Robert III of Béthune, Lion of Flanders Count of Flanders [11382] ²⁴

   Other names for Robert were Robert III of Flanders, Robert of Béthune and The Lion of Flanders (De Leeuw van Vlaanderen).

  General Notes:

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07801

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_III_of_Flanders

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Nevers, 1273. Count of Nevers 1273-1322

• Acceded: Count of Flanders, 1305. Count of Flanders 1305-1322.

Robert married Blanche Capet [63753] [MRIN: 551618699], daughter of Charles I of Anjou Capet King of Naples and Sicily [8362] and Beatrice Berenger Countess of Provence [11670], in 1265. (Blanche Capet [63753] was born in 1250 and died in Jul 1269.)

Robert next married Yolande II Countess of Nevers [11380] [MRIN: 5142], daughter of Odo (Eudes) de Bourgogne Count of Nevers [11378] and Matilda (Maud) (Mahaut) de Dampierre Countess of Nevers [11379], in Mar 1272 in Auxerre, France. (Yolande II Countess of Nevers [11380] was born in Dec 1247 in Nevers and died on 2 Jun 1280.)