(Count of Dreux) Robert I DREUX #70604

ABT 1123 - 11 OCT 1188
TITLE Count of Dreux-
BIRTH ABT 1123
DEATH 11 OCT 1188

Historical Notes

Founder of the House of Dreux
Cadet Branch of the House of Capet

Robert I of Dreux, nicknamed the Great, was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.

Life

In 1137 he received the County of Dreux as an appanage from his father. He held this title until 1184 when he granted it to his son Robert II.

In 1139 he married Agnes of Garlande. In 1145, he married Hawise of Salisbury, becoming count of Perche, as regent to his stepson Rotrou IV. By his third marriage to Agnes of Baudemont in 1152, he received the County of Braine-sur-Vesle, and the lordships of Fère-en-Tardenois, Pontarcy, Nesle, Longueville, Quincy-en-Tardenois, Savigny, and Baudemont.

Robert I participated in the Second Crusade and was at the Siege of Damascus in 1148. He was credited for bringing the Damask rose from Syria to Europe. In 1158, he fought against the English and participated in the Siege of Séez in 1154.

Parents

Father : Louis VI CAPET #49560

Mother : Adelaide of SAVOY #49562

Family 1

Hawise of SALISBURY

Children

  1. +Adele of DREUX

Family 2

Agnes of BAUDEMONT

Children

  1. +Robert II DREUX

Family 3

Isabelle of VILLEBEON

Children

  1. +Isabelle of DREUX

Lineage 

                                             _Henry I CAPET ______________+
                                            | (1008 - 1060) m 1051        
                       _Philip I CAPET _____|
                      | (1052 - 1108)       |
                      |                     |_Anne Yaroslavovna of RURIK _+
                      |                       (1030 - 1075) m 1051        
 _Louis VI CAPET _____|
| (1081 - 1137)       |
|                     |                      _Floris I HOLLAND ___________+
|                     |                     | (1017 - 1061)               
|                     |_Bertha of HOLLAND __|
|                       (1055 - 1094)       |
|                                           |_Gertrude of BILLUNG ________+
|                                             (1030 - 1113)               
|
|--Robert I DREUX 
|  (1123 - 1188)
|                                            _Amadeus II SAVOY ___________+
|                                           | (1050 - 1079)               
|                      _Humbert II SAVOY ___|
|                     | (1065 - 1103)       |
|                     |                     |_____________________________
|                     |                                                   
|_Adelaide of SAVOY __|
  (1092 - 1154)       |
                      |                      _William I IVREA ____________+
                      |                     | (1020 - 1087)               
                      |_Gisela of IVREA ____|
                        (1075 - 1135)       |
                                            |_Stephanie LNU ______________

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