King Robert Capet of France I 
Robert was born in 0860.1 Robert's father was Robert (The Strong) of France IV and his mother was Aelis de Tours Alsace. His paternal grandparents were Rutpert (Robert) III Wormsgau and Wiltrud (Waltrada) Orleans; his maternal grandparents were Count of Alsace Hugh (le Mefiant) de Bourges III and Countess of Tours Ava Eticondes. He had a sister named Regilinda. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 63 on June 15th, 0923.1 General Notes
Robert I (c. 865 - June 15, 923), king of France, or king of the Franks, was the younger son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and the brother of Odo, or Eudes, who became king of the western Franks in 888.
Appointed by Odo ruler of several counties, including the county of Paris, and abbot in commendam of many abbeys, Robert also secured the office of duke of the Franks, a military dignity of high importance. He did not claim the crown of France when his brother died in 898; but recognizing the supremacy of the Carolingian king, Charles III, the Simple, he was confirmed in his offices and possessions, after which he continued to defend northern France from the attacks of the Normans.
The peace between the king and his powerful vassal was not seriously disturbed until about 921. The rule of Charles, and especially his partiality for a certain Hagano, had aroused some irritation; and, supported by many of the clergy and by some of the most powerful of the Frankish nobles, Robert 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.
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- b.0695 in Schwaben, Germany, Medieval States d.0764 in Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- b.0745 d.01 Jun 0770
- b.0689 d.0764
- b.0770 d.12 Jul 0807
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- b.0789
- b.0760 d.0789
- b.0820 d.15 Sep 0866
- b.~ 0700 d.0744
- b.0730 in Swabia, Germany d.0779
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- b.0770 d.15 Feb 0823
- b.0699 d.0788
- b.0736 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d.0798
- b.0705
- b.0795
- b.0695
- b.0720 in Hornbach, Prussia d.0783
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- b.0774 d.0823
- b.0690 in Laon, Aisne, France d.0747
- b.0740
- b.0698
- b.0860 d.15 Jun 0923
- b.0670 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.05 Dec 0741 in France
- b.0705 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0767
- b.0679 in Metz, Austrasia, France
- b.0740 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0780 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.0719 in Alsace, Lorraine, France
- b.0765 in Upper Alsace, France d.20 Oct 0837 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
- b.0744 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.0802
- b.0735 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
- b.0770 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France d.04 Sep 0839 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
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Details of Robert's family with Beatrix de Vermandois
Details of Robert's family with Adbelahide de Bourges
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