Robert I, Duke of Burgundy

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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 I Capet (1011March 21, 1076) was duke of Burgundy between 1032 to his death. Robert was son of King Robert II of France and brother of Henry I.

In 1025, with the death of his eldest brother Hugh Magnus, he and Henry rebelled against their father and defeated him, forcing him back to Paris. In 1031, after the death of his father the king, Robert participated in a rebellion against his brother, in which he was supported by his mother, Queen Constance d'Arles. Peace was only achieved when Robert was given Burgundy (1032).

Throughout his reign, he was little more than a robber baron who had no control over his own vassals, whose estates he often plundered, especially those of the Church. He seized the income of the diocese of Autun and the wine of the canons of Dijon. He burgled the abbey of St-Germain at Auxerre. In 1055, he repudiated his wife, Helie of Semur, and assassinated her brother Joceran and murdered her father, his father-in-law, Lord Dalmace I of Semur, with his own hands. In that same year, the bishop of Langres, Harduoin, refused to dedicate the church of Sennecy so as not "to be exposed to the violence of the duke."

His first son, Hugh, died in battle at a young age and his second son, Henry, also predeceased him. He was succeeded by Henry's eldest son, his grandson, Hugh I.

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He married his first wife, Helie of Semur, about 1033, and repudiated her in 1055. Robert and Helie had five children:

  1. Hugh (1034–1059), killed in battle
  2. Henry (1035–ca.1074)
  3. Robert (1040–1113), poisoned; married Violante of Sicily, daughter of Roger I of Sicily
  4. Simon (1045–1087)
  5. Constance (1046–1093), married Alfonso VI of Castile
  • From his second wife, Ermengarde of Anjou, daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, he had one daughter:
  1. Hildegard (c.1056–1104), married Duke William VIII of Aquitaine

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Preceded by
Henry
Duke of Burgundy
10321076
Succeeded by
Hugh I