Robert II, Count of Dreux

Robert II the Younger ( * 1154, † December 28, 1218 ) was from 1188, Count of Dreux and Braine.

Life

He was the son of Count Robert I. and Agnes of Baudemont, Countess of Braine, and thus a member of the house of France Dreux.

Shortly after the death of his father, after he had begun his heir, Robert broke up with an advance party to the Third Crusade ( 1189-1192 ). He has participated mainly in the siege of Acre (1189-1191) and the Battle of Arsuf ( 1191 ) here. After his return to France he fought against the British ( 1195-1198 ). In 1210, he was commander of the Albigensian Crusade and participated in the siege of Termes ( August-November 1210). He supported his brother Philip of Dreux, Bishop of Beauvais, in his fight against Rainald I of Dammartin, Count of Boulogne. At the battle of Bouvines ( 1214 ) he commanded the left wing of the army of the French king Philip II Augustus.

Marriage and issue

Robert II of Dreux married his first wife in 1178 Mathilde of Burgundy ( * 1150, † 1192 ), daughter of Raymond of Burgundy, Count of Grignon, and Agnes de Montpensier, before he broke up in 1181; The marriage remained childless. His second wife he married in 1184 Yolande of Coucy (* 1164, † 1222 ), daughter of Raoul I of Coucy Boves out of the house and Agnes of Hainaut. Their children are:

  • Robert III. Gasteblé (* 1185, † 1234), Count of Dreux
  • Eleanor (* 1186 † after 1248 ), I ∞ Hugo III. of Châteauneuf († 1229 ) ∞ Robert II of Saint- Clair
  • Isabella ( * 1188, † after 1242 ), ∞ John II of Pierrepont (* 1205, † 1251 ), Count of Roucy (House Pierrepont )
  • Alix (* 1189, † 1258 ) ∞ I 1200 Walter IV of Burgundy ( † 1219 ), Lord of Salins, ∞ II 1221 Rainald III. Choiseul (* 1195, † 1239 )
  • Peter Mauclerc (* 1191 † 1250), Duke of Brittany
  • Philippa (* 1192, † 1242 ) ∞ 1219 Henry II, Count of Bar (* 1190, † 1239 ) (House Scarponnois )
  • Heinrich ( * 1193, † 1240), Archbishop of Reims
  • Agnes (* 1195, † 1258 ) ∞ Stephen III, Count of Auxonne († 1241 ) ( House of Burgundy - Ivrea ).
  • Yolande (* 1196, † 1239 ) ∞ Raoul II of Lusignan, Count of Eu ( † 1250)
  • Johann (* 1198, † 1239 ), Count of Mâcon and Vienne; ∞ Alix, Countess of Mâcon and Vienne, daughter of Count Gerhard II ( House of Burgundy - Ivrea )
  • Johanna (* 1199, † 1272 ), Abbess of Fontevraud
  • Gottfried ( * 1200, † 1219 )

Robert II and Yolande of Coucy, his second wife are buried in Braine in the necropolis of the Counts of Dreux in the church of the monastery of Saint- Yved.

Robert I, Count of Dreux Renaud I, Count of Dammartin Ralph I, Lord of Coucy County of Hainaut Robert III, Count of Dreux Peter I, Duke of Brittany Jehan de Braine Fontevraud Abbey Saint-Yved de Braine
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