[210] Le Prévost, A. Called Robert the Pious. Odo (1013–c.1056), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). 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 wife Adelais [Blanche] d’Anjou ([987/89]-Château de Melun 22 or 25 Jul 1032, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis). Reign As co-King: 30 December 987 – 24 October 996; as senior King: 24 October 996 – 20 July 1031, Coronation 30 December 987, Cathedral of Orléans, Buried Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France, Issue Hugh Magnus, Rex Filius (1007 – 1025), Adela, Countess of Flanders (1009 – 1063), Mother Adelaide of Aquitaine (952 - 1004). [209] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 385, additional manuscript quoted in footnote ***. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XIII Kal Aug" of "Rotbertus…Francorum rex"[185]. She opposed her husband's proposal to crown their second son Henri as associate king in 1026, supporting the candidature of her third son Robert[185]. [159] Annales Elnonenses Minores [950-968], MGH SS V, p. 19. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on July 20, 1031 at Melun, France. Half brother of Gauzelin, -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France. [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. 2. Bertha (but the marriage got annulled). Robert II, surnommé « le Pieux », est né à Orléans vers 972 et mort au château de Melun le 20 juillet 1031. 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». Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles, the daughter of William I of Provence. Rozala (who changed her name to Susannah after becoming queen). (1840) Orderici Vitalis Historiæ Ecclesiasticæ (Paris) ("Orderic Vitalis (Prévost)"), Vol. The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any feudal lands which became vacant, which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. The Historia Francorum names (in order) "Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem" as the four sons of King Robert and Constance[200]. [2] Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility. The Historia Francorum names (in order) "Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem" as the four sons of King Robert and Constance[206]. But, due to Prince Hugh's death, another son, Henri, became king. [176] Guérard, M. The Historia Francorum names (in order) "Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem" as the four sons of King Robert and Constance[209]. 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. Berthe de Bourgogne et Rozala d’Italie en savent quelque chose. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father. Rodolfus Glaber records the death of King Robert at Melun in July and his place of burial[154]. [6] She was many years his senior. 343-4, the author highlighting the "unreliable genealogies" of Raoul Glaber and preferring the Annales Vizeliacenses as a reliable source. After his release, he fought for the king in Normandy, but was defeated in 1054 at Mortemer. (ed.) "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. 1 (Paris), no. Category:Robert II of France. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled. 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). After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II, the marriage was annulled. Monnaie de Paris. En 987, il … The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death in 1031 of "rex Francorum Robertus"[182]. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety", resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them. Robert II dispenses alms to the poor: "Robert had a kindly feeling for the weak and poor" — from Guizot's A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times.Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." [195] Chronici Hugonis Floriacensis, RHGF X, p. 222. 83, No. Death:20 July 1031 (aged 59), Melun, France, Buriel: Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France. Il régna de 996 à 1031. [197] Bouchard (1987), pp. Adela, grevinne av Contenance (1009-5. juni 1063), gift første gang med hertug Rikard III av Normandie, og deretter med grev Baldwin V av Flandern. For reasons of consanguinity, Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. For five yearsthe king braved all anathemas, but about 1002 he gave up Bertha andmarried Constance, daughter of a certain County William. Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. Geni requires JavaScript! Solo-reign 30 December 987 – 24 October 996; Burial Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France. (ed.) 15-16, expanded by Mathieu, J. N. (1996) 'Recherches sur les premiers Comtes de Dammartin', Mémoires publiés par la Fédération des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, t. 47 (1996), pp. Ralph Glaber, however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility. 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. [169] MGH Poetæ Latini medii ævi, V.1, Die Ottonenzeit, Grabschriften, p. 299. Eudes (1013-1056), døde etter en mislykket invasjon av Normandie. [3] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December that same year. He recognized Hugh, the eldest of these sons, as his successor. 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]. Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. (1845) Richeri Historiarum (Paris) IV.LXXXVII, p. 270. [2] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the pretension of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholar have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain. Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The king attempted to separate from Constance in 1008 in order to take back his second wife, according to Rodulfus Glaber through the influence of "Hugo dictus Beluacensis"[183], but he restored Constance's royal prerogatives end-1009[184]. 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. A patron of the Cluniac monastic movement, Robert apparently ruled firmly and judiciously in his own lands. Robert II le Pieux (Capétiens), Roi des Francs ca 972-1031 Marié le 24 octobre 996 avec Berthe (Welfs), Comtesse de Nogent 965-1010. Robert at first refused and the kingdom of France was excommunicated[173]. ca 996, 2) Bertha, prinsesse av Bourgogne (952-1035). [148] Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis 2, MGH SS XIII, p. 252. [204] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Prieuré d'Argenteuil, p. 348. Called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. Husband of Constance of Arles, queen consort of the Franks 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. Robert skilte seg fra henne et år senere. December 987, probably in January 988]. Lépinois, E. de and Merlet, L. (Chartres, 1862-1865), no. As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5] Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy, Rozala, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen. [182] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.40, p. 165. The second reigning member of the House of Capet. Pope Gregory V. excommunicated the king, and acouncil at Rome imposed a seven years' penance upon him. Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. [156] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 322. Robert ii. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "soror…regis Henrici Adela" as wife of "Balduino Insulano"[213]. The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XII Kal Aug" of "Rotbertus rex"[184]. Forfar til Huset Capet i Bourgogne. Pope Gregory V called on King Robert to repudiate his wife in 998 on grounds of consanguinity. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. It is, however, supported by the presence of the king and queen at a donation by Comte Manassès in 1031[191]. (help, get involved!). He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. [6] She was many years his senior. 241-60, 242 footnote 8. Robert II, fils d'Hugues Capet, roi de France de 996 à 1031, fut un souverain que ses qualités et ses vertus firent béatifier de son vivant par la voix populaire. The marriage was arranged by Robert's father and ended in divorce. m (1006, soon after 25 Jan 1016) RENAUD de Nevers, son of LANDRY Comte de Nevers & his wife Mathilde de Bourgogne-Comté (-killed in battle Sainte-Vertu, Yonne 29 May 1040, bur Auxerre, Saint-Germain). The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XII Kal Aug" of "Rotbertus rex"[155]. (The gain was transitory, for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother, Robert, and it thereafter remained for centuries outside royal control.). Que doit-on en penser ? Pieux mes fesses ! Birth • 3 Sources. ROBERT II, king of France, was a son of Hugh Capet, and was born atOrleans. She was an intriguing and ambitious woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father. 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. In 988 he marriedRosala, or Susanna, widow of Arnold II, count of Flanders. Parents:Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine. [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. [2] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the pretension of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholar have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain. According to Europäische Stammtafeln[193], the wife of Manassès was "Constance [de Dammartin]", presumably on the theory that she brought her husband the county of Dammartin. Le château dans sa longueur suivait l'à-pic. "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. He succeeded his father in 1031 as HENRI I King of France. [165] Guadet, J. 6, pp. He allied himself with Eudes II Comte de Blois in the war against his brother Henri I King of France 1034-1041. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine. He was interred with Constance in Saint Denis Basilica. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV, with whom Hugh was then in disagreement. [155] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cathédrale de Chartres, Nécrologe du xi siècle, p. 16. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them. Robert II le Pieux, roi des Francs de 996 à 1031 (Orléans vers 970 - Melun 1031). Deze informatie is onderdeel van van op … Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. 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. (1840) Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Père de Chartres (Paris) ("Chartres Saint-Père"), I, Liber Quintus, Cap. Hedwig (or Advisa) of France, married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue. Rodulfus Glauber dates her marriage to "about the year 1000"[182]. [166] Liber traditionum sancti Petri Blandiniensis, 102, p. 96. [213] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1060, MGH SS XXIII, p. 792. -Charlotte's Web Geneology http://www.charweb.org/gen/rjones/d0087/g0000016.htm#I468, Burial Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France. King Robert's army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris. 1016. Her marriage was agreed by her father as part of his alliance with Landry Comte de Nevers after capturing Auxerre, which the king gave to his daughter as dowry[198]. He succeeded his father in 1035 as BAUDOUIN V “le Pieux/Insulanus” Count of Flanders. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois, but was also Robert's cousin. Her father gave her the seigneurie of Corbie as her dowry. Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges. 996 à 1031 - Règne de ROBERT II Le Pieux - Le nouveau ROI de France a juste dix sept ans lorsqu'il épouse en 988 Rosala ( fille de Béranger, ex-roi d'Italie exilé en Allemagne, et veuve du comte de Flandre Arnoul II.) The Historia Nivernensium Comitum records that the wife of "Renaldum" was "sorori Regis Roberti, filii Hugonis Capitonis"[196]. [4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30[citation needed] December 987. [1] 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. Robert, despite marital problems that saw him temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders, with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. (1912) Recueil des chartes et documents de Saint-Martin-des-Champs, monastère parisien, Vol. En av Hamon og Elisabeths sønner var øyensynlig Robert Fitzhamon (født mellom 1045-1055 og død 1107) som var en viktig skikkelse i anglo-normannisk historie fra 1087 til 1106. 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. He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[4]. They turned against their father in a civil war over power and property. 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. .. ... .... "Comme pour son père Hugues Capet, on ne connaît ni la date, ni le lieu précis de la naissance de Robert, et cela bien que les historiens penchent fortement pour l’année 972 et pour Orléans, capitale du duché robertien depuis le IXe siècle." The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés records the death "XI Kal Aug" of "regina Constancia"[188]. Den fromme kong Robert II fikk få venner og mange fiender, inkludert sine egne sønner. Hugh died in revolt in 1025. "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. Constance (1014-ukjent), gift med Manasses de Dammartin. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. [192] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.7, p. 107. Le fiston d’Hugues Capet a été au cœur de supers scandales à son époque. Men, disse ekteskap og forbindelser mellom Hamon og hertugene av Normandie har ennå ikke blitt tilfredsstillende bevist. 2. Robert I de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne+ b. c 1011, d. 21 Mar 1076 (5), http://www.thepeerage.com/p10310.htm#i103098, From Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France. Hun var mor til hans følgende barn: Advisa, grevinne av Auxerre, (ca 1003-en gang etter 1063), gift med grev Renaud I av Nevers. 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. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowned his eldest son Hugh as his successor. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. Han var svært musikalsk begavet og var utøvende som komponist og korsanger, skrev poesi, og gjorde sitt palass til et avsondret, religiøst sted hvor han dirigerte gudstjenester, morgenbønn og kveldsbønn i sine kongelige drakt. Rodolfus Glaber records his place of burial[205]. Adela (d. 1079), married firstly Richard III of Normandy and secondly Baldwin V of Flanders. J.D. Il meurt en 1031, à Melun. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children: Hedwig (or known as Advisa of Auxerre), married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issues. December 987 – 24 October 996; Coronation 30[citation needed] December 987, Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. He repudiatedher in 989, fixing his affections up-on Bertha, daughter of Conrad thePeaceful, king of Burgundy, or Arles, and wife of Eudes I, Count ofBlois; and although the pair were related, and the king had beengodfather to one of Bertha's children, they were married in 996, a yearafter the death of Eudes. He was succeeded by his son Henry, in both France and Burgundy. Rodolfus Glaber records the death of Queen Constance in the same city as her husband [Melun] and in the same month [July] in the following year, as well as her place of burial[187]. 6. (ed.) He tried instead to marry Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy, around the time of his father's death. A la suite des intrigues de la reine Constance, son fils et successeur Henri Ier renoncera à ce riche duché qui sera cédé en apanage à Robert, le plus jeune des fils du roi, une vingtaine d'années plus tard.