Robert I of Dreux

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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 of 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 of 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 of Garlande (1122–1143), daughter of Anseau of 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, Sheriff of Wiltshire

  • Adele (1145 – aft. 1210), married firstly Valéran III, count of Breteuil,[10] secondly Guy II, lord of Châtillon-sur-Marne,[11] thirdly John I of Thorotte, fourthly Ralph, count of Soissons.[12]
  • Alice or Adelheid (1144–?)

3. Agnes of 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]
  • Alice (1156 – aft. 1217), married Ralph I, lord of Coucy[12]
  • Philip (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

  1. 1.Previté-Orton 1979, p. 462.
  2. 2.Wood 1966, p. 7.
  3. 3.[3.2]Michel 1902, p. 69.
  4. 4.Power 2004, p. 239.
  5. 5.Fedorenko 2013, p. 170.
  6. 6.[6.2]Power 2004, p. 214.
  7. 7.Suger 2018, p. 167.
  8. 8.Selina Denman (25 May 2016). "The city gardener: the damask rose's history and appeal". The National News.
  9. 9.[9.2][9.3][9.4][9.5]Guyotjeannin 2000, p. 16.
  10. 10.Dyggve 1935, p. 73.
  11. 11.Dyggve 1942, p. 11.
  12. 12.[12.2]Pollock 2015, p. 92.
  13. 13.[13.2]Gilbert of Mons 2005, p. 110.
  14. 14.Pollock 2015, p. 145.