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- [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Robert Capet II 972-1031 - French King.
Royal House of Capet. Frankish Monarch. Born the son of Adelaide of Aquitaine and King Hugh de Paris, founder of the Capetian dynasty. In 987 he was crowned Hugh's successor at Orléans, confirming the continuation of the house of Capet as the monarchs of France. In 988 he married Rosala of Italy, the marriage remained childless and ended in divorce in 992. A second marriage to Bertha of Burgundy was not sanctioned by Pope Gregory V on the grounds of consanguinity and Robert was excommunicated. With the election of a new pontiff in the year 1000, however, Pope Sylvester II annulled the childless marriage and rescinded his excommunication. He attempted to expand his holdings with the 1002 invasion of Burgundy after the Duke died without heir. By 1015, he finally succeeded in subduing the duchy. He earned the by-name "The Pious" by his devotion to the Roman Catholic Mass, conducting matins and vespers himself, and his harsh treatment of non-Catholics, such as advocating the forced conversions of local Jewry and reinstating the custom of burning those convicted of heresy. His final marriage, in 1003, to Constance d'Arles produced five children including the future Henri I of France and Robert I, Duke of Burgundy. He attempted to separate from Constance in 1008, but he abandoned the idea by the following year. She eventually organized two revolts against him, and her sons followed suit, and by 1026 they were in revolt against the king. He died in the field while attempting to suppress the rebellions of his own family. He was succeeded by his son, Henri.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21109/robert_ii
- [S328] Wikipedia: Robert II of France, Robert Capet II.
Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (French: le Pieux) or the Wise (French: le Sage), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted his father on military matters (notably during the two sieges of Laon, in 988 and 991). His solid education, provided by Gerbert of Aurillac (the future Pope Sylvester II) in Reims, allowed him to deal with religious questions of which he quickly became the guarantor (he headed the Council of Saint-Basle de Verzy in 991 and that of Chelles in 994). Continuing the political work of his father, after becoming sole ruler in 996, he managed to maintain the alliance with the Duchy of Normandy and the County of Anjou and thus was able to contain the ambitions of Count Odo II of Blois.
Robert II distinguished himself with an extraordinarily long reign for the time. His 35-year-long reign was marked by his attempts to expand the royal domain by any means, especially by his long struggle to gain the Duchy of Burgundy (which ended in 1014 with his victory) after the death in 1002 without male descendants of his paternal uncle Duke Henry I, after a war against Otto-William of Ivrea, Henry I's stepson and adopted by him as his heir. His policies earned him many enemies, including three of his sons.
The marital setbacks of Robert II (he married three times, having two of these annulled and attempting to have the third annulled, prevented only by the Pope's refusal to agree to a third annulment), strangely contrasted with the pious aura, bordering on holiness, which his biographer Helgaud of Fleury was willing to lend him in his work "Life of King Robert the Pious" (Epitoma vitæ regis Roberti pii). His life was then presented as a model to follow, made of innumerable pious donations to various religious establishments, of charity towards the poor and, above all, of gestures considered sacred, such as the healing of certain lepers. Robert II was the first sovereign considered to be a "miracle worker". The end of his reign revealed the relative weakness of the sovereign, who had to face the revolt of his third wife Constance and then of his own sons (Henri and Robert) between 1025 and 1031.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_France
- [S951] Wikipedia: Hugh Capet, Hugh Capet.
Hugh Capet[a][b] (c. 939 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. He was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V. Hugh was a descendant in illegitimate descent of Charlemagne through his paternal grandmother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Capet
- [S952] Wikipedia: Adelaide of Aquataine, Adelaide de Aquataine.
Adelaide was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.[2]
In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. They were proclaimed at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. They were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.
Hugh apparently trusted in her judgement and allowed her to take part in government: he proposed her to negotiate for him with the regent of the German Empire, empress Theophanu, committing himself beforehand to their agreement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Aquitaine
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972 - 1031 (59 years)
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