Robert Fortis Duke FRANCE, COUNT OF ORLEANS
Robert I (865-923), the younger son of Robert THE STRONG, count of Anjou succeeded his elder brother Eudes, or Odo, King of the Western FRanks, as Duke of the Franks in 888; but after his brother's death in 898 Robert chose to recognize the authority of the Carolingian King, Charles III, the Simple. Robert conducted several expeditions against the Normans and in 922 revolted against Charles III, whom he drove into Lorraine, and his himself crowned King of the Franks in the same year at Reims. The following year he was defeated and slain at Soissons during a fierce battle with Charles.
He married Adelaide Princess of West Abt 849 at France . Adelaide Princess of West was born at of Tours, France Abt 804 daughter of Louis the Pious HolyRoman Empire, Emp of the West and Ermengarde Empress of HolyRoman Empire .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Miss Countess of Vermandois
born Abt 830.
Eudes King of France, King of W.Franks
born Abt 858.
Richard Duke of Bourgogne
born Abt 864.
Richildes de Blois
born Abt 866.
Robert I King France, Count of Paris
born Abt 850.
Robert Fortis Duke France, Count of Orleans died 25 Aug 866 at Anjou, France .