Robert de Dreux II 
Robert was born in 1154 in Dreux, Eure Loire, France.1 Robert's father was Count of Dreux Robert (Le Grosse) of France I and his mother was Alice Agnes de Roucy. His paternal grandparents were King Louis (The Fat) France IV and Alix of Savoy; his maternal grandparents were Seneschal de Champagne Andre de Roucy de Baudemont and Adele Agnes de Braine. He had five brothers and four sisters, named Henry, Philippe, Peter, William, John, Alix, Isabella, Mamilie and Margaret. He was the oldest of the ten children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Gautier, Adele and Felicite. He died at the age of 64 on December 28th, 1218 in France.1 General Notes
Robert II of Dreux (1154–28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.
He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the English between 1195 and 1198 and in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.
His first marriage with Mahaut de Bourgogne (1150–1192) in 1178 ended with separation in 1181 and produced no children. His second marriage to Yolande de Coucy (1164–1222) produced several children, the sons including Robert III (c. 1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, Peter (c. 1190–1250), Duke of Brittany, Henry of Dreux (c. 1193–1240) Archbishop of Reims and John of Dreux (c. 1198–1239), Count of Vienne and Macon.
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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.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in France
- b.Apr 1008 in Bourgogne, Burgundy, France d.04 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Brie, France
- b.0974 d.1032
- b.23 May 1052 in Reims, Champagen, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Isle De France
- b.0979 in Kiev, Ukraine d.20 Feb 1053 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.1036 in Kiev, Ukraine d.1076 in France
- b.1001 in Uppsala, Sweden d.10 Feb 1049 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau De Baethizy, Paris, Isle De France
- b.0978
- b.1017 in Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands d.28 Jun 1061 in Nederhemert, Gelderland, Netherlands
- b.0985
- b.1054 in Vlaaringen, Netherlands d.1093 in Montreuil-sur-Loire, France
- b.0995 d.29 Jun 1059
- b.1028 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria d.04 Aug 1113
- b.1005 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria
- b.1123 in Reims, Champagne, France d.11 Oct 1185 in Braine, Champagne, France
- b.1020 d.1060
- b.1047 d.09 Dec 1080
- b.1020 in Susa, Torino, Italy d.19 Dec 1091 in Camischio, Ivrea, Savoy
- b.1062 in Savoy, France d.23 Sep 1104
- b.0995 d.1060
- b.1040 d.1070
- b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
- b.1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.0986 d.03 Sep 1057
- b.1020 in Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087 in Besancon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France
- b.0990 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.16 Oct 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
- b.1000 d.1048
- b.1031 in Longwy, Meuthe-et-Mosel, France d.30 Jun 1109
- b.1002
- b.1154 in Dreux, Eure Loire, France d.28 Dec 1218 in France
- b.0960 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France d.0992
- b.0980 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.Jun 1034 in Ramerupt, Aube, Champagne, France
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- b.1010 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France d.1063 in Ramerupt, Aube, champagne, France
- b.0928 in Normandy d.1013
- b.0965 d.26 Jan 0997
- b.0930 in Normandy
- b.1058 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France d.19 Jul 1142 in Ramerupt, Aube, Champagne, France
- b.0956 d.0990 in Rheims, Germany
- b.0992 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France d.11 May 1033 in Roucy, Aisne, Picardy, France
- b.1014 in Roucy, Aisne, Picardy, France d.1062
- b.0950 d.1013
- b.0998 d.1035
- b.0972 d.1013
- b.1130 in Braine, Aisne, Picardy, France d.11 Jul 1218 in France
- b.1064
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Details of Robert's family with Yolande de Coucy
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I25441&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I9917&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I17762
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I9917&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I17762
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