Robert I "le Grand", Count of Dreux, Perche and Braine

1123 - 1188  (65 years)

• Name	Robert I
  Nickname	le Grand
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	About 1123  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title(s)	1137 (14 years)  [5]
  He received the County of Dreux as an appanage from his father, the King in 1137.
  Military	1148 (25 years)	Damascus, Syria   [5]
  Robert I participated in the Second Crusade and was at the Siege of Damascus in 1148. He was credited for bringing the Damask rose from Syria to Europe.
  Military	1158 (35 years)  [5]
  In 1158 he fought against the English.
  Death	11 Oct 1188	Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Aft 11 Oct 1188	Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France Saint-Yved de Braine,  Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France   [2, 3]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Louis VII "the Young", King of France,   b. 1120   d. 18 Sep 1180, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 60 years) ▻ Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine,  m. 25 Jul 1137 ;   Constance of Castile,  m. 1153/54 ;   Adelaide of Blois,  m. 13 Nov 1160 ;   + 2. Robert I "le Grand", Count of Dreux, Perche and Braine,   b. About 1123   d. 11 Oct 1188, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France  (Age 65 years) ▻ Agnes de Garlande,  m. Between 1139 and 1141 ;   Hawise of Salisbury,  m. 1145 ;   Agnès de Baudément, Countesss of Braine-sur-Vesle,  m. 1152 + 3. Peter of France, Prince of France,   b. About 1126, Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France d. 10 Apr 1183  (Age 57 years) ▻ Elizabeth de Courtenay,  m. After 1150 + 4. Maud, Princess of France ▻ Conan, Duke of Brittany
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Charibert   d. After 636 Maternal Line: Ermentrudis
  Person ID, Branch	I3244	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Louis VI "le Gros", King of France,   b. Fall of 1081   d. 1 Aug 1137, Château-Bethizy, Paris, Île-de-France, France (no longer exists) (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Adelaide of Maurienne,   b. 1092   d. 18 Nov 1154 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F2213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Agnes de Garlande,   b. 1122   d. 1143 (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	Between 1139 and 1141  [3, 5]
  Age at Marriage	Robert was ~ 16 years old - Agnes was ~ 17 years old. (Were Married ~ 4 years).
  Children	1. Simon, Lord of La Noue,   b. 1141   d. Before 1182 (Age 40 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2022

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Hawise of Salisbury,   b. 1118   d. 1152 (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1145  [3, 5]
  Age at Marriage	Robert was ~ 22 years old - Hawise was ~ 27 years old. (Were Married ~ less than 7 years).
  Information	Robert become the Count of Perche, as regent to his stepson Rotrou IV upon their marriage.  [5]
  Children	2 daughters
  > 1. Adèle of Dreux,   b. 1145  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Alice or Adelheid,   b. 1144  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2022

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 3	Agnès de Baudément, Countesss of Braine-sur-Vesle,   b. 1130, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France d. 24 Jul 1204, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1152  [3, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	Robert was ~ 29 years old - Agnès was ~ 22 years old. (Were Married ~ 36 years and 10 months).
  Information	Upon their marriage, Robert received the County of Braine-sur-Vesle, and the lordships of Fère-en-Tardenois, Pontarcy, Nesle, Longueville, Quincy-en-Tardenois, Savigny, and Baudemont.  [5]
  Children	6 sons and 4 daughters
  + 1. Robert II, Count of Dreux and Braine,   b. 1154   d. 28 Dec 1218 (Age 64 years)   2. Henry, Bishop of Orléans ,   b. 1155   d. 1199 (Age 44 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] > 3. Alix,   b. 1156  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. Philippe, Bishop of Beauvais,   b. 1158   d. 1217 (Age 59 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] > 5. Isabella,   b. 1160   d. 1239 (Age 79 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. Peter,   b. 1161   d. 1186 (Age 25 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   7. William, Lord of Braye, Torcy, and Chilly,   b. 1163  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   8. John,   b. 1164  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   9. Mamilie,   b. 1166   d. 1200 (Age 34 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   10. Margaret,   b. 1167  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Military - 1148 - Damascus, Syria Death - 11 Oct 1188 - Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France Burial - Aft 11 Oct 1188 - Saint-Yved de Braine, Braine, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://findagrave.com), Memorial ID 91658274 Agnes de Baudemont. [S1603] Online GENi, (https://www.geni.com ), Robert I, Comte de Dreux, Use with Caution. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Robert I, Count of Dreux.