Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
6. | Robert "the Strong", Count of Anjou and Blois (son of Rutpert III, Count of Wormsgau and Upper Rhine and Waldrada of Orléans); died on 15 Sep 866. Other Events and Attributes:
- Living: 836
- Religion: 852, Marmoutier Abbey, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France
- Miscellaneous: 858/59
Notes:
Death: Sewell gives his death date as 25 July 866.
Death: Moriarty (1953) gives his death date as October 866.
Name:
Robert's name was also spelt Rutpert IV "der Tapfer" or "der Starke" in German. Robert's name was also spelt Robert "le Fort" in French. He is now often refereed to as Robert the Strong in English.
He was also the Rutpert IV, Count in Wormsgau.
Religion:
He was appointed the Lay Abbot of St. Martin de Marmoutier near Tours.
Miscellaneous:
He revolted against Charles the Bald, inviting Charles' brother Ludwig to invade Neustria. After the brothers made peace, Robert was restored to favor and given the defense of Neustria against the Normans.
Died:
He was killed in the Battle of Brissarthe against the Normans.
Robert married Adelaide of Alsace and Tours about 864. Adelaide (daughter of Hugh II "le Méfiant", Count of Tours and Aba or Bava) was born about 819; died about 866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
10. | Bernard of Septimania, Count of Barcelona was born in 795 (son of William of Gellone, Duke of Toulouse, Margrave of Septimania and Gilbour of Hornbach); died on 24 Jun 844 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: During his career, he was one of the closest counsellors of the Emperor Louis the Pious, a leading proponent of the war against the Moors, and opponent of the interests of the local Visigothic nobility.
- Title(s): From 826 to 832; From 826 to 832 he was the Count of Barcelona. He became this again in 835 until his death.
- Title(s): 837; He became the Count of Carcassonne in 837.
- Last Full Review: 15 Mar 2021
Notes:
Name:
Died:
He was executed.
Bernard married Dhouda, Countess consort of Barcelona on 29 Jun 824 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Dhouda (daughter of Sancho Lupus, Duke and Pirnce of Gascony and daughter) was born about 804; died on 2 Feb 843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Waldrada of Orléans (daughter of Hadrian, Count of the Wormsgau and Waldrat). Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: She was heiress to lands near Orléans.
- Charter/Grant/Gift: 834; In 834, Wialdruth and her son Guntram jointly established a foundation at Bönsheim, near Darmstadt, pro remedio animae ..... quondam viri mei Rutperti comitis.
- Living: 834; She was living in 834.
- Last Full Review: 30 Jun 2020
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15. | Aba or Bava was born about 779; died on 4 Sep 839. Notes:
Stuart: 29-40
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