Robert II le Pieux, king of France

Events

Date of Birth: between 970 and 974.

Place of Birth: Orléans.

The range of dates and place are given by Stewart. Glocker (p. 308) gives about 970.

Date of Death: 20 July 1031.

Place of Death: Melun.

The date and place are given by père Anselme (1:71) and by Stewart.

Place of Burial: Abbey of Saint-Denis.

The place is given by père Anselme (1:71) and by Stewart.

Relationships

Father: Hugues Capet (died 996), king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:71), Leiws (p. 9), by Glocker (p. 308), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Stewart.

Mother: Adélaïde (died between 1003 and 1005).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:71) and by Stewart. Her parentage is not known for certain.

Spouse: Rozala alias Susanna.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:71), by Lewis (p. 21), by Glocker (p. 308), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Stewart.

Spouse: Berta, daughter of Conrad the Peaceable, king of Burgundy.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:71), by Lewis (p. 22), by Glocker (p. 308), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Stewart.

Spouse: Constance d’Arles.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:71), by Lewis (p. 22), by Glocker (p. 308), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Stewart.

Children (by Constance):

(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 Stewart.)

Advisa married Renaud I, count of Nevers and of Auxerre.

Hugues (II) Magnus (died 28 August 1025), associate king.

Henri I (died 4 August 1060), king of France, married (1) Mathilde; married (2) Anna Iaroslavna of Kiev.

Robert I (died 18 or 21 March 1075), duke of Burgundy, married (1) Hélie; married (2) Ermengarde d’Anjou.

Adèle (died 8 January 1079) married Baldwin V of Flanders.

Eudes.

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).

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).

Stewart, Peter. “Robert II le Pieux (the Pious)” in The Henry Project.

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).