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Robert I, Count of Dreux

Count of Dreux (1137–1184)

Robert I, Count of Dreux
Robert I Capet
Born	c. 1123
Died	11 October 1188(1188-10-11) (aged 64–65) probably Braine
Noble family	House of Dreux
Spouse(s)	Agnes de Garlande Hawise of Salisbury Agnes de Baudemont
Father	Louis VI of France
Mother	Adélaide de Maurienne

Robert I of Dreux, nicknamed the Great (c. 1123 – 11 October 1188), was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.^[1]

Life[edit]

In 1137 he received the County of Dreux as an appanage from his father.^[2] He held this title until 1184 when he granted it to his son Robert II.

In 1139 he married Agnes de Garlande.^[3] In 1145, he married Hawise of Salisbury,^[4] becoming count of Perche, as regent to his stepson Rotrou IV. By his third marriage to Agnes de Baudemont in 1152,^[5] he received the County of Braine-sur-Vesle, and the lordships of Fère-en-Tardenois, Pontarcy, Nesle, Longueville, Quincy-en-Tardenois, Savigny, and Baudemont.^[6]

Robert I participated in the Second Crusade and was at the Siege of Damascus in 1148.^[7] He was credited for bringing the Damask rose from Syria to Europe.^[8] In 1158, he fought against the English and participated in the Siege of Séez in 1154.

Marriages and children[edit]

1. Agnes de Garlande (1122–1143), daughter of Anseau de Garlande, count of Rochefort.^[3]

• Simon (1141 – bef. 1182), lord of La Noue

2. Hawise of Salisbury (1118–1152),^[9] widow of Rotrou III and daughter of Walter Fitz Edward of Salisbury, SheriffofWiltshire

• Adèle of Dreux (1145 – aft. 1210), married firstly Valéran III, count of Breteuil,^[10] secondly Guy II, lord of Châtillon-sur-Marne,^[11] thirdly Jean I de Thorotte, fourthly Raoul III de Nesle, count of Soissons.^[12]
• Alice or Adelheid (1144–?)

3. Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine, widow of Milo III of Bar-sur-Seine (1130 – c. 1202).^[6]

• Robert II (1154–1218), count of Dreux and Braine.^[13]
• Henry (1155–1199), bishop of Orléans^[9]
• Alix (1156 – aft. 1217), married Raoul I, lord of Coucy^[12]
• Philippe (1158–1217), bishop of Beauvais.^[13]
• Isabella (1160–1239), married Hugh III of Broyes^[14]
• Peter (1161–1186)^[9]
• William (1163 – aft. 1189), lord of Braye, Torcy, and Chilly^[9]
• John (1164 – aft. 1189)^[9]
• Mamilie (1166–1200)
• Margaret (1167–?), nun

References[edit]

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