Robert, Count of Clermont

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French Monarchy-
Capetian Dynasty
(direct Capetians branch)

Hugh Capet Children    Robert II Robert II Children    Henry I    Robert I, Duke of Burgundy Henry I Children    Philip I    Hugh, Count of Vermandois Philip I Children    Louis VI Louis VI Children    Louis VII    Robert I of Dreux Louis VII Children    Mary, Countess of Champagne    Alix    Marguerite    Alys, Countess of the Vexin    Philip II    Agnes, Empress of Constantinople Philip II (Philip Augustus) Children    Louis VIII Louis VIII Children    Louis IX    Robert I, Count of Artois    Alphonse, Count of Poitou and Toulouse    Isabel of France    Charles I of Anjou and Sicily Louis IX Children    Philip III    Robert, Count of Clermont    Agnes, Duchess of Burgundy Philip III Children    Philip IV    Charles III, Count of Valois    Louis d'Evreux    Margaret of France Philip IV Children    Louis X    Philip V    Isabella of France    Charles IV Louis X Children    Joan II of Navarre    John I John I Philip V Charles IV

Robert of France (1256 – February 7, 1317) was made Count of Clermont in 1268. He was son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. In 1272, Robert married Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon and had the following issue:

• Louis I, le Boiteux (1279–1342), first Duke of Bourbon
• Blanche (1281–1304), married in 1303 in Paris Robert VII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
• John (1283–1316), Baron of Charolais, married c. 1309 Jeanne d'Argies and had issue
• Mary (1285–1372, Paris), Prioress of Poissy
• Peter (1287 – aft. 1330), Archdeacon of Paris
• Margaret (1289–1309, Paris), married firstly in 1305 Raymond Berengar of Andria and secondly in 1308 John I, Margrave of Namur

During his first joust, in 1279, Robert suffered head injuries which rendered him an invalid for the remainder of his life.^[1]

Robert is considered the founder of the House of Bourbon, a family which, with the passing of centuries came to govern as Kings of France (1589–1850) and Kings of Spain (1700–present).

See also: Dukes of Bourbon family tree – French monarchs family tree

[edit] References

1. ^ Keen, Maurice (1984). “The Rise of the Tournament”, Chivalry. Yale University Press, 87. ISBN 0-300-03360-5.

Preceded by: —

Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1268–1317

Succeeded by: Louis I