Robert I, Count of Dreux
Robert I Capet
Bornc. 1123
Died11 October 1188(1188-10-11) (aged 64–65)
probably Braine
Noble familyHouse of Dreux
Spouse(s)Agnes de Garlande
Hawise of Salisbury
Agnes de Baudemont
FatherLouis VI of France
MotherAdélaide 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

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

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ Previté-Orton 1979, p. 462.
  2. ^ Wood 1966, p. 7.
  3. ^ a b Michel 1902, p. 69.
  4. ^ Power 2004, p. 239.
  5. ^ Fedorenko 2013, p. 170.
  6. ^ a b Power 2004, p. 214.
  7. ^ Suger 2018, p. 167.
  8. ^ Selina Denman (25 May 2016). "The city gardener: the damask rose's history and appeal". The National News.
  9. ^ a b c d e Guyotjeannin 2000, p. 16.
  10. ^ Dyggve 1935, p. 73.
  11. ^ Dyggve 1942, p. 11.
  12. ^ a b Pollock 2015, p. 92.
  13. ^ a b Gilbert of Mons 2005, p. 110.
  14. ^ Pollock 2015, p. 145.

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Robert I, Count of Dreux House of DreuxCadet branch of the Capetian dynastyBorn: c. 1123 Died: 11 October 1188 New creation Count of Dreux 1137–1184 Succeeded byRobert II
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