Family of Robert I + CAPET and Helie + of SEMUR

Husband:	Robert I + CAPET (1011-1076)
Wife:	Helie + of SEMUR (1016-1055)
Children:	Hugh (1034-1059)
	Henry + (1035-1066)
	Robert (1040-1113)
	Simon (1045-1087)
	Constance + (1046-1093)
Status:	Divorced
Marriage	1033	France

Husband: Robert I + CAPET

Wife: Helie + of SEMUR

Child 1: Hugh

Child 2: Henry +

Child 3: Robert

Name:	Robert
Sex:	Male
Birth	1040
Death	1113 (age 72-73)

Child 4: Simon

Name:	Simon
Sex:	Male
Birth	1045
Death	1087 (age 41-42)

Child 5: Constance +

Note on Husband: Robert I + CAPET

HELIE ([1016]-Semur-en-Brionnais, Saône-et-Loire 22 Apr after 1055). "Notes historiques sur le prieuré de Marcigny", included in the cartulary of Marcigny-sur-Loire, name (in order) "sancti Hugonis abbatis Cluniacensis et Gaufredi Sinemurensis, Andræ levitæ, Joceranni et Dalmatii, et sororum eorundem…Materdis, Adalaidæ et Cecilæ atque Evellæ" as children of "Dalmatius". Her marriage is confirmed by the Vita S Hugonis, which records that "Dux Burgundie, gener eius" killed the father of St Hugues (abbot of Cluny) by his own hand. Her marriage is dated by the charter dated to [1034], subscribed by "Roberti ducis et uxoris sue", under which "Gibuinus" confirmed a donation to Saint-Etienne de Dijon. "Robertus dux Burgundionum" confirmed the possessions of Cluny by charter dated [1040] subscribed by "Ilie uxoris eius". "Robertus…dux et rector inferioris Burgundiæ" donated property to Saint-Bénigne-de-Dijon by charter dated 1 Mar 1043 which names "Helie uxoris mee…". "Robertus dux et uxor sua Hylia" donated money to the church of Saint-Etienne de Dijon by undated charter. She was repudiated, presumably on grounds of consanguinity, before [1050] when Jean de Fécamp wrote to Pope Leo IX reporting the second marriage of Duke Robert. She became a nun as PETRONILLE after her repudiation. The necrology of Auxerre cathedral records the death 22 Apr of "Helya uxor Rotberti ducis".m ([1033], repudiated [1048]) as his first wife, ROBERT I Duke of Burgundy, son of ROBERT II "le Pieux" King of France & his third wife Constance d'Arles ([1007]-church of Fleury-sur-Ouche, Côte d’Or 18 Mar 1076, bur Saint-Seine-l’Abbaye, Côte d’Or).

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Robert I Capet or Robert I of Burgundy, known as Robert the Old (ne: Robert le Vieux, 1011 – March 21, 1076) was duke of Burgundy between 1032 to his death. Robert was son of King Robert II of France and brother of Henry I of France.

 

In 1025, with the death of his eldest brother Hugh Magnus, he and Henry rebelled against their father and defeated him, forcing him back to Paris. In 1031, after the death of his father the king, Robert participated in a rebellion against his brother, in which he was supported by his mother, Constance of Arles. Peace was only achieved when Robert was given Burgundy (1032).

 

Throughout his reign, he was little more than a robber baron who had no control over his own vassals, whose estates he often plundered, especially those of the Church. He seized the income of the diocese of Autun and the wine of the canons of Dijon. He burgled the abbey of St-Germain at Auxerre. In 1055, he repudiated his wife, Helie of Semur, and assassinated her brother Joceran and murdered her father, his father-in-law, Lord Dalmace I of Semur, with his own hands. In that same year, the bishop of Langres, Harduoin, refused to dedicate the church of Sennecy so as not "to be exposed to the violence of the duke."

 

His first son, Hugh, died in battle at a young age and his second son, Henry, also predeceased him. He was succeeded by Henry's eldest son, his grandson, Hugh I.

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He married his first wife, Helie of Semur, about 1033, and repudiated her in 1046. Robert and Helie had five children:

 

Hugh (1034–1059), killed in battle

Henry (1035–ca.1074). He died shortly before his father, thus making his son Robert's heir. The name of his wife is unknown (that it was Sybil has been discredited) as is her origin, although a connection to the Counts of Barcelona has been hypothesized. Their children were:Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057–1093); Odo I, Duke of Burgundy (1058–1103); Robert, bishop of Langres (1059–1111); Helie, a nun (b. 1061); Beatrice (b. 1063), married Guy I, count of Vignory; Reginald, abbot of St Pierre (1065–1092); Henry, Count of Portugal (1066–1112), who became a vassal of León and ruler of the county of Portugal in 1093 - his son would be Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal

Robert (1040–1113), poisoned; married Violante of Sicily, daughter of Roger I of Sicily

Simon (1045–1087)

Constance (1046–1093), married Alfonso VI of León and Castile

 

From his second wife, Ermengarde, daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, he had one daughter:

 

Hildegard (c.1056–1104), married Duke William VIII of Aquitaine¹

Sources

1	"Royalty for Commoners".