Robert IV (Dreux)

Seal of Robert IV of Dreux

Robert IV (* 1241 ; † November 12, 1282 ) was a count of Dreux and Braine . He was a son of Count Johann I von Dreux and his wife, Marie von Bourbon.

In 1260 Robert married Beatrix, Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury and the mistress of Rochefort , heiress of John I of Montfort . Your children were:

• Marie (* 1261; † 1276), ∞ Mathieu IV. De Montmorency (family list of Montmorency )
• Johann II. (* 1265; † 1309), Count of Dreux, Braine and Montfort
• Yolande († after February 1, 1324), Countess of Montfort, ∞ I) on November 1, 1285 in Jedburgh with King Alexander III. of Scotland († 1286), ∞ II) 1292 with Duke Arthur II of Brittany († 1312)
• Johanna († April 11, 1325), Countess von Braine and Rochefort, ∞ I) around 1292 with Johann IV. , Count von Roucy († 1302), ∞ II) ∞ May 1304 with Johann von Bar, Lord of Puisaye († 1317 )
• Beatrix (* 1270; † 1328), abbess of Port Royal des Champs
• Robert († 1303 in Flanders), lord of Château-du-Loir

Robert took part in the crusade of King Louis IX in 1270 . to Africa ( Seventh Crusade ). In 1272 he took part in the campaign of King Philip III. against Count Roger Bernard III. from Foix . After his death, he was buried in the Saint-Yved Abbey in Braine .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extrait d'une chronique anonyme , in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 21 (1840), pp. 124–125. Called here both as conte de Montfort and conte de Dreux .

Web links

• medieval-genealogie.de: Robert IV. Archived from the original on September 28, 2004 ; Retrieved June 1, 2012 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann I.	Count of Dreux and Braine 1249–1282	Johann II the good
Johann I.	Count of Montfort (de iure uxoris ) 1260–1282	Arthur II (de iure uxoris )