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[[Image:Blason Empire Latin de Constantinople.svg|right|thumb|125px|Coat of arms of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.]][[File:Robertus -Courtenay.jpg|200px|thumb|Robert of Courtenay from "[[Guillaume Rouillé|Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum]] "]] |
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| name = Robert I |
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| image = [[File:Robertus -Courtenay.jpg|200px]] |
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| succession = [[Latin Emperor|Latin Emperor of Constantinople]] |
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| reign = 25 March 1221{{dash}}1228 |
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| predecessor = [[Peter II of Courtenay|Peter]] |
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| successor = [[Baldwin II, Latin Emperor|Baldwin II]] |
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| death_date = 1228 |
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| spouse = [[Lady of Neuville]] |
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| house = [[House of Courtenay]] |
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| father = [[Peter II of Courtenay|Peter]] |
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| mother = [[Yolanda of Flanders]] |
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'''Robert I''', also '''Robert of Courtenay''' (died 1228), [[Latin Empire|Latin Emperor of Constantinople]], was a younger son of the emperor [[Peter II of Courtenay]], and a descendant of the French king, [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]], while his mother [[Yolanda of Flanders]] was a sister of [[Baldwin I of Constantinople|Baldwin]] and [[Henry of Flanders]], the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire. |
'''Robert I''', also '''Robert of Courtenay''' (died 1228), [[Latin Empire|Latin Emperor of Constantinople]], was a younger son of the emperor [[Peter II of Courtenay]], and a descendant of the French king, [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]], while his mother [[Yolanda of Flanders]] was a sister of [[Baldwin I of Constantinople|Baldwin]] and [[Henry of Flanders]], the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire. |
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| Latin Emperor of Constantinople | |
| Reign | 25 March 1221 – 1228 |
| Predecessor | Peter |
| Successor | Baldwin II |
| Died | 1228 |
| Spouse | Lady of Neuville |
| House | House of Courtenay |
| Father | Peter |
| Mother | Yolanda of Flanders |
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Robert I, also Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), Latin Emperor of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and a descendant of the French king, Louis VI, while his mother Yolanda of Flanders was a sister of Baldwin and Henry of Flanders, the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire.
When it became known in France that Peter of Courtenay was dead, his eldest son, Philip, Marquis of Namur, renounced the succession to the Latin empire of Constantinople in favor of his brother Robert, who set out to take possession of his distracted inheritance, which was then ruled by Conon of Béthune as regent. Crowned emperor on March 25, 1221 Robert, who was surrounded by enemies, appealed for help to the pope Honorius III and to the king of France Philip II; but meanwhile his lands were falling into the hands of the rival Despotate of Epirus and Empire of Nicaea (Battle of Poimanenos).
Some little aid was sent from western Europe, but soon Robert was compelled to make peace with his chief foe, John Ducas Vatatzes, emperor of Nicaea, who was confirmed in all his conquests. Robert promised to marry Eudoxia, daughter of the late emperor of Nicaea, Theodore I Lascaris and Anna Angelina. He had been betrothed to Eudoxia on a former occasion; the circumstances surrounding the failed negotiations are unclear, but George Akropolites states that the arrangement was blocked on religious grounds by the Orthodox Patriarch Manuel Sarantenos: Robert's sister Marie de Courtenay was married to Emperor Theodore I Laskaris. Accordingly, Robert, already Theodore's brother-in-law, could not also be his son-in-law.[1] Regardless, Robert soon repudiated this engagement, and married the Lady of Neuville, already the fiancée of a Burgundian gentleman. Heading a conspiracy, the Burgundian drove Robert from Constantinople, he fled to Rome to seek redress from the pope who convinced him to return to Constantinople, but on his return trip, in early in 1228, the emperor died in Morea.
Notes
- ^ George Akropolites (Ruth Macrides, ed), The History. Oxford: University Press, 2007, p. 157-158.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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