Robert I. (Worms- and Oberrheingau)
Robert I. , also: Rupert I. († before 764) was count in Worms and Upper Rhinegau . It was related to the middle Rhine dynasty of the Robertinians founded by Count Robert the Brave in the middle of the 9th century .
In 732 Robert I became "Dux" in Haspengau and Count in Upper Rhine and Wormsgau and was from 741/42 royal count palatine and 757 royal missus in Italy . He was also a count in Masuaria and an important pillar of the Carolingians .
In 756/57 Robert I, together with Abbot Fulrad of Saint-Denis, led the implementation of the treaties with the Lombards . Robert had already died when his widow Williswinda and his son Cancor founded the Lorsch Monastery in 764 .
Family and offspring
Robert I was the son of Count Lantbert II. He was a relative of Bishop Chrodegang of Metz. He married 730 Williswint (also Williswinda, † after 764), daughter of Count Adelhelm in Wormsgau. He had four sons:
- Cancor , after 782 became Count in the Upper Rhinegau and founder of the Lorsch Monastery
- Anselm, Count Palatine, died at Roncesvalles after 778
- Robert became abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Fossés after 786
- Thüringbert
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerd Tellenbach : The Greater Franconian nobility and the government of Italy in the heyday of the Carolingian Empire. in: Studies and preliminary work on the history of the Greater Franconian and early German nobility. Eberhard Albert Verlag, Freiburg i. B. 1957, p. 44.
- ^ Alfred Friese: Studies on the history of rule of the Franconian nobility - The Mainland-Thuringian area from the 7th to 11th century. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1979, p. 98 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robert I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rupert I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Worms and Oberrheingau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century or 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | before 764 |