Biography of Robert I Duke Burgundy 1011-1076

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou

In 988 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 15) and Rozala of Italy (age 38) were married. They separated around the time of coronation. The difference in their ages was 22 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of Hugh I King France (age 47) and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 43).

On 24 Oct 996 [his grandfather] Hugh I King France (age 55) died. His son [his father] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 24) succeeded II King France: Capet.

In 999 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 26) and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 35) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. They separated sometime before 1003 as a consequence of their consanguinity. She the daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy. He the son of Hugh I King France and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 54). They were second cousins.

In 1011 Robert I Duke Burgundy was born to Robert "Pious" II King France (age 38) and Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 25).

On 20 Jul 1031 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 59) died at Melun, Seine et Marne. His son [his brother] King Henry I of France (age 23) succeeded I King France: Capet.

In 1032 Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 21) was created I Duke Burgundy.

Around 1033 Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 22) and Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Robert "Pious" II King France and Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 47).

In 1034 [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 48) died.

In 1034 [his son] Hugh Burgundy was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 23) and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.

Around 1035 Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and [his future wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Gâtinais. She the daughter of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou (age 65) and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou. He the son of Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais (age 46) and Béatrice de Mâcon Countess Gâtinais.

In 1035 [his son] Henry "Gallant" Burgundy was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 24) and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.

In 1040 [his son] Robert Burgundy was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 29) and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.

Battle of Seignelay

On 29 May 1040 Renauld I Count of Nevers (age 35) was killed at the Battle of Seignelay against Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 29). His son William I of Nevers (age 10) succeeded Count Nevers.

In 1045 [his son] Simon Burgundy was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 34) and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.

In 1046 [his daughter] Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 35) and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.

In 1046 Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 35) and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou. He the son of Robert "Pious" II King France and Constance Arles Queen Consort France. They were second cousins.

Around 1056 [his daughter] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 45) and [his wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 38). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.71%.

In 1059 [his son] Hugh Burgundy (age 25) was killed in action.

Around 1068 [his step-son] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 25) and Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 50).

Before 1072 [his step-son] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 29) and Ermengarde Bourbon Countess Anjou (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 53).

On 27 Jan 1074 [his son] Henry "Gallant" Burgundy (age 39) died.

Around 1076 [his step-son] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 33) and Orengarde Chatellailon Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 58).

On 18 Mar 1076 [his wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 58) died.

On 21 Mar 1076 Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 65) died. His grandson Hugh I Duke Burgundy (age 19) succeeded I Duke Burgundy.

Robert I Duke Burgundy 1011-1076 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy 846-930

Royal Ancestors of Robert I Duke Burgundy 1011-1076

Kings Franks: Great x 7 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Robert I Duke Burgundy 1011-1076

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre x 5

Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany x 1

Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon x 1

Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona x 1

Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon x 1

Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal x 1

Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England x 1

Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon x 1

Constance Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Aragon x 1

Maria Reginar Queen Consort France x 2

Edward Balliol I King Scotland x 1

Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France x 2

Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France x 2

King Robert II of Scotland x 1

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France x 2

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile x 2

Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon x 5

King Richard II of England x 1

King Louis of Naples x 2

King Henry V of England x 4

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark x 4

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland x 5

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford x 1

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland x 5

Charlotte Savoy Queen Consort France x 4

King Edward IV of England x 12

King Richard III of England x 12

Anne Neville Queen Consort England x 17

King Henry VII of England and Ireland x 6

Louis XII King France x 5

Jean III King Navarre x 2

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress x 4

Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France x 3

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile x 10

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon x 5

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre x 10

King Francis I of France x 10

Queen Anne Boleyn of England x 17

Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress x 4

Queen Jane Seymour x 18

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England x 25

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England x 9

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland x 25

Antoine King Navarre x 17

Queen Catherine Howard of England x 14

Jane "Nine Days Queen" Grey I Queen England and Ireland x 33

Louis VI Elector Palatine x 5

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France x 12

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria x 17

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress x 17

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine x 6

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor x 4

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain x 4

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia x 6

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia x 4

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal x 33

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia x 39

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain x 9

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor x 9

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor x 9

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor x 13

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 13

President George Washington x 10

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 9

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 9

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 9

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 18

Frederick VII King Denmark x 27

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 18

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 18

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 9

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 54

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 54

Frederick Charles I King Finland x 18

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark x 27

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 54

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 54

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 54

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 54

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 2926

Carl XVI King Sweden x 108

Queen Consort Camilla Shand x 1034

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 9077

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales x 28

Ancestors of Robert I Duke Burgundy 1011-1076

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Strong" King West Francia

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris

Great x 4 Grandfather: Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois

Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Vermandois

GrandFather: Hugh I King France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxon Ottonian

Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia

Father: Robert "Pious" II King France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf II Duke Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine

Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine

GrandMother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy

Robert I Duke Burgundy

Mother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ingelger Ingelger

Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelais Amboise

Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandfather: Warnerius Seigneur Loches

Great x 2 Grandmother: Roscille Loches Countess Anjou

GrandMother: Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou