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"Robert I of Flanders (1029/1032 \endash 13 October 1093 in Kassel), known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 to 1092.
History
He was the younger son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adèle, a daughter of King Robert II of France.
Robert was originally intended to secure the northern borders of Flanders by his marriage to Gertrude of Saxony, Dowager Countess of Holland. After the death of his brother Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders in 1070 rebelled against Baldwin's widow Richilde, Countess of Hainau and her son Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. Arnulf was killed in the Battle of Cassel (1071). Richilde's younger son Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut took possession of Hainault and Robert became Count of Flanders.
Family
Robert married Gertrude of Saxony, widow of Floris I, Count of Holland and daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt. They had five children:
Robert II, married Clementia of Burgundy
Adela (d. 1115), who first married king Canute IV of Denmark, and was the mother of Charles the Good, later count of Flanders. She then married Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia.
Gertrude, who married 1) Henry III, Count of Leuven and had 4 children. 2) Thierry II, Duke of Lorraine, and was the mother of Thierry of Alsace, also later count of Flanders
Philip of Loo, whose illegitimate son William of Ypres was also a claimant to the county of Flanders
Ogiva, abbess of Messines." [1] |
Ellie Wood Keith Genealogy
1032 - 1093 (61 years)
