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Robert de Flanders

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ID I11320      
User ID Reference C07E591E3B294856A616C982A0BFB95B31B7      
User ID Reference LC88-ZX4      
Gender Male Gender    
Name Robert de Flanders    
Occupation Count Robert I of Flanders
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  • !Defeated Philip I of France near Cassel in 1071. Also killed his nephew and captured his sister-in-law in this battle. The victory made him Count of Flanders but destroyed his relationship with his brother-in-law, William I. Thereafter Robert's main interest was in his imperial fiefs and in expansion eastwards. He relied for the protection of Flanders on his feudal lord, the king of France, rather than on William I. The relationship between King Philip I and Robert was confirmed upon the marriage of his stepdaughter, Bertha of Holland, to the king. He gave his eldest daughter in marriage to Cnut II of Denmark. [Timetables of History] !William I was affronted by the slaying of his steward and friend, William fitzOsbern, who had come to the aid of Arnulf III and Richildis, who Robert had killed or captured at Bavinchove, near Cassel. Thereafter relations between the two were strained even though they were brothers-in-law. Moreover, Robert, whose main interest was in his imperial fiefs and in expansion eastwards, preferred to rely for the protection of Flanders on his feudal lord, the king of France, rather than on his brother-in-law. He lengthened the breach between the two by giving his daughter in marriage to Cnut II of Denmark. [William I and the Norman Conquest] Used the tactic of feigning flight, then turning to overwhelm his pursuing enemy at the battle of Cassel in 1071. [The Norman Achievement, p. 77] Robert became Baldwin VI and reigned until his death in 1093. He was succeeded by his son Robert II, who became Baldwin Forester VII. [House of Forrester, p. 5-6] Son of Baldwin V and Princess Adela. [WFT Vol 4 Ped 1222] Count of Flanders 1071, Count of Holland 1062-71; son of Baldwin V de Lille and Adele of France; m. Gertrude of Saxony. [Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, and Other Ancestors, Chart 3345c] b. 1035, d. 3 Oct 1089; Son of Baldwin V of flandera dn Adelheid of France; m. Gertrude of Sachsen; father of: 1. Adele who m. Knut of Denmark 2. Robert II 3. Philipp 4. Otgivea 5. Gertrude [Barbara A. LeRoy
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54 Total Ancestors
Generation 1
[ 1.01   2]   Robert de Flanders (1035-1093)
Generation 2
[ 1.02   3]   Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012-1067)
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[ 2.01   4]   Adele of France (1009-1079)
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Generation 3
[ 1.03   5]   Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders (980-1035)
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[ 2.02   7]   King Robert Capet, II (972-1031)
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[ 3.01   6]   Otgive Aachen of Luxembourge, Countess of Flanders (986-1030)
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[ 4.01   8]   Constance of Arles (988-1032)
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Generation 4
[ 1.04   9]   Count Arnolph II le Jeune of Flanders (961-987)
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[ 2.03  13]   King Hugh Capet (~936-996)
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[ 3.02  11]   Frederick I of Luxembourg (965-1019)
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[ 4.02  14]   Guillaume II William of Provence (~950->993)
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[ 5.01  10]   Rozala di Ivrea (~960-1003)
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[ 6.01  12]   Ermentrude de Wetterau, Countess Of Gleiberg (960-1024)
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[ 7.01*   ]   Adelais de Poitou (~950-1004)
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[ 8.01  15]   Countess Adelaide d’Anjou (947-1026)
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Generation 5
[ 1.05  16]   Arnoul Flandre Count of Flanders (889-965)
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[ 2.04  23]   Hugues Magnus (~899-956)
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[ 3.03*   ]   Siegfrid von Oberlothringen (~922-998)
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[ 4.03  25]   Boso, II of Arles (920-968)
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[ 5.02  18]   Berengar II, King of Italy (900-966)
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[ 6.02  21]   Heribert von Gleiberg (925-992)
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[ 8.02  27]   Fulk II, Count of Anjou (905-960)
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[ 9.01  17]   Adele of Vermandois (910-960)
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[10.01  19]   Willa of Tuscany (~912-970)
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[11.01  20]   Hedwig (Heilwig; Countess of Nordgau) von Nordgau (937-992)
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[12.01  22]   Irmtrud of Avalgau (957-1020)
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[13.01  24]   Hedwige or Hartwige (~909-965)
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[14.01  26]   Constance of Vienne (890-963)
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[15.01  28]   Gerberge, Countess of Anjou (~912-952)
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Generation 6
[ 1.06*   ]   _____ Baldwin, II (~850-918)
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[ 2.05*   ]   King Robert, I of the Franks (866-923)
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[ 4.04*   ]   Rotboald de Provence (895-949)
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[ 5.03*   ]   Adalbert I, Count of Ivrea (875-923)
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[ 6.03*   ]   Udo von Wetterau (~882-949)
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[ 8.03*   ]   Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870-942)
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[ 9.02*   ]   Count Herbert De Vermandois and Meaux (~880-943)
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[10.02*   ]   Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (~875-)
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[11.02*   ]   Eberhard IV Von Nordgau (~910-966)
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[12.02*   ]   Megingoz van Avalgau (920-998)
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[13.02*   ]   Henry I `The Fowler` Saxony (876-936)
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[14.02*   ]   Charles, Count of Vienne, Constantine (900-962)
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[15.02*   ]   Hugues, II (890-956)
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[16.01*   ]   _____ Aelfthryth (~850-)
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[17.01*   ]   Adele Liegarde Hildebrante of Neustria (880-931)
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[18.01*   ]   Gisela of Friuli (880-910)
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[19.01*   ]   Willa Princess of Burgundy (875-918)
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[20.01*   ]   Bertha de Metz (~915-986)
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[21.01*   ]   Kunigunde von Vermandois (900-949)
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[22.01*   ]   Gerberge Van De Bidgau (~925-996)
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[23.01*   ]   Beatrice de Vermandois (880-931)
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[24.01*   ]   Matilda of Ringelheim,, Queen of the Franks, Duchess of Saxony (895-968)
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[25.01*   ]   Ermengarda of Arles (~880-~970)
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[26.01*   ]   Thiberge DE TROYES (~870-960)
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[27.01*   ]   Roscille de Loches, Countess of Anjou (~877-929)
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[28.01*   ]   Hedwig (Judith) (~892-)
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