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 This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons () and ruled Soissons and its ''civitas'' or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual Soissonnais. Carolingia ...

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, Aisne, Marle and the Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson, Marquis de Pont-à-Mousson. He was the eldest son of Robert I of Bar and Marie of Valois (1344-1404), Marie of Valois. ...

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 from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after t ...

. Because his father was the eldest son of

Robert I of Bar Robert I of Bar (8 November 1344 – 12 April 1411) was Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson and Count and then Duke of Bar. He succeeded his elder brother Edward II of Bar as count in 1352. His parents were Henry IV of Bar and Yolande of Flanders. Wh ...

, Robert claimed the

Duchy of Bar The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the ''Barrois, pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the County of Montbéliard, House of Montbéliard from the 11t ...

. He only renounced his claims after a large financial compensation and the elevation of Marle to a County. In 1412 he also became

.
Robert was one of the many French casualties at the

Battle of Agincourt The Battle of Agincourt ( ; ) 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 victory of the vastly outnumbered English troops agains ...

. 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 ...

(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 ...

, Dame d'Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux ''suo jure'' (1415 – 14 May 1462), married

Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1418 – 19 December 1475) belonged to the Ligny branch of the House of Luxemburg and was Constable of France. Life Saint-Pol was the eldest son of Peter of Luxembo ...

, 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 15th-century French nobility Counts of Marle French military personnel killed in action People of the Hundred Years' War