Biography of Robert Artois II Count Artois 1250-1302

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant

1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs aka Courtrai

Robert Artois II Count Artois succeeded II Count Artois.

On 14th June 1237 [his father] Robert Capet Count of Artois (age 20) and [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 13) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant (age 30) and [his grandmother] Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of [his grandfather] King Louis VIII of France and [his grandmother] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 49). They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1248 John Burgundy Count Charolais (age 17) and [his future wife] Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais (age 11) were married. She by marriage Countess Charolais. He the son of Hugh IV Duke Burgundy (age 34) and Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy (age 36).

Battle of Mansoura

                    On 8th February 1250 the Battle of Mansoura was fought between Crusaders led by [his uncle] King Louis IX of France (age 35) commanded by [his father] Robert Capet Count of Artois (age 33) and Ayyubid forces.
                
                    Robert Capet Count of Artois and William Longespée (age 42) were killed.
                
                    Alexander Giffard fought; possibly killed.

In September 1250 Robert Artois II Count Artois was born to Robert Capet Count of Artois and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 26). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 16th January 1255 [his step-father] Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol (age 28) and [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 31) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and [his grandmother] Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of Hugh Chatillon I Count Blois V Count Saint Pol and Mary Avesnes. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1262 Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 11) and Amice Countenay Countess Artois were married at Paris [Map]. She by marriage Countess Artois. He the son of Robert Capet Count of Artois and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 38). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1268 [his son] Philip Artois was born to Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 17) and [his wife] Amice Countenay Countess Artois. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1268 [his daughter] Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy was born to Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 17) and [his wife] Amice Countenay Countess Artois. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1271 [his son] Robert Artois was born to Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 20) and [his wife] Amice Countenay Countess Artois. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1271 [his son] Robert Artois died.

In 1275 [his wife] Amice Countenay Countess Artois died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1277 Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 26) and Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais (age 40) were married. She by marriage Countess Artois. He the son of Robert Capet Count of Artois and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 53).

In or before 1285 [his son] Philip Artois (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Blanche Capet (age 13) were married. She the daughter of John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 45) and Beatrice Plantagenet. He the son of Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 34) and [his former wife] Amice Countenay Countess Artois. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1285 [his son-in-law] Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy (age 37) and [his daughter] Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Burgundy. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 34) and [his former wife] Amice Countenay Countess Artois. He the son of Hugh Ivrea Count Burgundy and Adelaide Andechs. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 7th September 1288 [his wife] Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais (age 51) died.

On 29th September 1288 [his mother] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 64) died.

Battle of Furnes

                    On 20th August 1297 the Battle of Furnes was a battle between French led by Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 46), and Flemish forces led by Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 71); the French were victorious.
                
                    [his son] Philip Artois (age 29) was wounded during the Battle of Furnes. He died a year later as a consequence of his wounds.
                
                    Walram Jülich (age 54) died.

On 11th September 1298 [his son] Philip Artois (age 30) died.

On 18th October 1298 Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 48) and Margaret Hainault Countess Artois were married. She by marriage Countess Artois. She the daughter of John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland (age 51) and Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland (age 46). He the son of Robert Capet Count of Artois and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

Battle of the Golden Spurs aka Courtrai

                    On 11th July 1302 the army of Flanders unexpectedly defeated the army of France at Kortrijk during the Battle of the Golden Spurs aka Courtrai. Robert Artois II Count Artois (age 51), Raoul II de Clermont (age 57), Raoul Nesle and Godfrey Reginar were killed.
                
                    Jacques Chatillon was killed.
                
                    Simon de Clermont-Nesle (age 47) died.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the same year, the Flemings defeated the French three times in the field. The Count of Artois (age 51), a man of great renown and the seneschal of France, together with the lord of Nesle, more than forty chosen standard-bearers, and an innumerable multitude of armed men and foot soldiers, fell in a single day [11th July 1302]; and the flower of their knighthood perished, to their everlasting shame. Yet they still would not cease from the fury they had begun; for the king, assembling a great army, went there with thirty thousand fully armed horsemen, not counting the other riders and infantry beyond number. And in the following year many fell, and they retreated; and they made a truce for a time, yet they were always at a disadvantage. For they were excommunicated along with their king by Pope Boniface, and their land was laid under ecclesiastical interdict. The king of France had claimed for himself, and actually given away, the prebends and dignities of those in his realm who were elected and confirmed or consecrated in the papal court, appointments which the pope had always been accustomed to confer. For this reason, the lord pope first and second time warned him to desist from his error, and not to attempt such things, to the peril of his soul and the prejudice of his mother, the Roman Church. But because he refused to obey the warnings, at last the pope sent the archbishop of Narbonne, with canonical powers of coercion, to compel him and check his error. When the king heard this, he grew angry, and ordered him to be buried alive. The pope was greatly stirred by this deed, and also by the imprisonment of certain bishops and clerics; so that, by reason of the king's demerits, he excommunicated him and placed his kingdom under ecclesiastical interdict. After the death of Pope Boniface, the king swore an oath that he would abide by the commands of the Church, and he was absolved by Pope Benedict, who soon died, and thus the king's crime afterwards remained unpunished.

Eodem anno Flandrenses devicerunt Francos tribus vicibus in campo. Et comes de Arthoys, homo magni nominis et senescallus Franciæ, una cum domino de Neel, et plusquam XL vexillariis electis, et innumerosa plebe armatorum et peditum, corruerunt in una die; ceciditque flos militiæ suæ, in eorum opprobrium sempiternum, Et adhuc ab incepto furore noluerunt quiescere; rex enim, congregato exercitu copioso, perrexit ibidem, cum XXX millibus armatorum in equis armatis, præter alios equitantes et pedestres absque ullo numero. Et in anno sequenti corruerunt multi, et retrorsum abierunt; inieruntque treugas ad tempus, et de teriorem partem semper habuerunt. Erant enim excommunicati cum rege eorum per papam Bonifacium, et terra eorum ecclesiastico supposita interdicto. Rex enim Franciæ præbendas et dignitates electorum terræ suæ, qui confirmabantur et consecrabantur in curia, quas dominus papa semper conferre consueverat, ipse novo more dare voluit et dedit; propter quod dominus papa primo et secundo monuit eum ut ab incepto errore desisteret, et non aggrederetur talia, in periculum animæ suæ et præjudicium Romanæ ecclesiæ matris suæ. Sed quia monitis parere noluit, misit tandem papa archiepiscopum de Nerbone, cum coercione canonica, ut compelleret eum et errantem reprimeret. Quod audiens rex, iratus est, et jussit eum humari vivum. Et commotus est papa in hoc facto, et pro incarceratione etiam quorundam episcoporum et clericorum, ita quod, exigentibus ipsius demeritis, excommunicavit eum, et regnum ejus ecclesiastico supposuit interdicto. Post mortem autem Bonifacii papæ, præstito sacramento quod staret mandatis ecclesiæ, per papam Benedictum absolutus est, qui cito obiit, et crimen regis remansit subsequenter impunitum.

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On 18th October 1342 [his former wife] Margaret Hainault Countess Artois died.

Ancestors of Robert Artois II Count Artois 1250-1302

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip I of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adèle Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois

GrandFather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders III Count Hainault

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Guelders Countess Hainault

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainault

Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainault and Flanders

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Father: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Ivrea

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona

Great x 2 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile

Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona

Great x 3 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramiro Jiménez

Great x 3 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cristina Rodríguez Vivar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Aigle Lord Aigle

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliette du Perche Chateaudun

GrandMother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault

Robert Artois II Count Artois 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain

Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Chiny Countess Louvain

Great x 2 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Berenger II Sulzbach

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant

Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jutta von Wassenberg Wassenburg Duchess Lower Lorraine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg

GrandFather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thierry Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthew Metz Count Boulogne

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Stephen I England Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Normandy Countess Blois Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne

Mother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Swabia

GrandMother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant

Biography of Robert Artois II Count Artois 1250-1302

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Ancestors of Robert Artois II Count Artois 1250-1302