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Robert II "The Pious" Capet , King

b. ABOUT 970 · Orleans, France  |  d. 1031

Parents

Events

Birth
ABOUT 970 · Orleans, France
Death
1031

Family

Spouse: Constance

Children:

  1. Adelheid (Adele) Capet (–8 Jan 1079)
    m. Richard III (–BEFORE 1028) · BEFORE 1028
    m. Baldwin V "The Pious" (ABOUT 1012–1 Sep 1067) · ABOUT 1028
    Children: Mathilda (Maud) (1032–1083); Judith
  2. Henry I (Apr 1008–4 Aug 1060)
    m. Anne of Russia
    Children: Hugh the Great
    Children: Philip I "The Fair" (1052–1108)
    m. Matilda
    Children: Hugh "The Great" de Crepi

Notes

King of France, 996-1031. He succeeded his father, Hugh Capet, in 996. He repudiated his wife in 989 and became interested in a relative, Bertha, wife of Eudes I, Count of Blois. They were married after Eudes's death, and robert was excommunicated (998). Separated (1001), he remarried, fathering four sons. He conquered Burgundy (1015) adding it to the French crown.