| Name |
ROBERTIEN, Robert Rutpert Magnus Strong Marquis |
| Title |
Charles made peace with Robert and appointed him Count of Anjou. Thereafter Robert successfully defended the northern coast against a Viking invasion. |
| Birth |
820 |
Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Misc |
He was the father of two kings of West Francia Odo (or Eudes) and Robert I of France. Robert the Strong was the great-grandfather of Hugh Capet and thus the ancestor of all the Capetians. |
| Misc |
His family is named after him and called the Robertians. |
| Immigration |
850 |
| During the reign of Louis the German in East Francia, the Robertian family emigrated from East Francia to West Francia. |
| Misc |
853 |
| Robert's rise came at the expense of the established family of the Rorigonids and was designed to curb their regional power and to defend Neustria from Viking and Breton raids. |
| Misc |
858 |
| Revolt sparked by a marriage alliance between Charles and Erispoe, Duke of Brittany, and by the investment of Charles’ son, Louis the Stammerer, with the regnum Neustriae, all which significantly curtailed the powers of both Salomon and Robert. |
| Title |
After their arrival in his realm Charles the Bald rewarded the family defecting from his enemy by assigning to Robert the lay abbacy of Marmoutier in 852. |
| Title |
Margrave in Neustria. In 853 he was named missus dominicus (Latin for "ruler" overseer of administration and justice) by Charles the Bald, King of West Francia. |
| Title |
Named missus dominicus in the provinces of Maine, Anjou, and Touraine to Robert, giving him de facto control of the ancient ducatus Cenomannicus, a large duchy centred on Le Mans and corresponding to the ancient realm of regnum Neustriae |
| _MILT |
858 |
| Joined a rebellion against Charles the Bald. With the Bretons under Salomon he led the Frankish nobles of Neustria and invited Louis the German to invade West Francia and receive their homage. |
| _MILT |
862 |
| Charles granted Louis the Stammerer, his son, the lay abbacy of Saint Martin of Tours—a worthy benefice but small in comparison with the kingdom he had received in 856, and lost in 858. Louis rebelled and with Salomon, mounted war against Robert. |
| _MILT |
Between 863 and 866 |
| Robert warred with Pepin II in his later years. In 863 he again defended Autun from Louis the German; he campaigned in Neustria in 865 and again in 866, shortly before his death, dealing with Bretons and Vikings ravaging the environs of Le Mans. |
| Death |
2 Jul 866 |
Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Cause: Killed at the Battle of Brissarthe while defending Francia against a joint Breton-Viking r |
- He began fortifying Paris and fought the Norsemen continuously until his death in battle against them at Brissarthe.
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| Person ID |
I238 |
My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry |
| Last Modified |
4 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
ROBERTIEN, COUNT OF WORMSGAU, Rutpert 'Robert' III of Worms, b. Abt 800, Wormsgau, Saxony, Germany d. 7 Dec 834, France (Age 34 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
TOULOUSE, Wadrada of, b. Abt 801, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France d. 834, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France (Age 33 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
819 |
Wormsgau, Saxony, Germany |
| Family ID |
F218 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
DELATOURS CAROLINGIAN, Adelaide Judith Adelheid de Auxerre, b. 820, La Chapelle, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France d. Abt 882, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 860 |
France |
| Children |
| | 1. ROBERTIEN WESTERN FRANCIA, Eudes Odo France, b. 860, France d. 1 Jan 898, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France (Age 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. FRANCE, Appointed by Odo as the ruler of several counties, including the county of Paris, and abbot in commendam of many abbeys. Robert also secured the office of Dux Francorum, a military dignity of high importance. Robert I of, b. 15 Aug 866, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France d. 15 Jun 923, Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F48 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Feb 2024 |
820 - 866 (46 years)
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