Robert "The Strong"

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• Name	Robert "The Strong"
  Gender	Male
  Death	866	Brissarthe, Anjou, France   [1]
  Person ID	I2309	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert   d. Bef 19 Feb 834
  Mother	Waldrade   d. Aft 19 Feb 834
  Family ID	F2043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Robert I, King of France   d. 15 Jun 923, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France
  Family ID	F3354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Duke of France. Marquess in Neustria, ca. 861-866. Count of Anjou, before 853?-865. Count of Blois, 865. Count of Auxerre and Nevers, 865-866. Count of Autun. Lay-abbot of Marmoutier, 852. Lay-abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours, 866. Also called Robert "le Fort"; Robert "Fortis"; Rutpert IV Count of Wormgau. Killed at the Battle of Brissarthe while defending Francia against a joint Breton-Viking raiding party led by Salomon, King of Brittany, and the Viking chieftain Hastein. "Robert's wife (or wives) cannot be unambiguously identified." [The Henry Project]

  
  

• Sources

  [S91] The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, by Stewart Baldwin, Todd A. Farmerie, and Peter Stewart., "[P]ossibly 15 Sep.".