Robertians

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Robertian dynasty
Robertiens
Royal house
CountryFrancia
West Francia
Foundedca. 800 (800)
FounderRobert of Hesbaye
Final rulerHugh the Great
Titles
Dissolution956 (956)
Cadet branches

The Robertians (sometimes called the Robertines in modern scholarship) are the proposed

Carolingian dynasty of Charlemagne in West Francia, which later became France. As their power increased, they came into conflict with the older royal family and attained the crown several times before the eventual start of the continuous rule of the descendants of Hugh Capet
(ruled 987–996).

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

Robert of Hesbaye
(c. 800), about whom there are almost no records.

The Robertian family figured prominently amongst the

Hugh Capet
(r. 987–996), who ruled from his seat in Paris as the first Capetian king of France.

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

The oldest known Robertians probably originated in the county of

Saint Chrodogang, archbishop of Metz
.

History

Robert the Strong

The sons of Robert the Strong were

Lothair I of France (954–986). Lothair greatly expanded the Robertian dominions when he granted Hugh Aquitaine as well as much of Burgundy,[2]
both rich and influential territories, arguably two of the richest in France.

The Carolingian dynasty ceased to rule France upon the death of

Louis Philippe
was deposed in 1848.

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

See also:
Robertian kings family tree

The first two generations are speculative.

References

  1. ISBN 9780801469718
    .
  2. 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.
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