Chrodebert I (Chrotbert, Radobertus, Robert I) (died 695),
Merovingian referendary and
Bishop of Tours
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours ( Latin: ''Archidioecesis Turonensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Tours'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese has roots that go back to the 3rd c ...
(as Chrotbert, 660-695), son of
Charibert de Haspengau and his wife Wulfgurd. Robert and his brothers
Erlebert and Aldebert were the ancestors of the
Robertians
The Robertians (sometimes called the Robertines in modern scholarship) are the proposed Frankish family which was ancestral to the Capetian dynasty, and thus to the royal families of France and of many other countries. The Capetians appear first i ...
.
Robert began his career as a
referendary Referendary is the English form of a number of administrative positions, of various rank, in chanceries and other official organizations in Europe.
Pre-modern history
The office of ' (plural: ', from the Latin ', "I inform") existed at the Byzan ...
to
Dagobert I
Dagobert I ( la, Dagobertus; 605/603 – 19 January 639 AD) was the king of Austrasia (623–634), king of all the Franks (629–634), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dy ...
, the last powerful king of the Merovingian dynasty, and his son
Clovis II
Clovis II (633 – 657) was King of Neustria and Burgundy, having succeeded his father Dagobert I in 639. His brother Sigebert III had been King of Austrasia since 634. He was initially under the regency of his mother Nanthild until her deat ...
. He was the
Mayor of the Palace of Burgundy (as Radobertus) from 642-662) and possibly that of Neustria during the interregnum of
Ebroin
Ebroin (died 680 or 681) was the Frankish mayor of the palace of Neustria on two occasions; firstly from 658 to his deposition in 673 and secondly from 675 to his death in 680 or 681. In a violent and despotic career, he strove to impose the aut ...
. He may have been
Bishop of Paris
The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France ...
, but there is little evidence to support this.
Robert was married to Glismoda of Bavaria, parentage unknown. They had two children:
*
Lambert I of Hesbaye
*
Saint Angadrisma, married to
Ansbert of Rouen
Lambert was the father of
count palatine Chrodbert.
References
Sources
*
Settipani, Christian, ''Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne, 2e édition revue et corrigée, éd. P & G'', Prosopographia et Genealogica, 2015,
*Settipani, Christian
''Addenda aux "Ancêtres de Charlemagne'' 1990
695 deaths
7th-century Frankish nobility
7th-century Frankish bishops
Bishops of Tours
Year of birth unknown
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