New Mexican Roots - New England Roots Robert II Comte de Dreux

Louis VI "le Gros" Capet Roi des Francs
(1081-1137)

Adélaide de Maurienne
(Abt 1092-1154)

Guy de Baudement Sire de Braine
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Alix
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Robert I Comte de Dreux
(Abt 1123-1188)

Agnes de Baudement
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Robert II Comte de Dreux
(1154-1218)

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Spouses/Children:
Yolande de Coucy

Pierre I Duc de Bretagne+

Robert II Comte de Dreux

Born: 1154, Dreux, France ¹⁷⁷
Marriage: Yolande de Coucy
Died: Decmber 1218 at age 64 ¹⁷⁷

Noted events in his life and other information:

• Background Information: ¹⁷⁷

Robert II was the Count of Dreux and Braine. He was the oldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreus and Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine. He was also the grandson of King Louis VI of France.

Robert II participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the English between 1195 and 1198 and inthe Albigensian Crusade in 1210. In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.
~Wikipedia

Robert married Yolande de Coucy, daughter of Raoul I Sire de Coucy and Agnes de Hainault. (Yolande de Coucy died on 18 Mar 1222.)

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