Robert Capet (972 - 1031)

Born 27 Mar 0972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France

Ancestors

Husband of Rozala (Ivrea) de France — married before 1 Apr 0988 (to about 0991) in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France

Husband of Berthe (Bourgogne) de Blois — married 0996 (to Sep 1001) in France

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1031 at age 59 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France

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Biography

Robert II "the Pious", King of France (996-1031).^[1][2]

b. 27 Mar 972 Orléans

d. 20 Jul 1031 Château de Melun

bur. Saint Denis Basilica, Paris

Parents

Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine^[3]

Marriages and Children

m.1 (ante 01 Apr 988 - repudiated 991/2) Rozala (later Queen Susannah).^[4] No issue.

m.2 (late 996/early 997 - Divorced Sep 1001) Bertha of Burgundy, widow of Odo I of Blois and dau. of Conrad of Burgundy.^[5] Issue: 1

• 999: stillborn son

m.3 (Sep 1001/25 Aug 1003) Constance of Arles, dau. of William I of Provence. Issue:^[6]

• Hedwige,^[7] called by the Latin name Advisa in the Henry Project, which regards her parentage as not entirely certain^[8]
• Hugues^[8][7]
• Henri, who became Henry I of France^[8][7]
• Robert^[8][7]
• Eudes^[8][7]
• Adèle^[8][7]

There is no good source for the suggestion that Constance and Robert II were parents of Constance de Dammartin^[7]

Mistress

mistress UNKNOWN. Issue:

• illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges.

Research Notes

Previously-shown Wife and Son

Robert has previously been shown as husband of the mother and father of a Bishop Rudolph of Bourges. Both these profiles are unsourced and there is no good evidence, so they have been detached. The Henry Project entry for Robert states firmly that Robert was not the father of Rudolph.^[8]

Alleged Daughter Constance

There is no good source for Robert and his third wife Constance d'Arles having a daughter called Constance.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ associate-king with father 25 Dec 987, consecrated 1 Apr 988 at cathedral of Sainte-Croix in Orléans. succeeded father in 996 as ROBERT II "le Pieux" King of France.
2. ↑ see also: maximiliangenealogy.co.uk;[1][2][3][4] Genealogics: Robert II of France, "le Pieux".
3. ↑ also Adelaide de Poitou
4. ↑ Vasiliev, A.A.(1951). Hugh Capet of France and Byzantium. Dumbarton Oaks Papers, (Vol. 6, pp. 227-251). Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. JSTOR. Screenshot. Accessed: 02/10/2014
   became Susannah once queen; p. Berengar II of Italy; widow of Arnulf II of Flanders;
   Rosala was about 50 when she married 18 year old Robert
5. ↑ Robert tried to marry his cousin Bertha, around the time of his father's death. Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage on the grounds of coinsanguinity c.998, and Robert was excommunicated; FMG states they divorced Sep 1001
6. ↑ FR: Wikipedia: Robert II de France.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} Charles Cawley, "Medieval Lands", entry for Robert de France
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6} The Henry Project, entry for Robert II le Pieux (the Pious)
9. ↑ Charles Cawley, "Medieval Lands", entry for Robert de France

See also:

• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands", entry for Robert de France
• Richardson, Douglas (n.d.). Royal Ancestry, III, pp. 16
• Wikipedia: Robert II of France
• Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des anciens barons du royaume, Tome Premier, par le Père Anselme de Sainte-Marie, continuée par Honoré du Fourny, ed. la compagnie des libraires (Paris) 1726-1733. Pages 71-72
• Genealogics: entry for Robert II 'le Pieux'