Robertians
The Robertians (sometimes called the Robertines in modern scholarship) are the proposed
Hugh's paternal ancestral family, the Robertians, appear in documents that can trace them back to his great-grandfather Robert the Strong (d. 866). His origins remain unclear, but medieval records hint at an origin in East Francia, in present-day Germany, an area then still also ruled by the Carolingians. In particular, Regino of Prüm (died 915) states that Robert the Strong's son Odo was said to be a relative (nepos) of a Count Meingaud, count of an area near Worms, who died in 892, and there are indications that Maingaud's family used the names Robert and Odo.
Modern proposals about their ancestry further back are based on the idea that there was one family which frequently named its sons Robert, including
The Robertian family figured prominently amongst the
Although Philip II Augustus (r. 1180–1223) was officially the last monarch of France with the title "King of the Franks" (rex Francorum) and the first to style himself "King of France" (roi de France), in (systematic application of) historiography, Hugh Capet holds this distinction. He founded the Capetians, the royal dynasty that ruled France until the revolution of the Second French Republic in 1848—save during the interregnum of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Members of the family still reign in Europe today; both King Felipe VI of Spain and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg descend from this family through the Bourbon cadet branch of the dynasty.
Origin
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The oldest known Robertians probably originated in the county of
History
Robert the Strong
The sons of Robert the Strong were
The Carolingian dynasty ceased to rule France upon the death of
However, they have continued to rule Spain, with two republican interruptions, through the Bourbon Dynasty right down to the current king Felipe VI.
Family branches
The first two generations are speculative.
- Robert I, Count of Hesbaye (697-748), Count of Hesbaye and Duke of Neustria, married Williswinda of Worms
- Cancor (d. 771), founder of Lorsch Abbey
- Heimrich (d. 795), count in the Lahngau
- House of Babenberg
- Heimrich (d. 795), count in the Lahngau
- Landrada, married Sigramnus, Count of Hesbaye
- Saint Chrodogang(d. 766), Archbishop of Metz, Abbot of Lorsch Abbey
- Sigram of Hesbaye
- Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye (750-818)
- Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778-818), wife of Emperor Louis the Pious
- Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye (750-818)
- Thuringbert, Count of Hesbaye (735-770)
- Robert II, Count of Hesbaye (770–807)
- Robert III of Worms(800–834)
- Robert the Strong (830–866)
- Odo of Paris (857-898), king of West Francia from 888, married Théodrate of Troyes
- Raoul
- Arnulf
- Guy
- Richildis, or Regilindis, married to William I of Périgueux, son of Count Wulgrin I of Angoulême
- Béatrice of Vermandois
- Emma (894–935), married Rudolph of Burgundy
- Adela, married Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
- Hedwige of Saxony, daughter of German king Henry the Fowler
- Béatrice (c.938–987), married Frederick of Bar
- Hugh Capet (c.939–996), ancestor of the Capetian dynasty
- Richard I, Duke of Normandy
- Otto of Paris (c.944–965), Duke of Burgundy from 956
- Odo-Henry (c.946–1002), Duke of Burgundy from 965
- Herbert (d. 996), Bishop of Auxerre
- Odo of Paris (857-898), king of West Francia from 888, married Théodrate of Troyes
- Robert the Strong (830–866)
- Robert II, Count of Hesbaye (770–807)
- Cancor (d. 771), founder of Lorsch Abbey
References
- ISBN 9780801469718.
- ISBN 0521364477. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
Sources
- Pierre Riché. The Carolingians, a Family who Forged Europe. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Christian Settipani and Patrick van Kerrebrouck. La Préhistoire des Capetiens, Première Partie: Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens.