Robert Eudes II Capet King of the FRANCE, SIR HRH
Birth:
860
Bourgogne, France
Death:
15 Jun 923
Soissons, France
Burial:
Abt Jun 923
Marriage:
Abt 895
Notes:
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Robert I (b. c. 865--d. June 15, 923, Soissons, Fr.), younger son of Robert the Strong of Neustria, and briefly king of France (922-923), or West Francia. His decisive victory over the Northmen at Chartres (911) led to a treaty settling one group of these fierce warriors in Normandy.
Robert faithfully served his older brother, King Eudes, during Eudes's reign (888-898). Though on Eudes's death he became one of the most powerful Frankish lords, inheriting all the family lands between the Seine and the Loire rivers, he swore fealty with other magnates to the new king, the Carolingian Charles III the Simple. Nevertheless, he was already served in his domains by viscounts, officials usually regarded as instruments of regal power. From 911 onward, his role became more decisive: his defeat of the Northmen at Chartres paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which Charles assigned them territory in Normandy.
Robert's military success greatly enhanced his prestige, and dissension between him and the King became undisguised. When Charles III imprudently offered preferment exclusively to lords from Lorraine, the Neustrian lords, led by Robert, broke into open revolt. About 921, Robert, supported by many of the clergy and by some of the most powerful Frankish nobles, 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. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Count of Paris and Poitiers, anti-king of France, Duke of France, Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]
Was the King of France.
Duke of Anjou and Blois. King of The Franks, crowned at Reims, 20 JUN922-923. In 922 he led the rebellion against King Charles III (CharlesThe Simple) and was crowned King at Rheims by a party of nobles.
Soon after he was Killed in Action in a Battle near Soissons, abattle against the same Charles III, who marched against him. He wassucceeded by his son-in-law, Raoul.
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He was the Duke of France, chosen king in 922. He was born
posthumously.
Beatrix VERMANDOIS, QUEEN OF FRANCE LADY
Birth:
Abt 877
Vermandois, Normandy, France
Death:
Mar 930/31
Notes:
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Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Abt 896
Vermandois, Normandy, France
Death:
943
Notes:
2 GIVN Hildebrante (Liegarde) Countes
2 SURN VERMANDO
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2
Birth:
Abt 898
France
Death:
May 934
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3
Birth:
Abt 900
Paris, Isle de France
Death:
17 Jun 956
Deurdan, Dourdan, Isle de France
Notes:
2 GIVN Hugh the Great of Neustria
2 SURN CAPET
2 NSFX , Count of Paris
Hugh THE GREAT, also called HUGH THE WHITE, French HUGUES LE GRAND, or HUGUES LE BLANC (d. June 16/17, 956), duke of the Franks, count of Paris, and progenitor of the Capetian kings of France. He was the most powerful man in the kingdom of France (West Francia) during the reign of Louis IV d'Outremer and the early years of King Lothair.
Son of a king (Robert I), father of another (Hugh Capet), and brother-in-law of three more (Rudolf of France, Athelstan of England, and Otto of Germany), Hugh possessed such vast territories that he could easily have assumed the crown on the death of Rudolf in 936. Preferring to work from behind the throne, he instead suggested the accession of Louis IV, son of the deposed Charles III the Simple. Louis proved no puppet, however, and his reign saw an almost constant struggle between King and Duke in which all the great magnates of France, Otto I of Germany, and the dukes of Lorraine were at one time or another involved. In 945 Louis fell into Hugh's hands and was incarcerated for a year before pressure from abroad and public opinion at home brought his release. Excommunicated by French and German councils and by the Pope, Hugh finally submitted to Louis in 951.
On the death of the King three years later, Hugh again turned down the opportunity to become king, plumping instead for Louis's young son, Lothair; but for his last two years Hugh was effectively the ruler of France. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
Called The Great, Surnamed The White, Duke of France and Burgundy.Count
of Paris.
A French Duke, he waived his pretensions to the throne in favor ofRaoul in
923, Louis IV in 936 and Lothair in 954, declining three times to beKing.
He devoted himself to ruling his vast territories. From 954 until hisdeath,
however, he virtually ruled all of France.
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Robert Eudes II Capet King of the France, Sir Hrh - Beatrix Vermandois, Queen of France Lady
Robert Eudes II Capet King of the France, Sir Hrh
was born at Bourgogne, France 860.
His parents were Rutpert IV Robert the Strong Blois Count of Orlean Anjou, and Blois Sir and Adelaide Tours Poitou, Alsace Countess of Anjour Princess Holy RomanLady.
He married Beatrix Vermandois, Queen of France Lady Abt 895 . Beatrix Vermandois, Queen of France Lady was born at Vermandois, Normandy, France Abt 877 daughter of Herbert I Count of Senlis Count of Vermandois, Sir and Beatrice(Bertha) Countess of Vermandois Senlis Morvois, Lady .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Hildebrante Adela (Liegarde) Princess of France, Hrh
born Abt 896.
Emma I Capet Princess of France, Hrh
born Abt 898.
Hugh I the Great "Magnus" "the White" Duke of France, and Burgundy Hrh
born Abt 900.
Robert Eudes II Capet King of the France, Sir Hrh died 15 Jun 923 at Soissons, France .
Beatrix Vermandois, Queen of France Lady died Mar 930/31 .