Robert III (Dreux)

The coat of arms of Robert III. before he inherited the count

Robert III , called Gasteblé (means something like wheat thief ), (* 1185 ; † March 3, 1234 in Braine ) was a count of Dreux and Braine . He was the eldest son of Count Robert II von Dreux and his second wife Yolande von Coucy. His younger brother was Peter Mauclerc , who became Duke of Brittany in 1213 .

The chronicler Guillaume le Breton reported in his La Philippide that Robert destroyed a wheat field during a hunt in his youth , which explains his rather unusual nickname.

Life

Robert was knighted by King Philip II of France on May 17, 1209 together with Prince Louis (VIII) in Compiègne . After that he fought for the king against the Plantagenet Johann Ohneland and supported his brother, Peter Mauclerc, in taking power in Brittany in 1213 . During the defense of Nantes , Robert fell into the captivity of Johann Ohneland, which he spent in England. A year later he was released in exchange for the Earl of Salisbury , who had been captured by the French in the Battle of Bouvines .

In 1216 Robert returned to England, this time in the wake of Prince Ludwig, who wanted to conquer the kingdom. However, the company failed in 1217 with a defeat for the French. Robert's father died in 1218, whereupon he could take over his inheritance. In 1226 he accompanied the now King Louis VIII on the Albigensian Crusade and took part in the siege of Avignon . After the king's death, Robert was initially like his younger brother against the queen widow and regent Blanka of Castile , but after receiving some perks from her, he quickly went over to her side. In the fight against the rebellious barons, Robert built a mighty castle in Nesles-en-Tardenois (today Seringes-et-Nesles / Aisne ) based on the model of the royal castle Dourdan . It was opposite a castle of his brother Peter in Fère-en-Tardenois .

After his death in 1234 Robert was buried in the Saint-Yved Abbey in Braine.

Robert was married to Aénor de Saint-Valéry († November 15, 1250) from around 1210, who brought him the dominions of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , Ault and Gamaches . Your children were:

• Yolande d'Ossone (* 1212 - † October 30, 1248), ⚭ 1229 with Duke Hugo IV of Burgundy
• Johann I (* 1215; † 1248/49 in Nicosia during the sixth crusade ), Count of Dreux and Braine
• Robert I (* 1217; † 1264), Vice Count of Beu and Châteaudun , descendants until 1396
• Peter (* 1220; † 1250)

Web links

• Website of the Castle of Nesles (French)
• medieval-genealogie.de: Robert III. Gateble. Archived from the original on September 28, 2004 ; Retrieved June 1, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ André Duchesne : Histoire généalogique de la maison de Dreux, p. 69. (Paris, 1631)

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert II the Younger	Count of Dreux and Braine 1218–1234	Johann I.