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Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.

He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the Angevin Kings between 1193 and 1204. Count Robert had seized the castle of Nonancourt from Richard I of England while he was imprisoned in Germany in late-1193. The count also participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.

His first marriage with Mahaut de Bourgogne (1150–1192) in 1178 ended with separation in 1181 and produced no children. His second marriage to Yolande de Coucy (1164–1222) produced several children, the sons including Robert III (c. 1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, Peter (c. 1190–1250), Duke of Brittany, Henry of Dreux (c. 1193–1240) Archbishop of Reims and John of Dreux (c. 1198–1239), Count of Vienne and Mâcon.

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Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.[1]

He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre[2] and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the Angevin Kings between 1193 and 1204. Count Robert had seized the castle of Nonancourt from Richard I of England while he was imprisoned in Germany in late-1193. The count also participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.

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   * 1 Marriages and Children

   * 2 Ancestry

   * 3 Notes

   * 4 References

[edit] Marriages and Children

His first marriage with Mahaut of Burgundy (1150–1192) in 1178 ended with separation in 1181 and produced no children. The excuse for the annullment was consangunity. Mahaut and Robert were both great-great grandchildren William I, Count of Burgundy and his wife Etiennete and they were both Capetian descendants of Robert II of France. [3]

His second marriage to Yolande de Coucy (1164–1222) produced several children:[4]

   * Robert III (c. 1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine,

   * Peter (c. 1190–1250), Duke of Brittany.

   * Henry of Dreux (c. 1193–1240) Archbishop of Reims and

   * John of Dreux (c. 1198–1239), Count of Vienne and Mâcon.

   * Philippa (1192–1242), who married Henry II of Bar.

   * Alix of Dreux, married Walter IV of Vienne, Lord of Salins, then married Renard II of Choiseul.[5]

[edit] Ancestry

16. Henry I of France

8. Philip I of France

17. Anne of Kiev

4. Louis VI of France

18. Floris I, Count of Holland

9. Bertha of Holland

19. Gertrude of Saxony

2. Robert I of Dreux

20. Amadeus II, Count of Savoy

10. Humbert II, Count of Savoy

21. Joan of Geneva

5. Adelaide of Maurienne

22. William I, Count of Burgundy

11. Gisela of Burgundy

23. Etiennete

1. Robert II of Dreux

12. Andre de Baudément

6. Guy de Baudement

13. Agnes

3. Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine

7. Alix, Dame de Braine

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Gislebertus of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, Trans. Laura Napran, (Boydell Press, 2005), 110.

  2. ^ Nicholson, Robert Lawrence, Joscelyn III and the fall of the crusader states 1134-1199, (Brill, 1973), 184.

  3. ^ Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la race Capétienne, Vol.3, Ed. Ernest Petit, (Imprimerie Darantiere, 1889), 32.

  4. ^ Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, Vol.2, Ed. Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, (Contant Laguerre Imprimeur Editeur, 1903), 236.

  5. ^ Evergates, Theodore, Aristocratic women in medieval France, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 102.

[edit] References

   * Evergates, Theodore, Aristocratic women in medieval France, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.

   * Gislebertus of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, Trans. Laura Napran, Boydell Press, 2005.

   * Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la race Capétienne, Vol.3, Ed. Ernest Petit, Imprimerie Darantiere, 1889.

   * Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, Vol.2, Ed. Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, Contant Laguerre Imprimeur Editeur, 1903.

   * Nicholson, Robert Lawrence, Joscelyn III and the fall of the crusader states 1134-1199, Brill, 1973.

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Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.[1]

He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre[2] and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the Angevin Kings between 1193 and 1204. Count Robert had seized the castle of Nonancourt from Richard I of England while he was imprisoned in Germany in late-1193. The count also participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.

Contents [hide]

1 Marriages and Children

2 Tomb

3 Ancestry

4 Notes

5 References

[edit] Marriages and Children

His first marriage with Mahaut of Burgundy (1150–1192) in 1178 ended with separation in 1181 and produced no children. The excuse for the annulment was consangunity. Mahaut and Robert were both great-great grandchildren William I, Count of Burgundy and his wife Etiennete and they were both Capetian descendants of Robert II of France.[3]

His second marriage to Yolande de Coucy (1164–1222) produced several children:[4]

Robert III (c. 1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine,

Peter (c. 1190–1250), Duke of Brittany.

Henry of Dreux (c. 1193–1240) Archbishop of Reims and

John of Dreux (c. 1198–1239), Count of Vienne and Mâcon.

Philippa (1192–1242), who married Henry II of Bar.

Alix of Dreux, married Walter IV of Vienne, Lord of Salins, then married Renard II of Choiseul.[5]

[edit] Tomb

Count Robert's tomb bore the following inscription, in Medieval Latin hexameters with internal rhyme:

Stirpe satus rēgum, pius et custōdia lēgum,

Brannę Rōbertus comes hīc requiescit opertus,

Et jacet Agnētis situs ad vestīgia mātris.

Of which the translation is: "Born from the race of kings, and a devoted guardian of the laws, Robert, Count of Braine, here rests covered, and lies buried by the remains of his mother Agnes."

It is also dated Anno Gracię M. CC. XVIII. die innocentum, that is, "In the Year of Grace 1218, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents."

[edit] Ancestry

 16. Henry I of France 

 8. Philip I of France   

 17. Anne of Kiev 

 4. Louis VI of France   

 18. Floris I, Count of Holland 

 9. Bertha of Holland   

 19. Gertrude of Saxony 

 2. Robert I of Dreux   

 20. Amadeus II, Count of Savoy 

 10. Humbert II, Count of Savoy   

 21. Joan of Geneva 

 5. Adelaide of Maurienne   

 22. William I, Count of Burgundy 

 11. Gisela of Burgundy   

 23. Etiennete 

 1. Robert II of Dreux   

 12. Andre de Baudément   

 6. Guy de Baudement   

 13. Agnes   

 3. Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine   

 7. Alix, Dame de Braine   

[edit] Notes

1.^ Gislebertus of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, Trans. Laura Napran, (Boydell Press, 2005), 110.

2.^ Nicholson, Robert Lawrence, Joscelyn III and the fall of the crusader states 1134-1199, (Brill, 1973), 184.

3.^ Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la race Capétienne, Vol.3, Ed. Ernest Petit, (Imprimerie Darantiere, 1889), 32.

4.^ Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, Vol.2, Ed. Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, (Contant Laguerre Imprimeur Editeur, 1903), 236.

5.^ Evergates, Theodore, Aristocratic women in medieval France, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 102.

[edit] References

Evergates, Theodore, Aristocratic women in medieval France, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.

Gislebertus of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, Trans. Laura Napran, Boydell Press, 2005.

Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la race Capétienne, Vol.3, Ed. Ernest Petit, Imprimerie Darantiere, 1889.

Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, Vol.2, Ed. Société des lettres, sciences et arts de Bar-le-Duc, Contant Laguerre Imprimeur Editeur, 1903.

Nicholson, Robert Lawrence, Joscelyn III and the fall of the crusader states 1134-1199, Brill, 1973.

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Robert I Count of Dreux

1184–1218 Succeeded by

Robert III

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Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.

He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the Angevin Kings between 1193 and 1204. Count Robert had seized the castle of Nonancourt from Richard I of England while he was imprisoned in Germany in late-1193. The count also participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.

His first marriage with Mahaut de Bourgogne (1150–1192) in 1178 ended with separation in 1181 and produced no children. His second marriage to Yolande de Coucy (1164–1222) produced several children, the sons including Robert III (c. 1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, Peter (c. 1190–1250), Duke of Brittany, Henry of Dreux (c. 1193–1240) Archbishop of Reims and John of Dreux (c. 1198–1239), Count of Vienne and Mâcon. There was also a daughter, Philippa (1192–1242), who married Henry II of Bar.

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Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.

He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the Angevin Kings between 1193 and 1204. Count Robert had seized the castle of Nonancourt from Richard I of England while he was imprisoned in Germany in late-1193. The count also participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.

His first marriage with Mahaut de Bourgogne (1150–1192) in 1178 ended with separation in 1181 and produced no children. His second marriage to Yolande de Coucy (1164–1222) produced several children, the sons including Robert III (c. 1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, Peter (c. 1190–1250), Duke of Brittany, Henry of Dreux (c. 1193–1240) Archbishop of Reims and John of Dreux (c. 1198–1239), Count of Vienne and Mâcon.

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Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.

He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the Angevin Kings between 1193 and 1204. Count Robert had seized the castle of Nonancourt from Richard I of England while he was imprisoned in Germany in late-1193. The count also participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.

His first marriage with Mahaut de Bourgogne (1150–1192) in 1178 ended with separation in 1181 and produced no children. His second marriage to Yolande de Coucy (1164–1222) produced several children, the sons including Robert III (c. 1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, Peter (c. 1190–1250), Duke of Brittany, Henry of Dreux (c. 1193–1240) Archbishop of Reims and John of Dreux (c. 1198–1239), Count of Vienne and Mâcon. -------------------- Robert II of Dreux

Born 1154

Died December 28, 1218

Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.

He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the Angevin Kings between 1193 and 1204. Count Robert had seized the castle of Nonancourt from Richard I of England while he was imprisoned in Germany in late-1193. The count also participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.

His first marriage with Mahaut de Bourgogne (1150–1192) in 1178 ended with separation in 1181 and produced no children. His second marriage to Yolande de Coucy (1164–1222) produced several children, the sons including Robert III (c. 1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, Peter (c. 1190–1250), Duke of Brittany, Henry of Dreux (c. 1193–1240) Archbishop of Reims and John of Dreux (c. 1198–1239), Count of Vienne and Mâcon.