Robert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons

Robert of Bar, occasionally also called Robert Marle (* 1390, † October 25, 1415 at Agincourt ), Count of Marle and Soissons from the ducal house of Bar was, he was a son of Henry of Bar and Marie de Coucy ( † 1405).

After his father's death in 1397 Robert was regarded as presumptive heir to his grandfather to the Duchy of Bar Duke Robert I but disowned him in 1401 in favor of another son, Edward III. Even his mother's heritage was not untouched. While Robert was able to take from it the counties of Soissons, Marle, and the rule Oisy, but not the great barony of Coucy. This was Marie in 1400 to the Duke Louis of Orléans, brother of King Charles VI. , Probably have to resign voluntarily. The other hand, Robert led to several processes before the royal parliament in Paris, but these were dismissed or decided in favor of the Duke. To compensate for this loss him dominion Marle 1413 was upgraded to a county and he himself employed in the Office of the United butler.

On October 25, 1415 Robert died in the battle of Agincourt against the English. Among the dead were his uncle, Duke Edward III. Bar and John of Bar -Puisaye.

He was married to Jeanne de Béthune († 1449 ), Viscountess of Meaux. Their only daughter and heiress, Jeanne (* 1415, † May 14, 1462 ), which in 1435 the Constable Louis I de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and Brienne married. Roberts widow married in 1418 the uncle of his son, Jean II de Luxembourg, Count of Ligny.