Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Duke, then King

Notes:

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Robert did not claim the crown on his brother's death in 898, but recognized the Carolingian king, Charles III; Robert continued to defend northern France from Norman attacks as "duke of the Franks"; about 921 he gathered support for his claim, and
drove Charles into Lorraine; 29 June 922 he was crowned at Rheims and the next year faced Charles' attempt to oust him, during which "in a stubborn and sanguinary battle near Soissons, Robert was killed, according to one tradition, in single combat
with his rival." {-Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956 Ed., 19:346} Robert's daughter, Emma, m. Raoul of Burgundy who reigned 923-936.

I married Vermandois, Beatrix de on Yes, date unknown. Beatrix (daughter of Herbert, Count of Vermandois I and de Morvois, Bertha ("Lady Beatrix")) was born in Saint-Quentin, Vermandois, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hugh, Duke of France Prince was born in 895; died on 17 Jun 956 in Deurdan; was buried in St. Denis.

I married Adele on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Liegarde, of France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Count of Anjou

Notes:

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Witichin is traditionally given as Robert's father, but more recent
scholarship disputes this. {See New England Historic and Genealolgical
Register, October, 1963, pp. 268-71.} Robert, Count of Anjou and Blois, was
one of the great leaders in the Carolingian period and became Rector (Lay
Abbot) of St. Martin de Marmoutier, near Tours, in 852. He was killed in
action against the Norsemen. He was created Count of Anjou and of Blois,
and acquired the countships of Auxerre and Nevers. He is remembered for his
heroic defense of the Frankish realm lying between the Seine and Loire
rivers against the Norse and Bretons. His title of "Duke" was military,
not hereditary. Modern scholarship states that he is Rutpert IV, Count in
the Wormsgau as early as 836, whose father is Rutpert III, Count of record
from 812, dead by 834. "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992), line 48, shows
his mother to be Adelaide or Aelis of Tours and Alsace (b. ca. 819, d. ca.
866), widow of Conrad I, Count of Aargau and Auxerre (d. 863) and dau. of
Hugh, Count of Tours.

Duke + Tours, Adelaide of. Adelaide (daughter of Hugh, Count of Tours III) was born in 819; died in 866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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When she married Robert, Adelaide ("Aelis") was widow of Conrad I, Count of
Aargau and Auxerre, who died 22 March 863.

Notes:

Married:
his second wife

Notes:

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Rutpert III m. (her 2nd) Wiadruth {parents unknown, but see "Ancestral
Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 48-17 for speculation}. Ruthpert III is known to
history in 812-25 and d. ca. 834.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: also Count of Alsace

Notes:

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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 48-16: "seen 770-807; m. (1) Theoderata,
dead 789; m. (2) Isingard, seen 789."

Notes:

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{This line is presented differently in W.H.Turton,"The Plantagenet
Ancestry"(Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.181,q.v.} Luitride II m. Hiltrude _____.