Robert (Château-du-Loir) de Château-du-Loir (abt. 1015 - bef. 1067)

Born about 1015 in France

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 1067 before about age 52 in France

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Biography

Robert de Château-du-Loir is a younger son of Hamon, Seigneur (Lord) de Château-du-Loir and his wife Hildeburg de Bellême.^[1] Robert's birth date is unknown, but as his elder brother Gervaise I was born in 1007,^[1] Robert may have been born circa 1010-1015. According to Orderic Vitalis, he was known as 'Brochard', which may have been a nickname.^[2]

Marriage and children

Robert de Château-du-Loir, married Elisabeth (family name unknown) and had four sons;^[3]

1. Gervaise II, succeeded his uncle Gervaise I as Lord of Château-du-Loir;
2. Adam de Château-du-Loir, died circa 1095;
3. Gervaise (the younger) de Château-du-Loir, died after circa 1085 as canon of Saint-Martin d'Angers;
4. Robert de Château-du-Loir, mentioned 1067-68.

Death

The Necrologe-obituaire de la Cathedral du Mans, confirms that Robert died on 30 June (11 Kalendas Julii - (30 Juin) - Eodem die, obiit Robertus filius Hamonis de Castrolidi)^[4] but the year he died is not stated. As it was his son Gervaise II, who succeeded Robert's brother, Gervaise I when he died on 4 July 1067, it is assumed that Robert must have died before that year.^[3]

Research notes

In some online genealogies Robert de Château-du-Loir is recorded as having died in Nicaea, in 1035, but this would appear to be confusing him with Robert, Duke of Normandy, the father of William the Conqueror, who died in that year at Nicaea.

Apart from the fact that they are definitely not the same person, chronologically it would be difficult for Robert de Château-du-Loir to have married and had at least 4 children, when he would have only been 20-25 years of age when he died.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Baldwin, Stewart, 'Hamon (or Hamelin) de Château-du-Loir' 24 January 2011, in The Henry Project: The ancestors of Henry II king of England, hosted online by American Society of Genealogists (https://fasg.org : accessed 18 October 2022).
2. ↑ Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, vol. 3, translated by Thomas Forester (London: Bohn, 1854). p. 222. Digital image, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015003838664&view=1up&seq=229 : accessed 18 October 2022).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Baldwin, Stewart, 'Robert "Brochard" de Château-du-Loir' n.d., in The Henry Project: The ancestors of Henry II king of England, hosted online by American Society of Genealogists (https://fasg.org : accessed 18 October 2022).
4. ↑ Necrologe-obituaire de la Cathedrale du Man, edited by G. Busson & A. Ledru (Le Mans : Societe des archives historiques du Maine, 1906). p. 147. Digital image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/necrologeobituai00lema/page/146/mode/2up : accessed 18 October 2022).

See also:

• Cawley, Charles: Medieval Lands, Maine nobility: Robert de Château-du-Loir