The Strong Duke of France Robert I 
The Strong Duke of France was born in 0820 in of Anjou,Blois,Tours,Auxerre, Nevers France.1 The Strong Duke of France's father was Rutpert III Count of Wormgau and his mother was of Wormgau Waldrada. His paternal grandparents are Count of Wormgau Rupert II and Theoderata; his maternal grandparents were Lord of Wormgau Hadrian and Of Hornbach Waldrat. He was an only child. He died at the age of 46 on July 26th, 0866 in Killed in battle at Brissarthe. He was buried in St Martin's, Chateuneuf, France.1 1 General Notes
Source: Frederick Lewis Weis & Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Ancestral Rootsof certain American colonists..., (Edition 7, Genealogical PublishingCompany, Baltimore, 1992), 48-17.
French warrior, marquess of Neustria; father of the French kings Eudesand Robert I and ancestor of the Capetians. He joined the rebelliousnobles against Charles II, Emperor of the West. They invited Louis theGerman to invade France (858). Becoming reconciled to Charles in 861,Robert was charged with the defense of the country between the Seine andthe Loire, from which he repelled the Bretons and the Normans. He waskilled fighting against the Normans.
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Rutpert IV, Count in Wormgau, seen 836; of Anjou, Blois, Tours, Auxerre, Nevers; killed 15 Sep 866, called Robert the Strong; m. (1); m. (2) c 864, Aelis (or Adelaide) of Tours & Alsace, b. c 819, d. c 866, widow of Conrad I, Count of Aargau and Auxerre, d. 863, daughter of Hugh, Count of Tours, by his wife Bava. He had by (2) wife: (1) Odo or Eudes, King of the Franks (France), and (2) Robert I, Count of Paris 888, King of the Franks 922-3, father of Hugh Magnus. [Ancestral Roots]
Note: Turton names him Robert le Fort, Comte de Blois, & Duke of France, son of Guillaume Comte de Blois; also has son Robert I born by the 1st wife (NN of Italy).
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0657 in Austrasia d.> 0725
- b.~ 0720 in Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium d.~ 0764
- b.~ 0710 d.>01 Jun 0770
- b.~ 0685
- b.~ 0710 d.~ 0768
- b.~ 0770 in Wormgau, Saxony, Germany d.< 0834
- b.0820 in of Anjou,Blois,Tours,Auxerre, Nevers France d.26 Jul 0866 in Killed in battle at Brissarthe
- b.~ 0697 d.0743
- b.WFT Est. 707-736 d.< 0779
- b.~ 0769 d.BEF Feb 0823/0824
- b.~ 0667 d.< 0709
- b.~ 0697 d.< 0724
- b.~ 0667
- b.WFT Est. 716-739 d.WFT Est. 761-827
- b.~ 0801 in of Orleans d.~ 0827
- b.~ 0660 d.0713
- b.~ 0709 d.< 0722
- b.~ 0660
- b.~ 0739 d.< 0783
- b.~ 0769 d.BEF Feb 0823/0824
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The Strong Duke of France and Adelaide of were married in a religious ceremony about 0864 in 2nd wife.2 They had two sons and a daughter, named King of France, Robert I King of and Richilde of.
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Children
King Robert I King of France
Robert I King of was born in 0865 in Bourgogne, France.3 He died at the age of 58 on June 15th, 0923 in Soissons, France. He was buried in Count of Poitiers & Paris, Marquis of Neustria & Orleans.4 1
1 jweber.ged
2 Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com @ Alan B. Wilson, 12 Jul 1998
3 5502t.FTW
4 silveriemoon[8]124.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of certain American colonists... @ 48-17, GEDCOM File : daylily7.ged, Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on @ Robert The Strong, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. @ 48-17, jweber3.FTW, jweber4.FTW, jweber5.FTW, jweber6.FTW, jweber7.FTW, 792232[3]4.FTW, jweber8.FTW, silveriemoon[2]106.FTW, silveriemoon[4]114.FTW, silveriemoon[3]117.FTW, silveriemoon[7]120.FTW, The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968 @ 14, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged
2 Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com @ Alan B. Wilson, 12 Jul 1998
3 5502t.FTW
4 silveriemoon[8]124.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of certain American colonists... @ 48-17, GEDCOM File : daylily7.ged, Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on @ Robert The Strong, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. @ 48-17, jweber3.FTW, jweber4.FTW, jweber5.FTW, jweber6.FTW, jweber7.FTW, 792232[3]4.FTW, jweber8.FTW, silveriemoon[2]106.FTW, silveriemoon[4]114.FTW, silveriemoon[3]117.FTW, silveriemoon[7]120.FTW, The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968 @ 14, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged
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