Robertian dynasty

Robertian dynasty

The Robertians, or Robertines, were a Frankish predecessor family of whatbecame the Capetians. The family included a large number of forms ofRobert including Robert of Worms, Robert of Hesbaye, Robert the Strong, and
Robert I of France. They figured prominently amongst Carolingian nobility and married into this royal family. Eventually the Robertians delivered Frankish kings themselves such as Odo, Robert and Hugh Capet. Those Robertians ruled in the Frankish kingdom Western Francia. Hugh Capet is known as the "last Frankish king" and the first king of France. He is the founder of the Capetians, a family that ruled France until the French Revolution.

Origin

The oldest known Robertians probably originated in the county Hesbaye, around Tongeren in modern-day Belgium. The first certain ancestor is Robert the Strong count of Paris, probably son of Robert of Worms, grandson of Robert of Hesbaye, and nephew of Ermengarde of Hesbaye, daughter of Ingram, wife of Louis the Pious. Other related family includes Cancor, founder of the Lorsch Abbey, his sister Landrada and her son Saint Chrodogang, archbishop of Metz.

From Robert the Strong

The sons of Robert the Strong were Odo and Robert, who were both king of Western Francia and ruled during the Carolingian era. His daughter Richildis married a count of Troyes. The family became Counts of Paris under Odo and "Dukes of the Franks" under Robert, possessing large parts of the ancient Neustria. Although quarrels continued between Robert's son Hugh the Great and Louis IV, they were mended upon the ascension of Lothair. Lothair granted Hugh the Duchy of Burgundy and Aquitaine, expanding the Robertian dominions.

The Carolingian dynasty ceased to rule France upon the death of Louis V. After the death of Louis, the son of Hugh the Great, Hugh Capet was chosen as king of the Franks. He became to be known as the first king of France. Hugh was crowned at Noyon on July 3, 987 with the full support from Holy Roman Emperor Otto III. With Hugh's coronation, a new era began for France, and his descendants came to be named, after him, the Capetians. They ruled France as the Capetians, Valois, and Bourbons until the French Revolution. They returned after 1815 and ruled until Louis Philippe was deposed in 1848.

However they continue to rule Spain through the Bourbon Dynasty right down to Juan Carlos of Spain.

Family branches

*Rodbert
**Ingerman of Hesbaye
***Ermengarde of Hesbaye, wife of Louis the Pious
**Cancor, founder of the Lorsch Abbey
**Landrada
***Saint Chrodogang, Archbishop of Metz, Abbot of the Lorsch Abbey
**Robert of Hesbaye
***Robert of Worms
****Robert the Strong
*****Odo, king of Western Francia married Theodrada
******Wido
*****Richildis, or Regilindis, married Wilhelm I of Périgeux
*****Robert, king of Western Francia, second marriage to Beatrix of Vermandois
******Emma, married Rudolph of Burgundy
******Adela, married Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
******Hugh the Great
*******Hugh Capet, married for the 3rd time to Hadwig, daughter of Henry the Fowler
********Hadwig, married Reginar IV, Count of Mons
********Robert II
*******Otto-Henry, married to Gerberga of Chalon
*******Odo
*******Beatrix, married Frederick of Bar
*******Emma, married Richard I of Normandy
*******Herbert, bishop of Auxerre

ources

*The Carolingians, a family who forged Europe, by Pierre Riché - University of Pennsylvania Press
*La Préhistoire des Capetiens, Premiére Partie: Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens, by Christian Settipani et Patrick Van Kerrebrouck


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