Robert VII (Auvergne)

Robert VII (* around 1282; † October 13, 1325 in Saint-Geraldus ) was Count of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1314 . He was the son of Count Robert VI. and the Beatrice de Montgascon, Dame de Montgascon .

He married on June 25, 1303 Paris first wife Blanche of Bourbon, called Blanche Clermont , daughter of Robert of France , Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Beatrix of Burgundy , Dame de Bourbon. From this marriage comes:

• Wilhelm XII. († August 6, 1332), Count of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1325

Probably in December 1312 he married Maria von Dampierre (* after 1286; † 1350 at the "Octave de la fête St Georges", i.e. probably on April 30th), Vice Countess of Châteaudun , daughter of William IV of Dampierre , called Wilhelm ohne Land, Lord of Dendermonde and Crèvecœur (a son of Guido I , Count of Flanders ), and Alix of Clermont. Children of this marriage were:

• Guido († November 25, 1373 in Lleida ), called Guy de Boulogne , Archbishop of Lyon , Cardinal (1342)
• John I († March 24, 1386), Count of Montfort , Auvergne and Boulogne
• Robert, 1326/30 attested
• Gottfried († around 1385), Lord of Montgascon, father of Maria von Montgascon , Countess of Auvergne
• Mathilde, called Mahaut d'Auvergne ; ∞ June 1334 Amadeus III. , Count of Geneva (around 1311; † 1367) - the parents of Pope Clement VII.
• Margarete, attested in 1326/72, spiritual in Moncel in 1372
• Mary, attested in 1334

Robert VII was buried in Le Bouchet (now part of Manzat ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert VI.	Count of Boulogne 1314-1325	Wilhelm XII.