Robert II the Pious of France Capet King of France [4706] ²⁴

  General Notes:

Capet, Robert II the Pious of France, King of France
Acceded: 996
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Generation Twelve

Robert (II) Capet "the Pious", King of France
Born on March 27, 972 at Orléans, France
Died in 1031
Robert married first in 996 to Bertha of Burgundy who was a distant relative.
Robert married second in 1003 to Constance of Arles/Tolouse and they had the following children:
Hugh Capet, King of France, born in 1007
Henry (I) Capet, King of France
Robert (I) Capet, Duke of Burgundy, born in 1011
Princess Adela or Alix Capet of France, born in 1009 who married in 1028 to Baldwin V "the Pious", Count of Flanders. Their daughter Mathilda married William the Conqueror. Please click on Baldwin V <http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/mathilda.html> for the continuation of this line.

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

As early as 989, Robert married the daughter of Berengar II of Italy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengar_II_of_Italy>, Rozala <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozala_of_Italy>, who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen. She was many years his senior. Their marriage was arranged by Hugh. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_II_of_Flanders>, with whom she had had children. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Burgundy>, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_of_Burgundy>, around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_I%2C_Count_of_Blois>, but was also Robert's cousin. For this reason, Pope Gregory V <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_V> refused to sanction the marriage and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Silvester_II>, the marriage was annulled.
Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_Arles>, the daughter of William I of Provence </wiki/William_I_of_Provence>. She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of France, 996.

Robert married Rozela (Susanna) of Italy Countess of Flanders, Queen of France [4600] [MRIN: 551612152], daughter of Berenger (Berengarius) II of Ivrea King of Italy [4599] and Willa of Tuscany Queen Consort of Italy [4605], c.?1 April 988. (Rozela (Susanna) of Italy Countess of Flanders, Queen of France [4600] was born about 937 and died on 7 Feb 1003.)

Robert next married Bertha of Burgundy [5763] [MRIN: 1897], daughter of Conrad the Peaceful of Burgundy King of Burgundy [5757] and Matilda [3609], in 996. (Bertha of Burgundy [5763] was born about 964 and died on 16 Jan 1016.)

Robert next married Constance of Arles / Tolouse [2865] [KZY8-9RV] [MRIN: 447], daughter of William I of Provence, the Liberator Count of Provence [48958] and Adelaide d'Anjou [3851], in 1003. (Constance of Arles / Tolouse [2865] [KZY8-9RV] was born about 973 in Tolouse, France and died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Île-de-France, France.)