Robert III, Count of Dreux

. Robert III, called Gasteblé (which means as much as wheat thief ), ( * 1185, † March 3, 1234 in Braine ) was a Count of Dreux and Braine. He was the eldest son of Count Robert II of Dreux and his second wife Yolande of Coucy. His younger brother was Peter Mauclerc, who was Duke of Brittany in 1213.

The chronicler Guillaume le Breton reported in its La Philippide that Robert had destroyed a field of wheat in his youth during a hunt, what 's more unusual epithet explained.

Life

Robert was fought on May 17, 1209 together with the Prince Ludwig ( VIII ) in Compiègne by King Philip II of France knighted. After that he fought for the king against the Plantagenet John Lackland and assisted his brother, Peter Mauclerc, 1213 at the seizure of power in Brittany. Here, Robert fell in the defense of Nantes in captivity John the country, which he spent in England. A year later, he was released in exchange for the Earl of Salisbury, who had fallen in the battle of Bouvines in French captivity.

1216 Robert returned to England, this time in the wake of Prince Ludwig, who wanted to conquer the kingdom. However, the company failed in 1217 with the defeat of the French. Robert's father died in 1218, after which he was able to take its heritage. In 1226 he accompanied the nunmehrigen King Louis VIII of the Albigensian Crusade and participated in the siege of Avignon. After the death of King Robert was at first like his younger brother to the queen dowager and regent Blanche of Castile, but after he received some favors from her, he quickly went over to their side. In the fight against the rebellious barons Robert built in Nesles -en- Tardenois (now Seringes-et-Nesles/Aisne ) a mighty castle modeled after the royal castle Dourdan. It was placed over a castle of his brother Peter in Fere -en- Tardenois.

After his death in 1234 Robert was buried in the Abbey of Saint- Yved in Braine.

Robert was married since about 1210 AENOR de Saint- Valéry († November 15, 1250 ), which earned him the reigns of Saint -Valery -sur- Somme, Ault and Gamaches in marriage. Their children were:

  • Yolande d' Ossone (* 1212, † October 30, 1248 ) ∞ 1229 with Duke Hugh IV of Burgundy
  • John I (* 1215, † 1248/49 in Nicosia during the sixth crusade ), Count of Dreux and Braine
  • Robert I. (* 1217, † 1264 ), Viscount of Beu and Châteaudun, descendants to 1396
  • Peter (* 1220, † 1250)
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