King Robert Capet of France I

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Robert (the Strong Fortis) of France IV

Aelis de Tours Alsace

Rutpert (Robert) III Wormsgau

Wiltrud (Waltrada) Orleans

Count of Alsace Hugh (le Mefiant) de Bourges III

Countess of Tours Ava Eticondes

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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.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Rutpert Wormsgau I ^*
  - b.~  0695 in Schwaben, Germany, Medieval States d.~  0764 in Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  
  Theuringbert (Thurincbertus) Wormsgau
  - b.0745 d.01 Jun 0770
  
  Williswint von Wormsgau ^*
  - b.0689 d.0764
  
  Rutpert (Robert) II Wormsgau
  - b.0770 d.12 Jul 0807
  
  Rutpert (Robert) III Wormsgau
  - b.0789
  
  Theoderata (Tiedrada) Wormsgau
  - b.0770 d.0789
  
  Robert (the Strong Fortis) of France IV
  - b.0820 d.15 Sep 0866
  
  Gerold Mayenne
  - b.0728
  
  Gerold Allemania I
  - b.0730 in Swabia, Germany d.0779
  
  Hadrian de Wormsgau
  - b.0770 d.15 Feb 0823
  
  Hnabi Allamannia ^*
  - b.0699 d.0788
  
  Emma Allemania
  - b.0736 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d.0798
  
  Hersuinde
  - b.0705
  
  Wiltrud (Waltrada) Orleans
  - b.0795
  
  Wido (Gui) Hornbach ^*
  - b.0695
  
  Lambert I Hornbach
  - b.0720 in Hornbach, Prussia d.0783
  
  Waldrat Hornbach
  - b.0774 d.0823
  
  Gerberge of Laon
  - b.0740
  
  King Robert Capet of France I
  - b.0860 d.15 Jun 0923
  
  Duke Adalbert Alsace ^*
  - b.~  0670 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.05 Dec 0741 in France
  
  Duke Luitfrid of Alsace
  - b.~  0705 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0767
  
  Gerlinde von Austrasia ^*
  - b.~  0679 in Metz, Austrasia, France
  
  Count Luitfrid of Upper Alsace II
  - b.~  0740 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0780 in Upper Alsace, France
  
  Duchess Edith of Alsace
  - b.~  0719 in Alsace, Lorraine, France
  
  Count of Alsace Hugh (le Mefiant) de Bourges III
  - b.~  0765 in Upper Alsace, France d.20 Oct 0837 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
  
  Countess Hiltrude of Alsace
  - b.~  0744 in Upper Alsace, France
  
  Aelis de Tours Alsace
  - b.0802
  
  Comte de Tours Luitfied Enticondes
  - b.~  0735 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
  
  Countess of Tours Ava Eticondes
  - b.~  0770 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France d.04 Sep 0839 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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