Also known as Rodbert and Robert de Vermandois.
Events
Date of Birth: between 931 and 934.
The date is given by Settipani (p. 231).
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: after 19 June 966.
The date is given by Baldwin and by Settipani (p. 231).
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Heribert II, count of Meaux, of Soissons, and of Vermandois.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:49), by Settipani (p. 230), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Baldwin.
Mother: a daughter of Robert I, king of France.
This relationship is given by Settipani (p. 230), and by Baldwin, who states that there is no clear documenation for her name. Père Anselme (1:49) calls her Hildebrante, but expresses doubt that the marriage in fact took place: “Cette alliance est suspecte, car il n’y en a pas de preuves assurées.” (Baldwin notes that the relationship is recorded by Flodoard, who states that Heribert’s wife was a sister of Hugues the Great.) Père Anselme also notes that there are problems with consanguinity, since Robert’s wife, Beatrix de Vermandois, was closely related to Heribert. Baldwin notes that Robert’s wife, Beatrix, is no longer accepted by current scholarship to be from the Vermandois family, and, in any case, Heribert’s wife may be the daughter of another wife of Robert. Settipani suggests that her name may have been Adela. Baldwin is skeptical of this possibility.
Spouse: Adélaïde dite Werra, daughter of Giselbert, count of Chalon and of Troyes, duke of Burgundy.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:49), by Settipani (p. 232), by Bouchard (p. 53), and by Baldwin.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)
Heribert (died 28 January, 995 or 996).
Adèle married Geoffroy I “Grisegonelle”, count of Anjou, about 965.
References
Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Robert” in The Henry Project.
Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).
Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).