Robert Count of Paris Poitiers 
Robert Count of Paris was born in 0865. Robert Count of Paris' father was Rutpert IV "Le Fort ," Count of Anjou and his mother was Adelaide of Tours. His paternal grandparents were III Rutpert , Count in the Wormsgau and Waldrada of Waldrada of Orlean; his maternal grandparents were Hugh II "le MÈfiant ," Count of Tours and Aba. He had a sister named Regilinde. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother named II. He died at the age of 58 in 0923 in Battle of Soissons, Soissons, Aisne, France.General Notes
younger son of Robert the Strong of Neustria, and briefly king of France (922-923), or West Francia. His decisive victory over the Northmen at Chartres (911) led to a treaty settling one group of these fierce warriors in Normandy.
Robert faithfully served his older brother, King Eudes, during Eudes's reign (888-898). Though on Eudes's death he became one of the most powerful Frankish lords, inheriting all the family lands between the Seine and the Loire rivers, he swore fealty with other magnates to the new king, the Carolingian Charles III the Simple. Nevertheless, he was already served in his domains by viscounts, officials usually regarded as instruments of regal power. From 911 onward, his role became more decisive: his defeat of the Northmen at Chartres paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which Charles assigned them territory in Normandy.
Robert's military success greatly enhanced his prestige, and dissension between him and the King became undisguised. When Charles III imprudently offered preferment exclusively to lords from Lorraine, the Neustrian lords, led by Robert, broke into open revolt. About 921, Robert, supported by many of the clergy and by some of the most powerful Frankish nobles, took up arms, drove Charles into Lorraine, and was himself crowned king of the Franks at Reims on June 29, 922. Collecting an army, Charles marched against the usurper, and on June 15, 923, in a stubborn and sanguinary battle near Soissons, Robert was killed, according to one tradition, in single combat with his rival. Robert left a son, Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, and his grandson was Hugh Capet, king of France. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Count of Paris and Poitiers, anti-king of France, Duke of France, Marquis of Neustria and OrlÈans. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]
Robert I (b. c. 865--d. June 15, 923, Soissons, Fr.), younger son of Robert the Strong of Neustria, and briefly king of France (922-923), or West Francia. His decisive victory over the Northmen at Chartres (911) led to a treaty settling one group of these fierce warriors in Normandy.
Robert faithfully served his older brother, King Eudes, during Eudes's reign (888-898). Though on Eudes's death he became one of the most powerful Frankish lords, inheriting all the family lands between the Seine and the Loire rivers, he swore fealty with other magnates to the new king, the Carolingian Charles III the Simple. Nevertheless, he was already served in his domains by viscounts, officials usually regarded as instruments of regal power. From 911 onward, his role became more decisive: his defeat of the Northmen at Chartres paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which Charles assigned them territory in Normandy.
Robert's military success greatly enhanced his prestige, and dissension between him and the King became undisguised. When Charles III imprudently offered preferment exclusively to lords from Lorraine, the Neustrian lords, led by Robert, broke into open revolt. About 921, Robert, supported by many of the clergy and by some of the most powerful Frankish nobles, took up arms, drove Charles into Lorraine, and was himself crowned king of the Franks at Reims on June 29, 922. Collecting an army, Charles marched against the usurper, and on June 15, 923, in a stubborn and sanguinary battle near Soissons, Robert was killed, according to one tradition, in single combat with his rival. Robert left a son, Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, and his grandson was Hugh Capet, king of France. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Count of Paris and Poitiers, anti-king of France, Duke of France, Marquis of Neustria and OrlÈans. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]
Robert Count of Paris and Beatrice were married in a religious ceremony about 0895. They had a son named Hugh "The.
Family Notes
Marriage
Date: 895, ,
They had a daughter named Hildebranda of.
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