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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 21, Ed. 1, Tree #1186, Date of Import: Apr 26, 1999]
Robert II called Robert the Pious, king of France(996-1031), the son of
King Hugh Capet, born in Orleans, and educated at Reims under the French
scholar Gerbert, who later became Pope Sylvester II. In 996 Robert
married, as his second wife, his cousin Bertha of Burgundy. Two years
later Pope Gregory V excommunicated him and annulled this marriage, which
was considered incestuous by the church; in 1003 Robert submitted to the
Pope and married the daughter of the marquis of Provence, Constance of
Arles, by whom he had four sons. He recognized Hugh, the eldest of these
sons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in 1025, the other sons,
aided by their mother, revolted; Robert was still fighting them at the
time of this death. Robert was called the Pious because of his humility
and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler.