Robert I, Count of Dreux

Template:Short description Template:Infobox royalty Robert I of Dreux, nicknamed the Great (Template:Circa – 11 October 1188), was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.Template:Sfn

Life

In 1137 he received the County of Dreux as an appanage from his father.Template:Sfn He held this title until 1184 when he granted it to his son Robert II.

In 1139 he married Agnes de Garlande.Template:Sfn In 1145, he married Hawise of Salisbury,Template:Sfn becoming count of Perche, as regent to his stepson Rotrou IV. By his third marriage to Agnes de Baudemont in 1152,Template:Sfn he received the County of Braine-sur-Vesle, and the lordships of Fère-en-Tardenois, Pontarcy, Nesle, Longueville, Quincy-en-Tardenois, Savigny, and Baudemont.Template:Sfn

Robert I participated in the Second Crusade and was at the Siege of Damascus in 1148.Template:Sfn He was credited for bringing the Damask rose from Syria to Europe. In 1158, he fought against the English and participated in the Siege of Séez in 1154.

Marriages and children

1. Agnes de Garlande (1122–1143), daughter of Anseau de Garlande, count of Rochefort.Template:Sfn

• Simon (1141 – bef. 1182), lord of La Noue

2. Hawise of Salisbury (1118–1152),Template:Sfn widow of Rotrou III and daughter of Walter Fitz Edward of Salisbury, Sheriff of Wiltshire

• Adèle of Dreux (1145 – aft. 1210), married firstly Valéran III, count of Breteuil,Template:Sfn secondly Guy II, lord of Châtillon-sur-Marne,Template:Sfn thirdly Jean I de Thorotte, fourthly Raoul III de Nesle, count of Soissons.Template:Sfn
• Alice or Adelheid (1144–?)

3. Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine, widow of Milo III of Bar-sur-Seine (1130 – c. 1202).Template:Sfn

• Robert II (1154–1218), count of Dreux and Braine.Template:Sfn
• Henry (1155–1199), bishop of OrléansTemplate:Sfn
• Alix (1156 – aft. 1217), married Raoul I, lord of CoucyTemplate:Sfn
• Philippe (1158–1217), bishop of Beauvais.Template:Sfn
• Isabella (1160–1239), married Hugh III of BroyesTemplate:Sfn
• Peter (1161–1186)Template:Sfn
• William (1163 – aft. 1189), lord of Braye, Torcy, and ChillyTemplate:Sfn
• John (1164 – aft. 1189)Template:Sfn
• Mamilie (1166–1200)
• Margaret (1167–?), nun

Sources

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