Margrave in Neustria Rupert the Strong

820 - 866  (46 years)

• Name	Rupert the Strong  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Margrave in Neustria
  Birth	820	Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	866  [3]
  	Robert was killed at the Battle of Brissarthe while, unsurprisingly, defending Francia against a joint Breton-Viking raiding party, led by Salomon, King of Brittany, and the Viking chieftain Hastein
  Religion	Lay abbot of the influential abbey St. Martin at Tours  [3]
  Death	15 Sep 866	Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I10355	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Count of Wormsgrau and Rheingau Rutpert von Wormsgau, III,   b. Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. 7 Dec 834, France
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Wiltrud de Orleans,   b. Denmark d. France
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adbelahide de Tours,   b. 824, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France d. 866, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age 42 years)
  Children	1. Marquis Fortes de Marvois - King of France Robert Capet, I,   b. 866, Bourgogne, France d. 15 Jun 923, Soissons, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Adelaide de France,   b. 850, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 10 Nov 901, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ermentrude,   b. Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France d. 6 Oct, Paris, Île-de-France, France  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 820 - Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France Death - 15 Sep 866 - Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-WORMSGAU Woemsgau Coat of Arms

  
  

  Old World

  _Rupert The Strong I

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Robert "the Strong" of Orleans 820-866. Count Robert The Strong “le Fort” de Tours IV, Count of d'Anjou, d'Auxerre and Nevers, ancestor of all the Capetians. Both of his sons, Eudes and Robert, were Frankish kings. His great-grandson was Hugues Capet. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229043135/robert_the_strong-de_tours [S1039] Wikipedia: Robert the Strong, Rupert the Strong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Strong