Robert I of Artois

Robert I "the Good" (1216 – February 8 1250) was Count of Artois. He was the fifth (and second surviving) son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile.

On June 14, 1237, Robert married Matilda of Brabant, daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen. They had two children:
# Blanche of Artois (1248–1302)
# Robert II of Artois (1250–1302), Count of Artois

He was killed in Egypt during the Seventh Crusade of his brother Louis IX of France, while leading a reckless attack on Al Mansurah. He and the Templars accompanying the expedition charged into the town and became trapped in the narrow streets. According to Jean de Joinville, he defended himself for some time in a house there, but was at last overpowered and killed.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Robert I of Artois
2= 2. Louis VIII of France
3= 3. Blanche of Castile
4= 4. Philip II of France
5= 5. Isabelle of Hainaut
6= 6. Alfonso VIII of Castile
7= 7. Leonora of England
8= 8. Louis VII of France
9= 9. Adèle of Champagne
10= 10. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
11= 11. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders
12= 12. Sancho III of Castile
13= 13. Blanca of Navarre
14= 14. Henry II of England
15= 15. Eleanor of Aquitaine
16= 16. Louis VI of France
17= 17. Adelaide of Maurienne
18= 18. Theobald II, Count of Champagne
19= 19. Matilda of Carinthia
20= 20. Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
21= 21. Alice of Namur
22= 22. Thierry, Count of Flanders
23= 23. Sibylla of Anjou
24= 24. Alfonso VII of León
25= 25. Berenguela of Barcelona
26= 26. García Ramírez of Navarre
27= 27. Marguerite de l'Aigle
28= 28. Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
29= 29. Matilda of England
30= 30. William X, Duke of Aquitaine
31= 31. Aenor de Châtellerault