Datasets available include LCSH, BIBFRAME, LC Name Authorities, LC Classification, MARC codes, PREMIS … [173] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 62 footnote 42. He was a very devout man. [1] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to contol the nobility. [191] Cartulaire de Notre-Dame de Chartres d'après les cartularies et les titres originaux, ed. Il porte son choix sur le château construit sur l’île Saint-Étienne à Melun. The request was repeated in 1001 by the court of Rome. He was regent of France for his nephew Philippe I King of France 1060-1066/67. 1007, d. c 1025 (4), -2. Annexion du comté de Dreux au domaine royal. Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. ], He was a royal composer, chorister, and poet, who might have ruled Italy but preferred that his palace should be his cloister, where he lived in the enjoyment of melody and song. The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Alam comitissam Flandrensem" as the daughter of King Robert[214]. [176] Guérard, M. Robert II, Roi de France was born on 27 March 972 at Orléans, Orléanais, France.2 He was the son of Hugues de Paris, Roi de France and Adelaide de Poitou.1 He married, firstly, Rosela of Italy, daughter of Berenger I of Fuili, Emperor of Italy, in 992.3 He and Rosela of Italy were divorced in 992.3 He married, secondly, Bertha de Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad, Roi de Jurane Bourgogne and Elfgifu (? Husband of Constance of Arles, queen consort of the Franks Il commença à régner en 996, à la mort de son père et Hugues Capet qui en avait eu la sage précaution de l’associer au trône de son vivant. Adele of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue. The second reigning member of the House of Capet. Son accès face au plateau, couvert d'une profonde forêt, était protégé par un profond fossé artificiel qui le protégeait des trois côtés [3]. Robert nevertheless sent troops to attack Metz, but was repulsed[152]. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy. Hun var meget eldre enn Robert, og ekteskapet var arrangert av hans far. m (Amiens 1028) BAUDOUIN de Flandre, son of BAUDOUIN IV "le Barbu/Pulchrae Barbae" Count of Flanders & his first wife Ogive de Luxembourg ([1012/13]-Lille 1 Sep 1067, bur Lille, Saint-Pierre). m secondly ([late 996/early 997], divorced Sep 1001) BERTHE of Burgundy, widow of EUDES I Comte de Blois et de Chartres, daughter of CONRAD I “le Pacifique” King of Burgundy [Welf] & his wife Mathilde de France [Carolingian] ([964/965]-16 Jan after 1010). A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates. (ed.) Half brother of Gauzelin, -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France. He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Richer records that King Robert repudiated his wife "Susannam…genere Italicam eo quod anus esset" but refused to allow her to retake her castle at Montreuil, whereupon she constructed another nearby[165]. eller Elisabeth d'Avoye, datter av en Henri l'Oiseteur. The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. [206] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 385, additional manuscript quoted in footnote ***. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety", resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them. Rodolfus Glaber records his place of burial[205]. 30 December 987–24 October 996 Succeeded by, 24 October 996–29 July 1031 Succeeded by, Pepin (751-768) • Carloman I (768-771) • Charlemagne (768-814) • Louis I (814-840) • Charles I (843-877) • Louis II (877-879) • Louis III (879-882) • Carloman II (879-884) • Charles II (885-888) • Charles III (898-922) • Louis IV (936-954) • Lothair (954-986) • Louis V (986-987), Odo of Paris (888-898) • Robert I (922-923) • Rudolph (923-936), Hugh (987–996) • Robert II (996–1031) • Henry I (1031–1060) • Philip I (1060–1108) • Louis VI (1108–1137) • Louis VII (1137–1180) • Philip II (1180–1223) • Louis VIII (1223–1226) • Louis IX (1226–1270) • Philip III (1270–1285) • Philip IV (1285–1314) • Louis X (1314–1316) • John I (1316) • Philip V (1316–1322) • Charles IV (1322–1328), Philip VI (1328–1350) • John II (1350–1364) • Charles V (1364–1380) • Charles VI (1380–1422) • Charles VII (1422–1461) • Louis XI (1461–1483) • Charles VIII (1483–1498), Henry VI of England (1422-1453)(disputed), Francis I (1515–1547) • Henry II (1547–1559) • Francis II (1559–1560) • Charles IX (1560–1574) • Henry III (1574–1589), Henry IV (1589–1610) • Louis XIII (1610–1643) • Louis XIV (1643–1715) • Louis XV (1715–1774) • Louis XVI (1774–1792) • Louis XVII (claimant, 1792–1795), Napoleon I (1804–1814, 1815) • Napoleon II (1815), Louis XVIII (1814–1815, 1815–1824) • Charles X (1824–1830) • Louis XIX (1830)(disputed) • Henry V (1830)(disputed), Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France", Categories: 972 births | 1031 deaths | People from Orléans | French monarchs | House of Capet | 10th-century rulers in Europe | Roman Catholic monarchs | French Christians | 11th-century rulers in Europe, M, #103098, b. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. Robert II dispenses alms to the poor: "Robert had a kindly feeling for the weak and poor" — from François Guizot, A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés records the death "V Kal Sep" of "Hugo iuvenis rex Francorum"[203]. Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. Orderic Vitalis records the war between the Normans and "Henricum regem" in 1054 when "Odonem fratrem suum" was defeated by "Roberti Aucensis comiitis et Rogerii de Mortuomari" who led the Norman forces "apud Mortuum-mare"[210]. J.D. Roi de France surnommé le Pieux, le Sage ou le Dévôt, il monta sur le trône au mois doctobre 996, après le mort de Hugues Capet son père, qui, dès lannée 988, lavait associé à la royauté du consentement des seigneurs. Son of Hugues Capet, roi des Francs and Adélaïde d'Aquitaine, reine des Francs The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "Id Mai" of "Odo Roberti regis filius"[212]. [196] Origine et Historia Brevi Nivernensium Comitum, RHGF X, p. 258. [190] Depoin, J. (1840) Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Père de Chartres (Paris) ("Chartres Saint-Père"), I, Liber Quintus, Cap. Med sistnevnte kalles hun for Adela, grevinne av Flandern og er bedre kjent som mor til Matilda av Flandern, hustru til «Vilhelm Erobrenen» (se over). Robert II le Pieux - La date de naissance (27 mars 972) est d'une précision étonnante qu'on ne retrouve dans aucune encyclopédie (972). He was invested as associate-king with his father 25 Dec 987, consecrated 1 Apr 988 at the cathedral of Sainte-Croix in Orléans[178]. (1912) Recueil des chartes et documents de Saint-Martin-des-Champs, monastère parisien, Vol. They turned against their father, in a civil war for power and property. [6] She was many years his senior. For five yearsthe king braved all anathemas, but about 1002 he gave up Bertha andmarried Constance, daughter of a certain County William. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. In a conflict with Henry and the younger Robert, King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris, his capital. IV (Oxford Medieval Texts, 1969-80), Appendix I, p. 350. Father of .... Capet; Emergarde of Auvergne; Hedwige de France, comtesse d'Auxerre; Hugues, roi associé de France; Henry I, king of France and 4 others; Adela of France, countess of Flanders; Constance de France, heritiere de Dammartin; Robert I le Vieux, duc de Bourgogne and Eudes de France « less [205] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.33, p. 157. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled. He recognized Hugh, the eldest of these sons, as his successor. (ed.) The son of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty, and Adelaide of Aquitaine, Robert was educated at the episcopal school of Reims under Gerbert of Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II. .. ... .... m thirdly (after Sep 1001 before 25 Aug 1003) CONSTANCE d'Arles, daughter of GUILLAUME II “le Libérateur” Comte d’Arles [Provence] et Marquis & his second wife Adelais [Blanche] d’Anjou ([987/89]-Château de Melun 22 or 25 Jul 1032, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis). (Orléans vers 972-Melun 1031), roi de France (996-1031), fils et successeur de Hugues Capet, qui l'associa au trône de son vivant (987). Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. [153] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1031, MGH SS XXIII, p. 783. [3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain. He claimed the duchy of Burgundy on the death of his paternal uncle Duke Henri in 1002, but took 12 years to complete its conquest in the face of opposition from Otto-Guillaume Comte de Mâcon[151]. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children. Immediately after his coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. He succeeded his father in 1031 as HENRI I King of France. [175] Szabolcs de Vajay 'Mathilde, Reine de France inconnue', Journal des Savants (Oct-Dec 1971), pp. Denne Elisabeth har spesiell interesse for engelsk historie ved at hun senere giftet seg for andre gang med Hamon, greve av Corbeil. [158] Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana MGH SS IX, p. 306. Til tross for Roberts ekteskapelige problemer som etter hvert betydde at han for en kort tid ble bannlyst av pave Gregor V (se nedenunder), var han likevel en hengiven katolikk, noe som ga ham kallenavnet «Den fromme». Henrik (4. mai 1008-4. august 1060), den neste kongen. III, Liber VII, p. 160. In 1003, his invasion of the Duchy of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as Duke of Burgundy. I 1001, 3) Constance av Arles (973-25. juli 1034), datter av grev Guilhem II av Provence, var en ambisiøs og intrigerende kvinne som gjorde livet ulykkelig for ektemannen ved å oppmuntre sønnene til å gjøre opprør mot faren. 83, No. Baptized (at 8 years of age or … The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "VI Id Jan" of "Adelaidis comitissa"[218]. 0972–1031. Robert was the only son of Hugues Capet [“ est nobis unicus filius et ipse rex ” Gerbert 139 (#111), letter written for Hugues aft. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates. .. ... .... ..... m secondly ([late 996/early 997], divorced Sep 1001) BERTHE of Burgundy, widow of EUDES I Comte de Blois et de Chartres, daughter of CONRAD I “le Pacifique” King of Burgundy [Welf] & his wife Mathilde de France [Carolingian] ([964/965]-16 Jan after 1010). HEDWIGE [Avoie] de France ([1003]-5 Jun after 1063). The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any of the feudal lands as they became vacant which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. She founded the abbeys of Crisenon and Issenon. He allied himself with Eudes II Comte de Blois in the war against his brother Henri I King of France 1034-1041. The Annales Vizeliacenses also specifies that Renaud's wife was the sister not daughter of King Robert II[197]. Category:Robert II of France. (1845) Richeri Historiarum (Paris) IV.LXXXVII, p. 270. She founded the Benedictine monastery at Messines near Ypres. II : Robert II le Pieux (996 à 1031) 1° La jeunesse de Robert II (972 à 996) – Fils d’Hugues Capet et d’Adélaïde, Robert II naquit vers 972. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on 20 July 1031 at Melun. HENRI de France ([end 1009/May 1010]-Palais de Vitry-aux-Loges, forêt d’Orléans, Loiret 4 Aug 1060, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis). He married, thirdly, Constance d'Arles, daughter of Guillaume III Taillefer, Comte de Provence and Adelaide d'Anjou, in 1003. Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility. Hamon var en yngre bror av William, greve av Corbeil (mulig også kjent som William, greve av Arques), og som sådan var han en etterkommer av Rikard I, hertug av Normandie, og oldefar til Vilhelm II, hertug av Normandie, senere kalt for «Vilhelm Erobrenen». [185] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.34, p. 157. Deze informatie is onderdeel van van op … The son of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty, and Adelaide of Aquitaine, Robert was educated at the episcopal school of Reims under Gerbert of … He was interred with his third wife, Constance d'Arles (973-July 25, 1032) in Saint Denis Basilica. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled. Hugo Magnus, samkonge (1007-17. september 1025). Men, disse ekteskap og forbindelser mellom Hamon og hertugene av Normandie har ennå ikke blitt tilfredsstillende bevist. Immediately after his coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. Solo-reign 30 December 987 – 24 October 996; Burial Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France. Robert was called The Pious because of his humility and charity; he was also esteemed as a soldier and ruler. [1] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to contol the nobility. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them. [183] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.7, p. 107. However, this is chronologically unlikely given that King Robert and his known sisters were born in the 970s, more than twenty years before the earliest possible date of birth of Comte Renaud. 987 996 1031 1060 1108 1137 1180 1223 1226, 1226 1270 1285 1314 1316 1316 1322 1328 1350, 1350 1364 1380 1422 1461 1483 1498 1515 1547 1559, 1559 1560 1574 1589 1610 1643 1715 1774 1792, History - France - Direct Capetians - Valois - Bourbons - Bonaparte, Categories: Articles to be expanded since April 2007 | All articles to be expanded | Articles lacking sources from April 2007 | All articles lacking sources | 972 births | 1031 deaths | People from Centre |. Hans eldste sønn Hugo Magnus fikk en brå død i et opprør mot faren. Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. Robert II le Pieux, fils d'Adelis (ou Adélaïde) d'Aquitaine, né à Orléans 26 ans plus tôt, succède le 24 octobre 996 à son père Hugues 1er comme roi des Francs. The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XII Kal Aug" of "Rotbertus rex"[184]. 5. La France vers 1000. Il fut surnommé le Pieux à cause de sa grande dévotion, de sa culture théologique, de ses fondations religieuses, et de son attention aux pauvres. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XIII Kal Aug" of "Rotbertus…Francorum rex"[185]. Il meurt en 1031, à Melun. King Robert & his third wife had [seven] children: There is no proof that Constance, wife of Manassès de Dammartin, was the daughter of King Robert II, the affiliation being proposed for onomastic reasons only[190]. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. The pious Robert made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons: Hugh Magnus, Henry, and Robert. Corrections? Robert II, byname Robert The Pious, French Robert Le Pieux, (born c. 970, Orléans, Fr.—died July 20, 1031, Melun), king of France who took Burgundy into the French realm. 1. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orleans, France, the son of King Hugh Capet (938-996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine (952-1004). It is, however, supported by the presence of the king and queen at a donation by Comte Manassès in 1031[191]. He owned land near Bellême[211]. The Historia Francorum names (in order) "Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem" as the four sons of King Robert and Constance[209]. [159] Annales Elnonenses Minores [950-968], MGH SS V, p. 19. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. Laurent Theis, Robert le Pieux. Bertha (but the marriage got annulled). Rodolfus Glaber records the death of King Robert at Melun in July and his place of burial[154]. Robert skilte seg fra henne et år senere. Robert II 'le Pieux' de France is geboren op 27 maart 972 in Orléans, Centre, France, zoon van Hugues 'Capet' roi des Francs roi des Francs en Adelais de Poitou. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. [207] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 385, additional manuscript quoted in footnote ***. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. m firstly (988, before 1 Apr, repudiated [991/92]) as her second husband, ROZALA [Suzanne] di Ivrea, widow of ARNOUL II “le Jeune” Count of Flanders, daughter of BERENGARIO II ex-King of Italy [Ivrea] & his wife Willa of Tuscany-Arles ([950/960]-13 Dec 1003 or 7 Feb 1004, bur Gent, church of the Abbey de Saint-Pierre du Mont-Blandin). She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father. Robert II, byname Robert The Pious, French Robert Le Pieux, (born c. 970, Orléans, Fr.—died July 20, 1031, Melun), king of France who took Burgundy into the French realm. 23 March 0972. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine. V, p. 96. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. Robert II le Pieux (Capétiens), Roi des Francs ca 972-1031 Marié le 24 octobre 996 avec Berthe (Welfs), Comtesse de Nogent 965-1010. [166] Liber traditionum sancti Petri Blandiniensis, 102, p. 96. Robert II le Pieux (Capétiens), Roi des Francs ca 972-1031 Marié en 1002 avec Constance d'Arles de Provence, Reine des Francs 984-1032. 2. 343-4, the author highlighting the "unreliable genealogies" of Raoul Glaber and preferring the Annales Vizeliacenses as a reliable source. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. Robert døde mens han var i krig med sine sønner den 20. juli 1031 i Melun. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. He conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Lépinois, E. de and Merlet, L. (Chartres, 1862-1865), no. But, due to Prince Hugh's death, another son, Henri, became king. (The gain was transitory, for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother, Robert, and it thereafter remained for centuries outside royal control.). The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine. 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. ^ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Robert II "le Pieux" Roi des Francs. After Hugh's death, Robert's concluding days were troubled bya rising on the part of his younger sons, and after a short war, in whichhe was worsted, the king died at Melun on July 20, 1031. Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition. [150] This nickname was applied to the king from the early years of his reign, see Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 59 footnote 2. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés records the death "XI Kal Aug" of "regina Constancia"[188].