Robert III, Count of Dreux

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Robert III, Count of Dreux
Robert II of Dreux
MotherYolanda de Coucy

Robert III of Dreux (1185–1234),

Robert II, Count of Dreux, and Yolanda de Coucy.[1] He was given the byname
Gasteblé (lit. wheat-spoiler) when he destroyed a field of wheat while hunting in his youth.

Along with his brother

during her regency after the death of Louis VIII in 1226.

In 1210 he married Alianor de St. Valéry (1192–15 Nov 1250) and they had several children:

References

  1. ^ Evergates 2007, p. 229.
  2. ^ Painter 1982, p. 254.
  3. ^ a b Bubenicek 2002, p. 54-55.
  4. ^ Pollock 2015, p. 188.

Sources

  • Bubenicek, Michelle (2002). Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle (in French). Ecole des Chartes.
  • Evergates, Theodore (2007). The aristocracy in the county of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Painter, Sidney (1982). William Marshal, Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England. University of Toronto Press.
  • Pollock, M.A. (2015). Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296, 'Auld Amitie'. The Boydell Press.
Robert III, Count of Dreux
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 1185 Died: 1234
Preceded by
Robert II
Count of Dreux

1218–1234
Succeeded by
John I