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(Count of Dreux) Robert I DREUX #70604
ABT 1123 - 11 OCT 1188
Personal Information
- TITLE: Count of Dreux
- BIRTH: ABT 1123
- DEATH: 11 OCT 1188
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.
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.
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
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Family 2 :
_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) |
| | _____________________________
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| |_Bertha of HOLLAND __|
| (1055 - 1094) |
| |_____________________________
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|--Robert I DREUX
| (1123 - 1188)
| _Amadeus II SAVOY ___________+
| | (1050 - 1079)
| _Humbert II SAVOY ___|
| | (1065 - 1103) |
| | |_____________________________
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|_Adelaide of SAVOY __|
(1092 - 1154) |
| _William I IVREA ____________+
| | (1020 - 1087)
|_Gisela of IVREA ____|
(1075 - 1135) |
|_Stephanie LNU ______________