Robert I, Count of Dreux

French Monarchy
Direct Capetians
Hugh Capet
   Robert II
Robert II
   Henry I
   Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
Henry I
   Philip I
   Hugh, Count of Vermandois
Philip I
   Louis VI
Louis VI
   Louis VII
   Robert I of Dreux
Louis VII
   Marie, Countess of Champagne
   Alix, Countess of Blois
   Marguerite, Queen of Hungary
   Alys, Countess of the Vexin
   Philip II
   Agnes, Empress of Constantinople
Philip II
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   Robert I, Count of Artois
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    Edward III of England
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    Blanche, Duchess of Orléans
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John I
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Robert I of Dreux, (Robert I Capet) nicknamed the Great (c. 1123 – October 11, 1188), was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.[1] Through his mother he was related to the Carolingians and to the Marquess William V of Montferrat.

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 de Garlande.[2] In 1145, he married Hawise of Salisbury.[3] By his third marriage to Agnes de 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.[4]

Robert I participated in the Second Crusade and was at the Siege of Damascus in 1148. In 1158 he fought against the English and participated in the Siege of Séez in 1154.

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Marriages and children

1.Agnes de Garlande (1122–1143), daughter of Anseau de Garlande, count of Rochefort.[5]

2.Hawise of Salisbury (1118–1152), daughter of Walter Fitz Edward of Salisbury, Sheriff of Wiltshire

3.Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine (1130 – c. 1202).[7]

The Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche may also have been a son (legitimate or not) of his.

Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Robert II of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Henry I of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Constance of Arles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Philip I of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Yaroslav I of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Anne of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Ingegerd Olofsdotter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Louis VI of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Dirk III, Count of Holland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Floris I, Count of Holland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Othelendis of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Bertha of Holland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Gertrude of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Eilika of Schweinfurt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Robert I of Dreux
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Otto, Count of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Amadeus II of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Adelaide of Susa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Humbert II of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Gerald, Count of Geneva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Joan of Geneva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Gisela of Geneva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Adelaide of Maurienne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Reginald I, Count of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. William I, Count of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Adelaide of Normandy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Gisela of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Etiennete
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes

  1. ^ Medieval France: an encyclopedia, Ed. William W. Kibler, (Routledge, 1995), 305.
  2. ^ Michel, Edmond, Histoire de la ville de Brie-Comte-Robert, Vol.1, (Dujarric & Cie, 1902), 69.
  3. ^ Power, Daniel, The Norman frontier in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, (Cambridge University Press, 2004), 239.
  4. ^ Power, 214.
  5. ^ Michel, Vol.1, 69
  6. ^ Power, 239.
  7. ^ Power, 214.
  8. ^ Gislebertus of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, Trans. Laura Napran, (Boydell Press, 2005), 110.
  9. ^ Gislebertus of Mons, 110

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