Robert of Clermont (1256 – 7 February 1317) was a French ''
prince du sang'' who was created
Count of Clermont in 1268. He was the sixth and last son of King
Louis IX
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the d ...
(Saint Louis) and
Margaret of Provence
Margaret of Provence (french: Marguerite; 1221 – 20 December 1295) was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.
Early life
Margaret was born in the spring of 1221 in Forcalquier. She was the eldest of four daughters of Ramon Berenguer IV ...
.
[''Bourbon'', John Bell Henneman Jr., Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, Ed. William W. Kibler, (Routledge, 1995), 138.]
Although he played a minor role in his lifetime due to a head injury which left him handicapped at a young age, he had an important dynastic position as the founder of the
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a European dynasty of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Spanis ...
, to which he passed the
rights to the throne of France from his father when all
male-line branches descended from his elder brothers died out in 1589, nine generations after him.
Early life
Robert was born in 1256 as the sixth and youngest son of King
Louis IX of France
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the ...
(Saint Louis) and
Margaret of Provence
Margaret of Provence (french: Marguerite; 1221 – 20 December 1295) was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.
Early life
Margaret was born in the spring of 1221 in Forcalquier. She was the eldest of four daughters of Ramon Berenguer IV ...
.
Robert's godfather, chosen by Louis IX, was
Humbert of Romans
Humbert of Romans (, Romans-sur-Isère – 14 July 1277, Valence, Drôme, France) was a French Dominican friar who served as the fifth Master General of the Order of Preachers from 1254 to 1263.
Early career
Nothing is known of his early lif ...
, the Dominican Master of the Order at the time of Robert's birth.
Marriage and children
In 1272, Robert married
Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon
[''Bourbon'', John Bell Henneman Jr., Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, 138.] and had the following issue:
*
Louis I, ''le Boiteux'' (1279–1342), first
Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon (french: Duc de Bourbon) is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the lordship of B ...
.
*Blanche of Clermont (1281–1304); married in 1303 in
Paris
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Robert VII, Count of Auvergne
This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne.
History
In the 7th century Auvergne was disputed between the Franks and Aquitanians. It was later conquered by the Carolingians, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom of Aquitaine. The ...
and
Boulogne
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, grandmother of
Joan I, Countess of Auvergne
Joan I (8 May 1326 – 29 September 1360, Chateau d'Argilly) was ruling Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1332 to 1360 and Queen of France by her marriage to King John II.
Life
She was the daughter of William XII, Count of Auvergne and Bo ...
.
*
John of Clermont (1283–1316), Baron of Charolais; married c. 1309 Jeanne d'Argues, widow of
Hugh, Count of Soissons
Hugh of Nesle (d. after October 1305), son of John IV, Count of Soissons, and his wife Marguerite of Rumigny. Count of Soissons. Hugh became count after the death of his brother John in 1304.
Hugh married Jeanne de Dargies (Johanna of Argies), d ...
, and had issue.
*Mary of Clermont (1285–1372, Paris), Prioress of Poissy
*Peter of Clermont (1287 – aft. 1330), Archdeacon of Paris
*Margaret of Clermont (1289–1309, Paris); married firstly, in 1305,
Raymond Berengar of Andria
Raymond Berengar of Anjou (between 1279 and 1282–1307) was the count of Andria and possibly Count of Provence and Prince of Piedmont.
Raymond Berengar was the fifth son of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary. He was born in Proven ...
, and secondly, in 1308,
John I, Marquis of Namur
John I (1267 – 31 January 1330) was the count of Namur from 1305 to 1330. He was a member of the House of Dampierre, the son of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders and Marquis of Namur, and his second wife Isabelle of Luxembourg. John was the f ...
.
Health problems
During his first
joust
Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying to strike the opponent w ...
, in 1279, Robert suffered head injuries which rendered him an invalid for the remainder of his life.
Written records
Robert is mentioned in the prologue of the ''
Coutumes de Beauvaisis
The ''Coutumes of Beauvaisis'' is a book on medieval French law composed by Philippe de Beaumanoir at the end of the 13th century in Old French prose. The text covers a wide range of topics both on procedural and substantive law and is quite vo ...
'' by
Philippe de Beaumanoir.
Death
He was buried in the now-demolished church of the
Couvent des Jacobins in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
.
Depictions in fiction
Robert is a supporting character in ''
Les Rois maudits
''The Accursed Kings'' (french: Les Rois maudits ) is a series of historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century. Published between 1955 and 1977, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice ...
'' (''The Accursed Kings''), a series of French
historical novel
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...
s by
Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.
Life and career
Born in Paris, France, Druon was the s ...
. He was portrayed by
Alexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985.
Selected filmography
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rignault, Alexandre
1901 births
1985 deaths
...
in the 1972
French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Ioan Siminie in the 2005 adaptation.
See also
*
Bourbon family tree
This is a simplified family tree of the House of Bourbon (in Spain, Spanish, ''Borbón''; in Italy, Italian, ''Borbone''; in England, English, ''Borbon''. The House of Bourbon is a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty that descended from a younger ...
*
French monarchs family tree
Below are the family trees of all French monarchs, from Childeric I to Louis Philippe I.
For a more simplified view, see Family tree of French monarchs (simplified)
Key
Unlike in some other family trees, siblings here are not listed in birth order ...
References
Sources
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