Robert III, Count of Flanders
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Robert III (1249 – 17 September 1322), also called Robert of Béthune and nicknamed The Lion of Flanders (De Leeuw van Vlaanderen), was the
History
Robert was the oldest son of
Robert of Béthune gained military fame in
Guy of Dampierre broke all feudal bonds with the French king (on 20 January 1297) mainly under his influence. When the resistance seemed hopeless Robert allowed himself to be taken prisoner, together with his father and his brother William of Crèvecoeur, and taken to the French King (May 1300). Shortly before that he had become the de facto ruler of Flanders. He was locked in the castle of Chinon. Contrary to popular belief, and the romantic portrayal by Hendrik Conscience in his novel about these events (The Lion of Flanders), he did not take part in the Battle of the Golden Spurs.[3]
In July 1305, after his father had died in captivity, he was allowed to return to his county. The execution of the
But even after that, he would hamper the execution of the Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge to the point of being excommunicated.[5] Robert died in 1322 and was succeeded by his grandson, Louis, Count of Nevers.
He was buried in Flanders in
and Douai were again part of the County of Flanders. His first wife and his father were also buried in this abbey.Family
Robert married twice. His first wife was
His second wife was Yolande II, Countess of Nevers (d. 11 June 1280),[1] daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, in c. 1271. They had five children:
- Louis I of Flanders.
- Robert (d. 1331),[7] Count of Marle, married c. 1323 Joan of Brittany (1296 - 24 March 1363), Lady of Nogent-le-Rotrou, daughter of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany. Their children were:
- John, Seigneur of Cassel (d. 1332)
- Yolande (c.1320–1395), married Henry IV of Bar in 1340.[8]
- Jeanne (d. 15 October 1333), married 1288 Enguerrand IV, Lord of Coucy (d. 1310), Viscount of Meaux.[9]
- Yolande (d. 1313), married c. 1287 Walter II of Enghien (d. 1309).
- Matilda, married c. 1314 Matthias of Lorraine (d. c. 1330), Lord of Warsberg.
References
- ^ a b c Fegley 2002, p. 104.
- ^ Pollock 2015, p. 185.
- ^ Verbruggen 2002, p. 19.
- ^ Maxwell 1895.
- ^ Lucas 1946, p. 83.
- ^ Morganstern 2000, p. 57.
- ^ TeBrake 1993, p. 36.
- ^ Earp 1996, p. 29.
- ^ Leson 2011, p. 155.
Sources
- Earp, Lawrence (1996). Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research. Garland Publishing.
- Fegley, Randall (2002). The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk: How the Knights of France Fell to the Foot Soldiers of Flanders in 1302. McFarland & Co.
- Leson, Richard A. (2011). "Heraldry and Identity in the Psalter-Hours of Jeanne of Flanders (Manchester, John Rylands Library, MS LAT. 117)". Studies in Iconography. 32.
- Lucas, Henry S. (1946). "The Low Countries and the Disputed Imperial Election of 1314". Speculum. 21 (1 (Jan.)).
- Maxwell, H.C. (1895). "Close Rolls, Edward II: December 1318 Pages 117-119 Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London,". British History Online. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- Morganstern, Anne McGee (2000). Gothic Tombs of Kinship in France, the Low Countries, and England. The Pennsylvania State University Press.
- Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: "Auld Amitie". The Boydell Press.
- TeBrake, William H. (1993). A Plague of Insurrection: Popular Politics and Peasant Revolt in Flanders, 1323-1328. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Verbruggen, J.F. (2002). Devries, Keely (ed.). The Battle of the Golden Spurs. Translated by Ferguson, D.R.
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