NAMUR Robert

0916 - 0981  (~ 65 years)

• Name	NAMUR Robert
  Birth	0916	Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire
  Gender	Male
  Death	0981	Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire
  Notes	Robert de Namur (later Robert I Comte de Namur) was the Count of Namur by 946 succeeding to the title previously held by Berengar Comte de Namur. Since no intervening counts are noted between Berengar and Robert, it is presumed that Robert was the direct successor and son of Berengar but the relationship between the two is not considered to be certain. [1] [2] Marriage and Family The name of Robert's wife is uncertain, but the couple had four or five children, the eldest of whom succeeded Robert as Albert I Comte de Namur. [1] Death Rousseau knows of no records of Robert between 974, when his son Albert I first appears in a record as count. Therefore he reasons that he died in the period 974-981. Research Notes Relative noted Rousseau (p.xxx) notes one record of a relative of Robert: Sigebert de Gembloux dans ses Gesta abbatum Gemblacensiam représente notre comte Robert comme le plus puissant des nepotes de Guibert de Gembloux [MGH, SS, VIII, p. 533.]. Proposed wife (controversial) Félix Rousseau (p.XXXVI) points out that no document exists which names a wife for Robert. But he proposed that she might be the Ermengarde mentioned in the Gesta of St Truiden as a Countess of Namur who was grandmother of Bishop Balderic II of Liège (became Bishop 1008). It is only based on chronological reasoning that Rousseau proposed her to be Robert's wife, rather than another count of Namur. To make this proposal: Rousseau had to reject the same source concerning its description of Ermengarde's father Duke Otto, and propose that an earlier Duke Otto was intended. Rousseau had to reject a simpler proposal, that Ermengarde was the same person mentioned in other sources concerning the comital families of Namur and Loon/Liege, who was a sister of Duke Otto instead of being a daughter. (As indeed would be the ancestor of Duke Godefried of Bouillon which the Gesta also mentions.) Other refs Gestorum Abbatem Trudonensium Continuatio Tertia 1007, MGH SS X, p. 382 google (later edition of de Borman is more complete; see Vol.2 p.139) Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 Comtes de Namur 907-1190 by Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, v.5.0 Updated 27 Feb 2025; see also WikiTree's source page for MedLands) ↑ Rousseau, Félix (Conservateur aux Archives du Royaume). Actes des Comtes de Namur de la Première Race (946-1196) (1936, Marcel, Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Académie Royale de Belgique); disponible via Commission Royale d'Histoire de la Belgique Actes des Comtes de Namur (946-1196) cf. pp xx-xxviii - Bérenger; xxix-xxxvi - Robert Ier
  Person ID	I58991	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	NAMUR Berengar,   b. Abt 0880, Namur, Lotharingia d. Bef 0946, Namur, Lotharingia (Age < 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	REGINAR Ada,   b. Aft 0890, Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. Abt 0933, Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age < 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 0924	Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire
  Family ID	F26242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. NAMUR Albert,   b. 0968, Namur, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. Bef 1011, Namur, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age ~ 42 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026