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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

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

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  • Name FRANCE, Robert I of 
    Title 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. 
    Birth 15 Aug 866  Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Misc Robert succeeded the Carolingian king Charles the Simple, and before him, Robert's brother Odo. Robert and his brother Odo were from the family known as the Robertians 
    Relation to Me 34 GGF 
    Royalty & Nobility Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. 
    _MILT 885 
    Robert was present at the Siege of Paris 
    _MILT 898 
    He did not claim the crown when Odo died; instead recognized the supremacy of Charles the Simple. Charles then confirmed Robert in his offices and possessions, after which he continued to defend N. Francia from the attacks of the Norsemen. 
    _MILT Jan 921 
    Defeated a large band of Norse in the Loire Valley, and the defeated invaders converted to Christianity and settled near Nantes. 
    Royalty & Nobility Between 922 and 923 
    King of West Francia 
    Title Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans 
    Title King of West Francia 
    _MILT 2 Jun 922  Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Supported by many of the clergy and by some of the most powerful of the Frankish nobles, Robert took up arms, drove Charles into Lorraine, and was himself crowned king of the Franks 
    _MILT 15 Jun 923  Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Rule was contested by the Viking leader Rollo. W/Rollo, Charles marched against Robert. Robert was killed but his army won the battle. Charles was captured. 
    Death 15 Jun 923  Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Killed in battle defending his crown against Charles the Simple. Succeeded as king by his son-in-law Rudolph, Count of Burgandy, also known as Raoul.
    Person ID I356  My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father ROBERTIEN, Charles made peace with Robert and appointed him Count of Anjou. Thereafter Robert successfully defended the northern coast against a Viking invasion. Robert Rutpert Magnus Strong Marquis,   b. 820, Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 866, Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother DELATOURS CAROLINGIAN, Adelaide Judith Adelheid de Auxerre,   b. 820, La Chapelle, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 882, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 860  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F48  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 WESTERN FRANCIA, Aelis,   b. Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. ADELE,   b. 891   d. Vermandois, Normandy, France  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F77  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 VERMANDOIS, Beatrice,   b. 880   d. 931, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 895  Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Vermandois, Normandy, France 
    Children 
     1. DEFRANCE, Emma,   b. 894   d. 935 (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. GREAT, Hugh the,   b. 898, Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 956, Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Aug 866 - Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 895 - Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_MILT - Supported by many of the clergy and by some of the most powerful of the Frankish nobles, Robert took up arms, drove Charles into Lorraine, and was himself crowned king of the Franks - 2 Jun 922 - Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_MILT - Rule was contested by the Viking leader Rollo. W/Rollo, Charles marched against Robert. Robert was killed but his army won the battle. Charles was captured. - 15 Jun 923 - Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jun 923 - Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - - Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Siege of Paris
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  • Notes 
    • Robert faithfully served his older brother, King Eudes, during Eudes’s reign (888-898), as margrave. Though on Eudes’s death he became one of the most powerful Frankish lords, inheriting all the family lands between the Seine and the Loire rivers, he swore fealty with other magnates to the new king, the Carolingian Charles III the Simple. From 911 onward, his role became more decisive: his defeat of the Northmen at Chartres paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which Charles assigned them territory in Normandy. Robert stood as godfather at the baptism of Rollo, the Northmen’s chief.

      Robert’s military success greatly enhanced his prestige, and dissension between him and the king became undisguised. When Charles III imprudently offered preferment exclusively to lords from Lorraine, the Neustrian lords, led by Robert, broke into open revolt. They elected Robert king at Reims in June 922, and the East Frankish king Henry I immediately recognized Robert’s kingship and rights to Lorraine. In a battle near Soissons in 923, Charles’s army was routed, but Robert was killed. His grandson was Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty.


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