Robert II, king of France (b. 972)
1156 » Toba, emperor of Japan (b. 1103)
1320 » Oshin, king of Armenia (b. 1282)
1332 » Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland
833 » Ansegisus, Frankish abbot and saint
985 » Boniface VII, antipope of Rome

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