Robert V (Béthune)
Robert V , called the Red (* before 1138; † 1191 before Acre ) was a lord of Béthune , Richebourg , Varneston and Chocques , as well as hereditary advocatus of the Church and Abbey of Saint-Vaast of Arras from the House of Béthune . He was the son of Wilhelm I († 1138) lord of Béthune, Richebourg and Varneston, and Clémence, daughter of Hugo II, lord of Cambrai .
Together with his two eldest sons, Robert V accompanied his liege lord, Count Philip of Flanders , on an armed pilgrimage to the Holy Land for the first time in 1177 . There the count tried to arrange a marriage between the Béthune sons and the two sisters of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem , Sibylle and Isabella , but this failed because of the objection of the barons around Baldwin von Ibelin .
Robert V followed the Counts of Flanders on the Third Crusade in 1191 . He fell during the siege of Acre .
He was married to Adelise von Saint-Pol . With her he had at least five children:
- Robert VI. († 1193), Lord of Béthune, Richebourg, Varneston, Chocques, Meulebeke and Loker
- Wilhelm II the Red († 1214), Lord of Béthune
- Baldwin († 1211), Lord of Choques, Count of Aumale
- Johann (X 1219), Bishop of Cambrai
- Conon († 1218), Lord of Adrianople , Governor of Constantinople , Regent of the Latin Empire
literature
- Steven Runciman : A History of the Crusades (Cambridge University Press, 1951–1954)
Individual proof
- ↑ Gislebert von Mons , Chronicon Hanoniense , ed. by Wilhelm Arndt in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS 21 (1869), p. 579
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| SURNAME | Robert V. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robert the Red |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of Béthune, Richebourg, Varneston and Chocques |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1138 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1191 |