General Notes

Source: Frederick Lewis Weis & Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Ancestral Rootsof certain American colonists..., (Edition 7, Genealogical PublishingCompany, Baltimore, 1992), 53-21.

Robert II (of France), called Robert the Pious (970?-1031), king ofFrance (996-1031), the son of King Hugh Capet, born in Orléans, andeducated at Reims under the French scholar Gerbert, who later became PopeSylvester II.

In 996 Robert married, as his second wife, his cousin Bertha of Burgundy.Two years later Pope Gregory V excommunicated him and annulled thismarriage, which was considered incestuous by the church; in 1003 Robertsubmitted to the pope and married the daughter of the marquis ofProvence, Constance of Arles, by whom he had four sons. He recognizedHugh, the eldest of these sons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in1025, the other sons, aided by their mother, revolted; Robert was stillfighting them at the time of his own death.

Robert was called The Pious because of his humility and charity; he wasalso esteemed as a soldier and ruler

King Robert Capet II of /France/

Son of King Hugh Capet and King of France from 996-1031. Robert was called "the Pious" because of his humility and charity.

!Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal Descent Together with Their Paternal
Ancestry by Joseph Foster p 178 1884 Edition:

!Ridipath's Histories; Burk's Landed Gentry; Gareth Rice;

!Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989#425

Robert II., the Pious, King of France from 996 to 1031, was born in Orleansin 971, died in Melun in 1031, buried at St. Denis, reigned from 996 to July 20, 1031. He was a royal composer,chorister, and poet, who might have ruled Italy but preferred that hi

Richard 111, Duke of Normandy who dsp the uncle of William the Conqueror who married Baldwin V. de I'Isle count of flanders and of Artois.

!Sources: RC 134, 140, 154, 232, 333; Coe; A. Roots 53, 101, 107, 108,141A;
Kraentzler 1160, 1171, 1176, 1179, 1181, 1218, 1224, 1225, 1258, 1265,1290;
Pfafman; AIS; Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants.
Roots: Robert II, the Pious, King of France 1Jan. 996-1031; Count ofParis.
RC: King of France from 988-1031.
Descents: Robert II, King of France, died 1031.
K: Robert II, le Pieux, King of France. Dates much different from RC.
AIS: Robert II, King of France.

Alias:<ALIA> /King/

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     Churchyard/Orr Family Museum - Chart of Lineal Ancestors
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     Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants
     Volume I, by Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich

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Robert II (of France), called Robert the Pious (970?-1031), king of France (996-1031), the son of King Hugh Capet, born in Orléans, 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 (born 962?). Two years later Pope Gregory V (died 999) 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 (died 1032), by whom he had four sons. He recognized Hugh (1007-25), 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 his own death. Robert was called The Pious because of his humility and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler.

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