Robert of Bar (1390 – 25 October 1415) was Lord of Marle between 1397 and 1413, Count of Marle between 1413 and 1415 and Count of Soissons between 1412 and 1415. He was the only child of

Henry of Bar Henry of Bar (c. 1362 – October 1397, in Treviso, Italy) was lord of Marle and the Marquis de Pont-à-Mousson. He was the eldest son of Robert I of Bar and Marie of Valois. Early in his life, he was betrothed to the daughter of John I, Duke ...

and

Marie I de Coucy, Countess of Soissons Marie I de Coucy (April 1366 – after 3 March 1405) was Dame de Coucy and d'Oisy, and Countess of Soissons from 1397. She succeeded suo jure to the title of Countess of Soissons upon the death of her father, Enguerrand VII de Coucy, on 18 Februa ...

. His great-grandfather was

Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...

. Because his father was the eldest son of Robert I of Bar, Robert claimed the Duchy of Bar. He only renounced his claims after a large financial compensation and the elevation of Marle to a County. In 1412 he also became Count of Soissons.
Robert was one of the many French casualties at the

Battle of Agincourt The Battle of Agincourt ( ; french: Azincourt ) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France. The unexpected English victory against the numerica ...

. Robert married in 1409

Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux, Countess of Ligny (- late 1450), was a French noblewoman, the suo jure Viscountess of Meaux, having inherited the title upon her father's death in 1408. Her father was Robert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of M ...

(d. 1450), daughter of Robert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of Meaux. They had one child, a daughter: *

Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons Jeanne de Bar, suo jure Countess of Marle and Soissons, Dame d'Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux, and Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1415 – 14 May 1462) was a noble French heiress and Sovereign Countess. She was the only c ...

, Dame d'Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux ''suo jure'' (1415 – 14 May 1462), married Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano by whom she had seven children.

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* * *{{cite book , title=The Reign of Henry the Fifth: 1415-1416 , first=James Hamilton , last=Wylie , volume=II , author-link=James Hamilton Wylie , publisher=Cambridge at the University Press , year=1919 1390 births 1415 deaths 14th-century French people 15th-century French people Counts French military personnel killed in action People of the Hundred Years' War