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Count Robert I of Flanders 1029–1093 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bet. 1029 and 1032

Birth Location: Wijnendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Death Date: 13 Oct 1093

Death Location: Torhout, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Father: Count Flanders

Mother: Adela France

Spouse(s): Gertrude Saxony

Children(s): Gertrude None

In 1029, Count Robert I of Flanders entered the world in Wijnendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, born to Count Baldwin V Of Flanders And Adela Of France. Count Robert I of Flanders married Gertrude Of Saxony, and had children including Gertrude. Count Robert I of Flanders passed away in 1093 in Torhout, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Biography

  • In 1029, Count Robert I of Flanders entered the world in Wijnendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, born to Count Baldwin V Of Flanders And Adela Of France.
  • Count Robert I of Flanders married Gertrude Of Saxony, and had children including Gertrude.
  • Count Robert I of Flanders passed away in 1093 in Torhout, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Immediate Family

Parents

Count Flanders
1012–1067
Birth Location: Bihorel, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
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Adela France
1009–1079
Birth Location: Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
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Spouses(s)

Gertrude Saxony
1028–1113
Birth Location: Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany
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Children(s)

Gertrude None
1055–1111
Birth Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
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Count Flanders's Ancestors

Self
Count Flanders
1029–1093
Birth Place: Wijnendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Parents
Count Baldwin V of Flanders
1012–1067
Bihorel, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Adela (of) France
1009–1079
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Grandparents
Count (Baldwin IV “the Bearded” of) Flanders
–1035
Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Ogive (of) Luxembourg
–1030
Luxembourg
King (Robert II Capet “the Pious” of the) Franks
–1031
Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
Constance (of) Arles
–1032
Arles, France
Great-Grandparents
Count Flanders
Rozala d’Ivrea
–1003
Frederick, Luxembourg
–1019
Ermentrude, Luxembourg
–1019
Hugues Capétien
Adélaïde d'Aquitaine
–1006
Guillaume Provence
Adélaïde France
–1026
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Baouduin Flanders
Matilda Flanders
–1008
Berengar Italy
Willa Tuscany
Siegfried Luxembourg
Hedwig Nordgau
Count Kinziggau
Irmtrude Megingos
–1020
Hugues Robertein
Edwige Saxe
Duc d’Aquitaine
Adèle Normandy
Boson d'Arles
Constance Vienne
Foulques Comte
Gerberge Maine

Count Flanders's Descendants

1.
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Count (Robert I of) Flanders (Bet. 1029 and 1032–13 Oct 1093) m. Gertrude (of) Saxony (1028–4 Aug 1113)
  1. 1. Gertrude 1055–1111 m. Duke (Theodoric II “the Valiant” de) Lorraine 1044–1115
    1. 1. Gisele (de) Lorraine 1090–1160 m. Graf (Friedrich I von) Saarbrücken 1095–1135
      1. 1. Agnes (of) Saarbrücken 1110–1147 m. Frederick (II de Hohenstaufen, Duke of) Swabia 1090–1147
        1. 1. Konrad (von Staufen, Pfalzgraf bei) Rhein 1136–1195 m. Irmengard (von) Henneburg 1135–1197

Count Flanders's Timeline

2 Records

1029
Bet. 1029 and 1032
Birth of Count Robert I of Flanders in Wijnendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Wijnendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
1093
13 Oct 1093
Age 64
Death of Count Robert I of Flanders in Torhout, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Torhout, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Bet. 1029 and 1032
    Event Place: Wijnendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1093
    Event Place: Torhout, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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