Robert from Bar

Robert von Bar , sometimes also called Robert von Marle (* around 1390; † October 25, 1415 at Azincourt ), was Count of Marle and Soissons from the Duchy of Bar . He was a son of Heinrich von Bar and Marie de Coucy († 1405).

After the death of his father in 1397, Robert was the presumptive heir of his grandfather to the Duchy of Bar . But Duke Robert I disinherited him in 1401 in favor of another son, Edward III. His mother's legacy was not left untouched either. Although Robert could take over the counties of Soissons and Marle, as well as the lordship of Oisy , but not the great barony of Coucy . Marie had given this to Duke Ludwig von Orléans , a brother of King Charles VI, in 1400 . , probably not have to give up voluntarily. Robert, on the other hand, led several trials before the royal parliament in Paris , which were either rejected or decided in favor of the duke. To compensate for this loss, the rule of Marle was upgraded to a county in 1413 and he himself was appointed to the office of grand cupid .

On October 25, 1415, Robert fell against the English in the Battle of Azincourt . Among the dead were his uncle, Duke Edward III. von Bar and Johann von Bar-Puisaye.

He was married to Jeanne de Béthune († 1449), Vice Countess Meaux . Their only daughter and heiress was Jeanne de Bar (* 1415; † 14 May 1462), who married Connétable Louis I de Luxembourg , Count of Saint-Pol and Brienne, in 1435 . Robert's widow married in 1418 the uncle of his son-in-law, Jean II. De Luxembourg , Count of Ligny.

literature

• Barbara Tuchman : A Distant Mirror. The Calamitous 14th Century. Knopf, New York NY 1978, ISBN 0-394-40026-7 (German: Der ferne Spiegel. The dramatic 14th century. Claasen, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-546-49187-4 ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Marie de Coucy	Count of Marle 1405-1415	Jeanne de Bar
Charles	Count of Soissons 1412-1415	Jeanne de Bar