Robert I Fasciculus

Abt 970 -

• Name	Robert I Fasciculus
  Birth	Abt 970  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I24773	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family
  Children	+ 1. Robert II Fasciculus
  Family ID	F14857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  From Leo van de Pas: Robert, lord of Béthune in the historic land of Artois, is the progenitor of the house of Béthune. He lived at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries. By the year 1000 Dominus Robertus Faisceuls Bethuniae founded the church of Saint-Barthélemy in Béthune. This is the only historical reference to him. His son Robert II confirmed the foundation a few years later. Robert's nickname 'Fasciculus' is derived from 'fasces', a bundle of rods containing an axe, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of power, in this case as a law-speaking patron (advocate) of the abbey of Saint-Vaast at Arras. However, only his descendants were established in this position as of right.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.