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Robert "The Strong"

Male - 866


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  • Name Robert "The Strong"  
    Gender Male 
    Death 866  Brissarthe, Anjou, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I2309  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 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 
    1. [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.".