1512882502. Duke Robert I of Burgundy &
1512882503. Duchess Helie of Samur & 756441088. Comte Geoffrey of Gatinais
& 756441089. Ctss Ermengard of Anjou
1011, Robert
born in France, 3rd s/o 1512882198. Robert II of France &
1512882199. Constance of Arles.
~1015,
Geoffrey born in Perche, France, s/o §§Comte Hugues Gâtinais du Perche & Ctss Beatrix de
Mâcon.
1016, Elie
born in France, d/o §§Seigneur
Dalmas I de Samur-en-Brionnais & Dame Aramburge ?.
1016, King
Robert II recognized by the Church for his claim on Burgundy, made his son
Henry the Duke of Burgundy.
1018,
Ermengarde born in Anjou, d/o 1512882176.
Comte Fulk III Nerra of Anjou & 1512882177. Ctss Hildegarde de Metz.
1025, Robert
joined his older brothers in their rebellion against their father.
9/17/1025,
Robert’s eldest brother, and co-King, Hugh died; his brother Henry succeeding.
Queen Constance did not support Henry’s succession, favoring her 3rd
son Robert.
5/14/1027, Henry I crowned King at Reims while his
father was still living [‘rex designatus’, which would continue as a
house-of-Capet tradition.]
5/26/1028,
Francon Bishop of Paris … concerning a prior grant by the bishop's predecessor
to ‘Gosfrido comiti Landonensi castri’, with the approval of ‘fratribus ipsius
Alberici, filiis Hugonis Pertice … Gosfredo [Count Geoffrey of Gainais] et
Letoldo.’
1029-30, ‘King’ Henry and his brother Robert rebelled against their
father.
1030, Robert’s father named him as heir to the Duchy of Burgundy.
7/20/1031, Henry I succeeded on the death of their father.
1031-2,
Robert, supported by his mother, in rebellion against his brother the King.
7/28/1032,
Robert’s mother died.
1032, King
Henry made his younger brother Robert the Duke of Burgundy.
1032, King
Henry, at Fecamp, receives homage from his brother Duke Robert, who also gets
the Vexin.
9/1032,
Burgundy invaded [unsuccessfully] by Odo of Champagne.
[–––Robert & Helie–––]
1033, Robert
married Helie.
1033, The 1000th anniversary of the death of
Christ; a year of famine and torrential rain in France. (S) The Age of
Pilgrimage, Sumpton, 2003, P190.
1034, A
charter of donation to Saint-Etienne de Dijon subscribed by ‘Roberti ducis et
uxoris sue’.
1034,
Robert’s mother died.
[––Geoffrey
& Ermengarde––]
1035,
Geoffrey married Ermengarde.
1038, Count
Rainald of Burgundy, when other counts of of Burgundy gathered in Solothurn to
offer homage to Conrad II and Henry III; chose to be at the court of Duke
Robert of Burgundy.
5/24/1040, Count
Rainald killed in battle against Duke Robert of Burgundy over control of
Auxerre. (S) Robert the Burgundian, Jessee, P21.
1040, Robert
becamed Comte d’Auxerre when he conquered the county [after the death of
Hugues, bishop of Auxerre.]
1040,
‘Robertus dux Burgundionum’ confirmed the possessions of Cluny, subscribed by
‘Ilie uxoris eius.’
9/22/1040,
‘Robertus Burgundie dux’ renounced rights ‘in villa ... Gilliacus’ in favour of
Saint-Germain-des-Prés; subscribed by ‘Elie conjugis eius.’
3/1/1043,
‘Robertus … dux et rector inferioris Burgundiæ’ donated property to
Saint-Bénigne-de-Dijon, which names ‘Helie uxoris mee.’
1043-4,
‘Robertus dux Burgundiorum cum uxore mea Helia’ donated ‘terram ... Villare
Bichet …’ to Saint-Germain-des-Prés, with the consent of ‘filiorum nostrorum
Hugonis et Henrici.’
3/1/1046,
Count Geoffrey died.
[––Ermengarde––]
1047, Robert
repudiated Helie [on the grounds of consanguinity.] Helie became a nun.
[–––Robert & Ermengarde–––]
1048, Robert
I, duke of Burgundy, married 2nd widow Ermengarde d’Anjou. [This
marriage is dated from a letter written by Jean Abbot of Fécamp (d.1050) to
Pope Leo IX.]
2/2/1053,
‘Robertus dux et duo filii mei Hugo et Henricus’ renounced rights to revenue
from land ‘in Gilliaco’ in favour of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Aft. 1055,
Elie died.
8/4/1060, Philip I, age 8, succeeded Henry I as King of
France.
1060, Robert lost the county of Auxerre at the council of Autun, which
ended his war with Nevers.
3/20/1066, Haley’s comet appeard in the sky at its closest point to earth, and was interpreted as an evil
omen.
3/18/1076,
Robert murdered with Ermengarde at the church of Fleury-sur-Ouche, Côte d’Or;
both buried at the Abbaye de Saint-Seine, Côte d’Or. [Succeeded by his
grandson.]
(S)
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
Children
of Robert and Elie:
i. Henri le Damoiseau de Bourgogne (1512945948),
born ~1035 in France. [2nd son]
ii. Constance of Burgundy (756441251), born bef.
1045 in France.
Children
of Geoffrey and Ermengarde:
i. Geoffrey of Anjou, born 1040 in Anjou.
Bef. 1060, Geoffrey married Julienne, d/o Hamelin II de Langeais &
Helvise de Mondoubleau.
1062,
Geoffroi le Barbu … Juliette femme de Geoffroi et Foulque frère de Geoffroi
subscribed the charter which records the donation by ‘Robert de Sablé et sa
femme Avoie’ to Marmoutier.
4/1067, Fulk
captured his older brother Count Geoffrey of Anjou at Angers.
1067, Fulk
became count of Anjou. Under pressure from Pope Alexander II and King Philip,
Fulk released Geoffrey.
1068 at
Brissac, Fulk captured Geoffrey again and imprisoned him at Chinon, solidifying
the position of Count of Anjou by giving King Philip Gatinais and
Chateau-Landon. [A papal legate declared Geoffrey insane and absolved Fulk from
fault.]
1096-97, Geoffrey died.
ii. Fulk IV of Anjou (378220544), born 1043 in
Anjou.
Historiæ
Andegavensis names ‘Goffridi de Castro Landono et Ermengardis filia Fulconis
Comitis Andegavensis’ as parents of ‘Fulco comes Andegavensis’.
1096-97,
Fulk wrote a history of Anjou and its rulers including himself.
Children
of Robert and Ermengarde:
iii. Hildegarde of Burgundy (378220553), born ~1050
in France.
1074,
Hildegarde married §§Duke Guillaume VIII of Aquitaine (fl.1061-94,
d.1086), and count of Poitou. (S) Pope Gregory, Cowdrey, 1998, P340. [Duke
Guilllaume’s 3rd wife.]
1104,
Hildegared died.
Son: Duke
Guillaume IX of Aquitaine (189110276) (b. 10/22/1071).
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