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Robert, Count of Clermont

Robert, Count of Clermont

French nobleman, Son of Louis IX

Robert of Clermont (1256 – 7 February 1317) was a French prince du sang who was created Count of Clermont in 1268. He was the sixth and last son of King Louis IX (Saint Louis) and Margaret of Provence.[1]

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Although he played a minor role in his lifetime due to a head injury which left him handicapped at a young age, he had an important dynastic position as the founder of the House of Bourbon, to which he passed the rights to the throne of France from his father when all male-line branches descended from his elder brothers died out in 1589, nine generations after him.

Early life

Robert was born in 1256 as the sixth and youngest son of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and Margaret of Provence.[1] Robert's godfather, chosen by Louis IX, was Humbert of Romans, the Dominican Master of the Order at the time of Robert's birth.[2]

Marriage and children

In 1272, Robert married Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon[1] and had the following issue:

Health problems

During his first joust, in 1279, Robert suffered head injuries which rendered him an invalid for the remainder of his life.[3]

Written records

Robert is mentioned in the prologue of the Coutumes de Beauvaisis by Philippe de Beaumanoir.[4]

Death

He was buried in the now-demolished church of the Couvent des Jacobins in Paris.[5]

Depictions in fiction

Robert is a supporting character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. He was portrayed by Alexandre Rignault in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Ioan Siminie in the 2005 adaptation.

See also

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References

  1. [1]
    Kibler, William W.; Zinn, Grover A.; Henneman, John Bell Jr.; Earp, Lawrence, eds. (1995). "Bourbon". Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 0-8240-4444-4.
  2. [2]
    Brett, Edward Tracy (1984). Humbert of Romans: His Life and Views of Thirteenth-Century Society. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-88844-067-9.
  3. [3]
    Keen, Maurice (1984). "The Rise of the Tournament". Chivalry. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 87. ISBN 0-300-03360-5.
  4. [4]
    de Remi Beaumanoir, Philippe (1899). "Prologues". Coutumes de Beauvaisis (in French). Paris: Alphonse Picard et Fils, Éditeurs. pp. 2.
  5. [5]
    Warner, Kathryn (2016). Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen. The Hill, Stroud, Gloucester, UK: Amberley Press. p. 106. ISBN 9781445647401.
Robert, Count of Clermont
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 1256 Died: 7 February 1317
Preceded by
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 Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
1268–1317		 Succeeded by
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