Robert of Burgundy (1059–1111) was a son of
Henry of Burgundy and grandson of
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy. He was an archdeacon at Langres and was named
bishop of Langres in 1085.
[Constance Brittain Bouchard, ''Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980–1198''] Together with his brother
Odo I, Duke of Burgundy, he participated in the French expedition to the Iberian peninsula that ended, with little accomplished, in the failed
siege of Tudela
The siege of Tudela was the main action of the French military campaign in Spain in 1087 in conjunction with Kings Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Sancho V of Navarre and Aragon. The arrival of a French army under Odo I, Duke of Burgundy, and ...
in 1087.
[Jonathan Riley-Smith, ''The First Crusaders 1095-1131'', 44.]
He took the habit at the abbey of
Molesme
Molesme () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
History
Molesme grew up round the Benedictine monastery of Molesme Abbey, established here in the late 11th century by Saint Robert, who later founded Cîteaux Abbey, moth ...
in 1111, and died at
Châtillon-sur-Seine on 18 September 1111.
References
External links
Robert of Burgundy, Bishop of Langres at Medieval Lands Project
1059 births
1111 deaths
Bishops of Langres
Regents of Sicily
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