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Robert I Flanders 1035–1093 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1035

Birth Location: Flanders, Normandy, France

Death Date: 13 Oct 1093

Death Location: Kassel, Germany

Father: Baudouin Flanders

Mother: Adela Flanders

Spouse(s): Alix Montbel, Gertrude Saxony

Children(s): Philippe (24thGU), Filips (27thGGF), Gertrude (25thGGM), ROBERT 1096), Adela (26thGGM)

Robert I Flanders was born in 1035 in Flanders, Normandy, France, the child of Baudouin Baldwin V The Pious Count Of Flanders And Adela Capet Countess Flanders. Robert I Flanders married Alix De Montbel, Gertrude Of Saxony, and had children including Adela Of Flanders 26Thggm, Filips Van Vlaanderen Of Loo Philips Of Loo Philip Van Lo Crusade 1096 1067 1107 27Thggf, Gertrude Flanders 25Thggm, Philippe De Montbel Seigneur De Montbel D Entremont Died On 1St Crusade 24Thgu, Robert Ii Count Of Flanders Robert Of Bethune The Sword Of The Christians Of Jerusalem The Crusader 1St Crusade 24Thggf Not To Be Confused With Robert Iii Le Chauve Seigneur De Bethune Flemish Crusaders In 1096. Robert I Flanders passed away in 1093 in Kassel, Germany.

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Biography

  • Robert I Flanders was born in 1035 in Flanders, Normandy, France, the child of Baudouin Baldwin V The Pious Count Of Flanders And Adela Capet Countess Flanders.
  • Robert I Flanders married Alix De Montbel, Gertrude Of Saxony, and had children including Adela Of Flanders 26Thggm, Filips Van Vlaanderen Of Loo Philips Of Loo Philip Van Lo Crusade 1096 1067 1107 27Thggf, Gertrude Flanders 25Thggm, Philippe De Montbel Seigneur De Montbel D Entremont Died On 1St Crusade 24Thgu, Robert Ii Count Of Flanders Robert Of Bethune The Sword Of The Christians Of Jerusalem The Crusader 1St Crusade 24Thggf Not To Be Confused With Robert Iii Le Chauve Seigneur De Bethune Flemish Crusaders In 1096.
  • Robert I Flanders passed away in 1093 in Kassel, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Baudouin Flanders
1012–1067
Birth Location: Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
BF
Adela Flanders
1009–1079
Birth Location: France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
AF

Spouses(s)

Alix Montbel
1020–
Birth Location: –
AM
Gertrude Saxony
1028–1113
Birth Location: Schweinfurt, Bayern, Germany
GS

Children(s)

Philippe (24thGU)
1060–
Birth Location: –
P(
Filips (27thGGF)
1067–1107
Birth Location: Vlaams Gewest, Vlaanderen, Belgium
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Gertrude (25thGGM)
1064–1117
Birth Location: Flanders, Ardennes, Luxembourg
G(
ROBERT 1096)
1065–1111
Birth Location: Flanders, Belgium
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Adela (26thGGM)
1064–1115
Birth Location: Kingdom of France
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Robert Flanders's Ancestors

Self
Robert Flanders
1035–1093
Birth Place: Flanders, Normandy, France
Parents
Baudouin 'Baldwin' V 'The Pious', Count of Flanders
1012–1067
Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Adela (Capet Countess) Flanders
1009–1079
France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
Grandparents
Baudouin (IV LeBarbu) Flanders
–1035
Flanders,, France
Otgive DeLuxembourg
1010–1030
Flanders,, France
Robert (II Le Pious Le Pieux Van Frankrijk Le) Pieux
–1031
Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
Constance (Arles\ de) Provence
–1032
Toulouse
Great-Grandparents
"The II
Rozala Italy
–1003
Frederick LUXEMBORG
–1019
Ermentrude Gleiberg
–1024
King Capet
Adelaide France)
–1006
Guillaume Provence
Adelheid Anjou
–1032
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Baldwin III
Mathilde Billung
–1008
Berengar (900)
Willa 30thGGM)
Siegfried *
Hedwig *
Heribert *
–1003
Irmentrude (27thGGF)
–1020
Hugh DUKE
Hedwige Germans
Guillaume (27thGGF)
Gerloc Normandië
Boso *
Constance (27th,31stGGM)
Foulques mother?)
Gerberge *

Robert Flanders's Descendants

1.
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Robert (I) Flanders (1035–13 Oct 1093) m. Alix (de) Montbel (Abt. 1020–) m. Gertrude (of) Saxony (1028–4 Aug 1113)
  1. 1. Philippe (de MONTBEL , Seigneur de Montbel ( d' Entremont ) (Died on 1st Crusade ) *) (24thGU) 1060– m. Lucrece (Lascaris ( de Lescaris ) (25thGA)) * 1075–
    1. 1. Hugh (de MONTBEL , Crusader ( Hugues ) *) (1stC25XR) 1090–
      1. 1. Hugh (de MONTBEL d' Entremont ( Hugues II )) * 1140–1180
        1. 1. George (MONTBEL d' Entremont *) (3rdC23XR) 1190–
  2. 2. Filips (van Vlaanderen , of Loo ( Philips of LOO , Philip van Lo ) ( Crusade 1096 ) (1067-1107)) (27thGGF) 1067–1107
    1. 1. William (Ypres de Looz , of Ypres ( Willem van Viggezele , Viscount of Ypres , Earl of Kent ) (1087-1165)) (26thGGF) 1087–1165 m. Stéphanie (de Bourgogne (1088) ( Etiennette de Bourgogne, Stefania van Boergondië Vienne )) (26thGGM) 1088–1179
      1. 1. Steppo (Willem Philip II van Viggezele , lord of Viggezele and Bornem , viscount of Ghent (1122-1154)) (25thGGF) 1122–1154 m. Alicia (van Gent (1122-1154) (25thGGM) Ancestry of Alice de) GAND 1122–1154
        1. 1. Margaretha (van Altena , Vrouwe van Bornhem (1141)) (24thGGM) 1141–1194 m. Boudewijn (I , heer van Altena en Brusthem ( Balduin von ALTENA ) ( Baldwin ) (1142)) (24thGGF) 1142–1200
  3. 3. Gertrude (Flanders) (25thGGM) 1064–1117 m. Henry (III of Louvain ( Henri Count of Count of Louvain and Brussels )) (27thGGF) –1095 m. Diederik (II of LORRAINE) (26thGGF) 1050–1115
    1. 1. Ermentrude (de Chalon (or Ermengarde de Lorraine )) (26thGGM) 1096– m. Bernard (II (Valrulphe) " le Gros " Lion de Brançion , Seigneur d'Uxelles ( Brancion ) ( Crusade 1147) (26thGGF) * find descendants might need to change) son –1070
      1. 1. Landry ("le Gros" de Brançion , Seigneur d'Uxelles (25thGGF)) * –1100
        1. 1. Bernard ('le Gros' de Briançon et d'Uxelles) (24thGGF) –1146
    2. 2. Diederik (van den Elzas, Graaf van Vlaenderen (Metz), Count of Flanders Also Known As: "Diederik van den Elzas", "Thierry III de d') Alsace-Lorraine 1099–1168 m. Sibylle d'Anjou 1116–1165
      1. 1. Marguerite (I de) Flandre 1145–1194
      2. 2. Mathilde (de) Flandre 1146–1194
      3. 3. Philip (I Lorraine Count) Flanders 1136–1191
        1. 1. Thierry (de Lorraine-Flandre ( Thierry de Flandre ) of Flanders House of Alsace ( Crusade 1202-1204)) (1stC24XR) –1207 m. Beatrice (Komnene , la Damsel de Chypre (" Damsel of Cyprus ")) (2ndC23XR) 1177–1204
      4. 4. Laurette (de) Flandre 1120–1170
      5. 5. Marguerite (Countess) Lorraine 1141–1194 m. Baldwin (V (Baudouin) of Hainault, Count of Flanders) (Hainaut) 1156–1195
        1. 1. Isabella (of) Hainault 1170–1190 m. Philip (II Augustus King of the) Franks 1165–1223
        2. 2. Yolanda (Yolande Latin Empress) Hainaut-Hainault 1175–1219 m. Peter (II 3rd Emperor of Constantinople Prince of France Capet ( Pierre ) 5thCrusade (21stGU)) ✔ 1169–1219
        3. 3. Baldwin (Baudouin VI (IX) de Flanders, Count, Earl of Hainault, Latin Emperor of the) East 1171–1205 m. Mary (of Champagne, Empress of) Constantinople 1174–1204
        4. 4. Henry Flanders 1176–1216
        5. 5. Sybille (de Hainault , de Flanders ( Hainaut ) (1170-1227) ( GGM)) note 1170–1227 m. Guichard (IV " the Great ", seigneur de Beaujeu (" le Grand ") (1160-1216) * ( GGF)) note 1160–1216
        6. 6. Eustach (de) Flandres 1191–1217
        7. 7. Philippe (I) Namur 1174–1212
        8. 8. Allard (de Hainault "Le) Fleming" 1171–1271
        9. 9. Godfrey Hainaut 1183–
      6. 6. Gertrud Deflanders 1135–1186
      7. 7. Peter (Bishop Cambrai) Flanders 1140–1176
      8. 8. Robert (Earl) Eu 1155–
      9. 9. Baudoin (de) Flandre 1138–1154
      10. 10. Mathieu (de) Flandre 1137–1173 m. Marie (Countess Mortain) Boulogne 1136–1180
        1. 1. Ida (Alsace Countess of Boulogne) (22ndGA) 1160–1216 m. Renaud (I Count de Dammartin , comte d'Aumale, de Boulogne et de Mortagne) (21stGU) 1165–1227
        2. 2. Matilda (of) Boulogne 1163–1211 m. Henry (I Duke of Brabant . Battle of Bouvines . German Crusade of 1197, 5th Crusade and Stedinger Crusade (1160-1235) (22nd, 23rd, 24thGGF)) * 1165–1235
        3. 3. Judith VonLothringen 1155–1173 m. Étienne (( Stephen ) II de Bourgogne ( Etienne of BURGUNDY Count of AUXONNE de BOURGOGNE-COMTE ) (1122-1173) (24thGGF)) * 1122–1173
    3. 3. Adelaide (of LOUVAIN (1057)) (26thGGM) 1057–1151 m. Simon (I Duke of Lorraine) (26thGGF) 1076–1138
      1. 1. Matthew (I Duke de UPPER Lorraine ( de HAUTE-LORRAINE) ) 1119–1176 m. Jutta (Clementia Judith Von Hohenstaufen) Swabia 1135–1191
        1. 1. Adelaide (de Lorraine (" Alix , Alice ") (24thGGM)) * 1144–1200 m. Hugh (III ( Hugo ) Duke of BURGUNDY (Joined the Crusades 1171, 1190) Died at the Siege of Acre ( Hugues III de Bourgogne ) (23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th,) 27thGGF) 1148–1192
        2. 2. Ferry (, duc de UPPER Lorraine ( de HAUTE-LORRAINE ) ( Frederick Friedrich Duke ) (24th, 25thGGF)) * 1143–1206 m. Wierzchoslawa (Ludmilla of Poland ( Polen ) ( Ludomille PIAST ) (24th,) 25thGGM) 1148–1223
      2. 2. Agathe (of Lorraine Countess of Burgundy ( Agatha )) (26thGGM) 1120–1147 m. Reginald (III Count of Burgundy ( Renaud III ) fell ill with multiple illnesses) (26thGGF) 1087–1148
        1. 1. Beatrice (I Countess of Burgundy , Holy Roman Empress , Queen of) Burgundy 1144–1184 m. Frederick (I Holy Roman Emperor) Barbarossa 1122–1190
  4. 4. ROBERT (II Count of FLANDERS ("Robert of Béthune") "The Sword of the Christians" (of Jerusalem The Crusader , 1st Crusade ) (24thGGF) Not to be confused with Robert III "le Chauve", seigneur de Béthune (FLEMISH CRUSADERS IN) 1096) 1065–1111 m. Clementia (of Burgundy ( Clemence )) (23rdGGM) 1078–1133
    1. 1. Rosamunda (( Rosemunde ) van Vlaanderen (1090) (26thGGM) Might be the daughter of Robert I, Count of) Flanders 1099–1158 m. Barwout (( Beerwout ) II van Egmond lord of Egmont ( Berwout junior )) (26thGGF) 1091–1158
      1. 1. Allard (I van Egmont van Buren (25thGGF) FIND) descendants 1130–1200 m. Ida (van) Bosinchem 1132–
        1. 1. Otto (van Buren , I (GELDERN) (24thGGF) Find Descendants) * 1189–1232
    2. 2. Baldwin (VII Count of Flanders (23rdGU) Died after being wounded in September 1118 at the Battle of) Bures-en-Bray 1093–1119 m. Hawise (Havide Fergan of BRITTANY ( Countess of Flanders) ?) 1100–1190
    3. 3. Freskin (the Fleming de Moray ( of Flanders ) progenitor of the Murray and Sutherland families (#1 in text) Y-DNA R1b1a1b1a1a2 (24thGGF)) * 1107–1172
      1. 1. William (SUTHERLAND of Duffus and Strabrok , Sheriff of Invernairn (of Strathnith or Straneth , the original name of Nithsdale ) (#2 in text) (23rd,24thGGF) * Y-DNA) R1b1a1b1a1a2 1138–1204
        1. 1. William (de Moravia , Knight , Lord of PETYN ( PETTY ) (#3 in text) * (23rdGGF) Y-DNA) R1b1a1b1a1a2a 1164–1226 m. Miss (Olifard (Daughter of David Olifard, in Roxburghshire)) (23rdGGM) 1169–
        2. 2. Hugh (SUTHERLAND of MORAY (Ancestor of the Earls of Sutherland ) ( Hugo Freskin de MORAVIA , 1st Lord DUFFUS ) (Mentioned, but no # in text) (22ndGGF) Y-DNA) R1b1a1b1a1a2a 1169–1222
  5. 5. Adela (of Flanders) (26thGGM) 1064–1115 m. Roger (Borsa Norman Duke of Apulia and) Calabria 1060–1111 m. Knud Svendsson 1021–1086
    1. 1. Ingegard (Denmark) Knutsdattir 1085–1175 m. Folke (Ingevaldsson Folkunga ( Jarl ) "den Fede" ("the fat") (Founder of House FOLKUNGA, also known as BJELBO , BJALBO) (25thGGF)) * 1075–1149
      1. 1. Knut Folkesson 1115–1167
      2. 2. Holmger Folkesson 1118–
      3. 3. Arnulf (Ulf) Folkesson 1121–1157
      4. 4. Ingrid Folkesdotter 1102–
      5. 5. Bengt (Folkesson Snivel ( Earl ) ( House of Bjälbo ) (24thGGF)) * 1110–1175 m. Sigrid (Björnsdotter Lakman of Sweden (1132) (24thGGM)) * 1132–1177
        1. 1. Magnus (Bengtsson of Minnesköld , Lord of BJELLBO (Folkungaätten) ( House of Bjälbo ) (23rdGGF)) * 1150–1210 m. Ingrid (Ylva Sunesdotter Princess of SWEDEN ( Sverkerslægten ) (1180) (22nd,24thGGM)) * 1180–1252
        2. 2. Jarl (Birger Bengtsson Brosa Skänkare ( House of Bjälbo ) (1130-1202)) (23rdGU) 1130–1202 m. Bridget (Haraldsdotter ( Queen of Sweden Brigida Haraldsdotter Gille of Norway )) (1130-1202) 1130–1202
    2. 2. Cecilia ((twin)) Knutsdatter 1085–1131
    3. 3. Charles (I the Good, Saint, Count of Flanders) (24thGU) 1084–1127

Robert Flanders's Timeline

7 Records

1029
1029
Birth of Robert I Flanders
None
1032
Abt. Jan 1032
Birth of Robert I Flanders in Belgium
Belgium
1035
1035
Birth of Robert I Flanders in Flanders, Normandy, France
Flanders, Normandy, France
1093
19 OCT 1093
Age 58
Death of Robert I Flanders in Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Kassel, Hessen, Germany
1093
1093
Age 58
Death of Robert I Flanders
None
1093
3 October 1093
Age 58
Death of Robert I Flanders in Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Kassel, Hessen, Germany
1093
13 Oct 1093
Age 58
Death of Robert I Flanders in Kassel, Germany
Kassel, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. Jan 1032
    Event Place: Belgium
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1029
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1035
    Event Place: Flanders, Normandy, France
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 OCT 1093
    Event Place: Kassel, Hessen, Germany
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1093
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 October 1093
    Event Place: Kassel, Hessen, Germany
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1093
    Event Place: Kassel, Germany
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