Robert the Strong
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Robert the Strong (Old Frank: Rutpert ) (died September 15, 866), also known as Robert IV, was a count of Tours. He was nominated by Charles the Bald missus dominicus for the Tours and Angers regions in 853. After a rebellion against Charles II in 855, he became duke for the region between Seine and Loire. From this time he was responsible for fighting against Normans and Britons, and he eventually met his demise in 866 fighting the Normans in the Battle of Brissarthe.
Stoyan lists his wife as Adelaide of Tours. [1] Robert was the father of Odo, Count of Paris and Robert I of France, who both became King of Western Francia. Robert was the great-grandfather of Hugh Capet and thus the ancestor of all the Capetians.
Following only the male line, Robert is the direct patrilineal ancestor of both the throne of France and that of Spain. His direct lines of French and Spanish royal descendants are listed below (following only sons).
- Robert the Strong, Count of Tours
- Robert I, King of France
- Hugh the Great, Count of Paris
- Hugh Capet, King of France
- Robert II, King of France
- Henry I, King of France
- Philip I, King of France
- Louis VI, King of France
- Louis VII, King of France
- Philip II, King of France
- Louis VIII, King of France
- Louis IX, King of France
- Robert, Count of Clermont
- Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
- James I, Count of La Marche
- John I, Count of La Marche
- Louis, Count of Vendome
- John VIII, Count of Vendome
- Francis, Count of Vendome
- Charles IV de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome
- Anthony of Bourbon, Duke of Vendome
- Henry IV, King of France
- Louis XIII, King of France
- Philip I, Duke of Orleans
- Louis, Duke of Orleans
- Louis Philip I, Duke of Orleans
- Louis Philip II, Duke of Orleans
- Louis-Philip, King of France
- Ferdinand-Philip, Duke of Orleans
- Robert, Duke of Chartres
- John III, Titular King of France
- Henry VI, Titular King of France
- Henry VII, Titular King of France
- Francis, Count of Clermont
Philip I, Duke of Orleans, mentioned above, was a brother to Louis XIV. The Spanish line splits off at Louis XIV, King of France, whose son was Louis, the Grand Dauphin, father of Philip V of Spain. The Spanish line begins below.
- Louis XIII, King of France
- Louis XIV, King of France
- Louis, the Grand Dauphin
- Philip V, King of Spain
- Charles III, King of Spain
- Charles IV, King of Spain
- Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cadiz
- Francis, King Consort of Spain
- Alfonso XII, King of Spain
- Alfonso XIII, King of Spain
- Infante Don Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona
- John Charles I, King of Spain
- Philip, Prince of Asturias
- Eleanor, Princess of Spain
