Robert II 'the Pious' Capet Roi de France ³

  General Notes:

Robert II, Roi de France was a member of the House of Capet. Robert II, Roi de France was also known as Robert 'the Pious'. He gained the title of Roi Robert II de France in 996.

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King of France who took Burgundy into the French realm.

The son of Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty, and Adelaide of Aquitaine, Robert was educated at the episcopal school of Reims under Gerbert of Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II. Soon after his own coronation (July 987), Hugh prudently arranged the election and coronation (December 987) of Robert, thus facilitating his son's eventual succession (October 996) as sole ruler. His excommunication as a result of his marriage within the prohibited degrees of relationship was eventually lifted after the repudiation of the childless Bertha in 1001. Constance of Arles, whom the King married two years later, was the mother of his successor, Henry I.

Robert's domain was not extensive; and, to increase his power, he vigorously and tenaciously pressed his claim to fiefs as they became vacant. Thus, when the duke of Burgundy died without an heir (1002), Robert went to war against a rival claimant. Only in 1015, however, did he finally succeed in subduing the rich duchy. (The gain was transitory, for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy to his brother, Robert, and it thereafter remained for centuries outside royal control.)

A patron of the Cluniac monastic movement, Robert apparently ruled firmly and judiciously in his own lands.

Robert was also married
1. in 989 with Rozela (Susanna), daughter of king Berengar II of Italy, divorced in 992,
2. in 997 with Berta, daughter of king Conrad of Burgundy. He was her cousin and they were divorced ca. 1000 pope Gregor V demanded it.

His year of birth is also recorded as 970.

Acceded: King of France, Oct 996.

[source: Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy, http://nygaard.howards.net/]

Robert married Rosela of Italy, daughter of Berenger I Fuili Emperor of Italy and Bertila of Spoleto, in 992.¹ (Rosela of Italy died in 1003 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Divorced in 992.

Robert next married Bertha de Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad Roi de Jurane Bourgogne and Elfgifu, in 996.² (Bertha de Bourgogne was born about 962 ² and died after 1035 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

Divorced in 1000.

Robert next married Constance de Provence, daughter of Guillaume III Taillefer Comte de Provence and Adélaïde d' Anjou, in 1003-1005.³ (Constance de Provence was born about 973 ² and died on 25 Jul 1032 ².)