Robert de France, count of Artois
Events
Date of Birth: September 1216.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Cawley.
Date of Death: 9 February 1250.
Place of Death: Mansurah, Egypt (killed in battle).
The date and place are given by Cawley.
Relationships
Father: Louis VIII “le Lion”, king of France.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:381), by van Eickels, by Sirjean (p. 60), and by the Complete Peerage (7:386).
Mother: Blanca de Castilla y León.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:381), by van Eickels, and by Sirjean (p. 60).
Spouse: Mathilde de Brabant.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:382), by Sirjean (p. 60), by van Eickels, and by the Complete Peerage (7:386).
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 Cawley.)
Blanche (1248 - 2 May 1302) married (1) Enrique I, king of Navarre; married (2) Edmund “Crouchback”, earl of Lancaster.
Robert (September 1250 - 11 July 1302) married (1) Amicie de Courtenay; married (2) Agnès de Dampierre de Bourbon; married (3) Marguerite de Hainaut.
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).
Cawley, Charles. “ROBERT de France” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).
Eickels, Karl van. Kapetinger II genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.
Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maison souveraine du monde: Première Partie No. 3 Les Capétiens Directs (1959).