Robert I. (Béthune)
Robert I. Faisseux (lat .: Robertus Faisceuls / Fasciculus ) was a lord of Béthune in the historical Artois region and is the progenitor of the widely ramified House of Béthune . He lived at the turn of the 10th to the 11th century.
Around the year 1000 Robertus Faisceuls Bethuniæ Dominus founded the church of Saint-Barthélemy in Béthune. This is the only historical mention of him. His son Robert II confirmed the founding a few years later.
Robert's nickname is derived from the Fasces , the bundle of lictors that, according to ancient Roman custom , he could have carried in front of him as a sign of his judicial authority as the protector ( advocatus ) of the Abbey of Saint-Vaast near Arras . In this office, however, only his descendants are guaranteed. Its family origins are also assumed to be from the old Count House of Arras . Both the explanation of the nickname and the presumed ancestry cannot be based on contemporary evidence.
literature
- André Duchesne: Histoire généalogique de la maison de Béthune (1639), p. 70
- Édouard Cornet: Histoire de Béthune Tome 1 (1892), p. 14
Individual evidence
- ↑ Auberti Miraei: Opera diplomatic et historica , Tome 2 (1723), Cap. XXIII, p. 945. Comte August de Loisne: Le Cartulaire de Saint-Barthélemy de Béthune (1895), p. VI, no.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robert I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robert Faisseux |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Béthune |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 11th century |