Robert III, Count of Dreux

Template:Short description Template:Expand German Template:Infobox nobility Robert III of Dreux (1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert II, Count of Dreux, and Yolanda de Coucy.Template:Sfn He was given the byname Gasteblé (lit. wheat-spoiler) when he destroyed a field of wheat while hunting in his youth.

Along with his brother Peter, Duke of Brittany he fought with the future Louis VIII of France in 1212 at Nantes and was captured there during a sortie.Template:Sfn Exchanged after the Battle of Bouvines for William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury,Template:Sfn he fought in the Albigensian Crusade, besieging Avignon in 1226. He was a supporter of Blanche of Castile during her regency after the death of Louis VIII in 1226.

In 1210 he married Alianor de St. Valéry (1192 – 15 Nov 1250) and they had several children:

Yolande of Dreux (1212–1248), who married Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy Template:Sfn
John I (1215–1249), later Count of Dreux.Template:Sfn
Robert (1217–1264), Viscount of Châteaudun Template:Sfn
Peter (1220–1250), a cleric.

References

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Robert III, Count of Dreux House of Dreux Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty Born: 1185 Died: 1234
Preceded by Template:Delink question hyphen-minus Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/filter Template:S-bef/check Template:Succession box/check	Count of Dreux 1218–1234 Template:S-ttl/check	Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by Template:Delink question hyphen-minus Template:S-aft/filter Template:S-aft/filter Template:S-aft/filter Template:S-aft/filter Template:S-aft/filter Template:S-aft/filter Template:S-aft/filter Template:S-aft/filter Template:S-aft/filter