Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Count of Anjou

Notes:

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Witichin is traditionally given as Robert's father, but more recent
scholarship disputes this. {See New England Historic and Genealolgical
Register, October, 1963, pp. 268-71.} Robert, Count of Anjou and Blois, was
one of the great leaders in the Carolingian period and became Rector (Lay
Abbot) of St. Martin de Marmoutier, near Tours, in 852. He was killed in
action against the Norsemen. He was created Count of Anjou and of Blois,
and acquired the countships of Auxerre and Nevers. He is remembered for his
heroic defense of the Frankish realm lying between the Seine and Loire
rivers against the Norse and Bretons. His title of "Duke" was military,
not hereditary. Modern scholarship states that he is Rutpert IV, Count in
the Wormsgau as early as 836, whose father is Rutpert III, Count of record
from 812, dead by 834. "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992), line 48, shows
his mother to be Adelaide or Aelis of Tours and Alsace (b. ca. 819, d. ca.
866), widow of Conrad I, Count of Aargau and Auxerre (d. 863) and dau. of
Hugh, Count of Tours.

Family/Spouse: Tours, Adelaide of. Adelaide (daughter of Hugh, Count of Tours III) was born in 819; died in 866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Duke, then King

Notes:

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Robert did not claim the crown on his brother's death in 898, but recognized the Carolingian king, Charles III; Robert continued to defend northern France from Norman attacks as "duke of the Franks"; about 921 he gathered support for his claim, and
drove Charles into Lorraine; 29 June 922 he was crowned at Rheims and the next year faced Charles' attempt to oust him, during which "in a stubborn and sanguinary battle near Soissons, Robert was killed, according to one tradition, in single combat
with his rival." {-Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956 Ed., 19:346} Robert's daughter, Emma, m. Raoul of Burgundy who reigned 923-936.

I married Vermandois, Beatrix de on Yes, date unknown. Beatrix (daughter of Herbert, Count of Vermandois I and de Morvois, Bertha ("Lady Beatrix")) was born in Saint-Quentin, Vermandois, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Adele on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Hugh was one of the founders of the Capetian House in France. He ruled
Burgundy and the heartland of France. His title was Count of Paris, Oreans,
Vexin and Le Mans, Duke of France ("The White Duke").

Prince married Hatwide Princess of Saxony in 938 in Mainz oder Ingelheim. (daughter of Henry, The Emperor of Germany I and Ringelheim, Mathilda of) died on 10 May 965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

of married Herbert, Count of Vermandois IITroyes, France. II (son of Herbert, Count of Vermandois I and de Morvois, Bertha ("Lady Beatrix")) died in 943 in St. Quentin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Eldest son of Hugh the Great, he was a founder of the Capetian House and
lay abbot of the Abbeys of St. Martin of Tours and of St. Denis. His
surname "Capet" may derive from his abbot's cape. He was elected king by
the assembly of Senlis, but he secured the succession for his descendants
by suspending the feudal right of election. He is buried in front of the
altar in the Basilica of the Trinity at St. Denis, France. {Born in winter
of 941 per "Ancestral Roots..." [Balt., 1992] 53-20.}

Hugh married Poitou, Adelaide of on Yes, date unknown. Adelaide (daughter of William Count Of Poitou and Adele) was born in 945; died in 1004. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Alix (or Adele) may be daughter of Herbert II and another wife, Hildebrante of
Neustria.

Alix married Arnulf, Count of Flanders I in Feb 934. I (son of Baldwin, Count of Flanders II and Alfrith, Princess Lady) was born in 890; died on 27 Mar 966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Burgundy, Adelaide of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Luitgarde was widow of Duke William I of Normandy when she m. Theobald I.

Luitgarde married Theobald, Count of Blois, "le Tricheur" I in 943. I (son of Theobald Viscount of Troyes and Bourges, Richilde of) was born in 920; died on 16 Jan 975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Lorraine, Alberade of on Yes, date unknown. Alberade (daughter of Giselbert Duke of Lorraine and Saxony, Gerberga of) was born in 930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 579

Notes:

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{Alternately, Albert I may be son of Herbert I and therefore a brother to
Herbert II. W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry"
(Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.112, shows Herbert II and wife Hildebrand as
parents of Albert I, and Herbert III as son of Albert I and Gerberga of
Lorraine.}

I married Lorraine, Gerberga of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]