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 0820 - 0866 (~ 45 years)
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| Name |
ROBERTIAN Robert |
| Birth |
0820 |
France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
02 Jul 0866 |
Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Notes |
- Biography
Robert "le fort" (815/30 - 02 Jul 866 Battle of Brissarthe)[1]
Parents
Some secondary sources think Robert's parents are Rodbert, Graf im Wormsgau and Wiltrud, but there are no primary sources to support this.
UNKNOWN[2][1]
Titles
862/3: Count in the march of Anjou[3]
Comte d'Auxerre[4]
865: Comte de Nevers
Marriages
Note: his marital history is very complex; he may have been married three times, but the first two spouses, if real, are shadowy, and the third, Adelaide de Tours, is unlikely actually to have been his wife.
m.1 UNKNOWN (possibly "Agane")[5]
m.2 UNKNOWN.[6] Issue: 3[7]
Eudes (Odo) (after 852 Neustria - 03 Jan 898 La Fère-sur-Ois ), Marquis en Neustrie, b
m Theoderada (d. 18 Oct after 900; p. unknown or father: Adelramn II).
Robert I, King of France (860 - 15 Jun 923 near Soissons)[8]
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m.3 UNKNOWN (possibly Adelais de Tours)[9]
Death
In 866, Robert was killed at the Battle of Brissarthe while, unsurprisingly, defending Francia against a joint Breton-Viking raiding party, led by Salomon, Duke of Brittany, and the Viking chieftain Hastein.
Place: Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
During the battle, Robert had entrapped the Viking commander in a nearby church. Thinking he was not endangered, Robert took off his armour and began to besiege the church. Once Robert was unarmoured, the trapped Vikings launched a surprise attack and killed him.
Sources
↑ Parents edited in accordance the European Aristocrats project. The parents (or lack of parents), were decided upon in consultation with primary sources, especially as collected by FMG's Medieval Lands project.
Note: The identification of him with the son of Rutpert of Wormsgau is very shaky, but not completely without evidence. See the FMG page for details.
http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/rober100.htm
Wikipedia: Robert the Strong; Wikipedia:fr Robert le Fort;
Wikipedia: Battle of Brissarthe
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAPET.htm#_Toc451504273
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| Person ID |
I58273 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
ROBERTIAN Rutpert, b. Abt 0789, Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. Bef 19 Feb 0834, Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age < 45 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
ORLEANS Wiltrud, b. Abt 0790 d. Abt 0840, Germany (Age 50 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
0808 |
Germany |
| Family ID |
F25988 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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