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Apr 30, 2023 · Upon the 9th-century partitions, the French remnants of the Burgundian kingdom were reduced to a ducal rank by King Robert II of France in 1004. Robert II's son and heir, King Henry I of France, inherited the duchy but ceded it to his younger brother Robert in 1032.
Mar 19, 2022 · 69: Robert II. Robert II ascends to the throne. The second Capetian, he must rule a kingdom even as many of his vassals consider him an illegitimate ruler. Robert II was probably born in the city of Orléans in 972, the youngest child and only son of Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine. Hugh was poorly educated, having little knowledge of ...
Full Name: Robert II, King of France, ca. 970-1031. Birth Year (est.): 970. Death Year: 1031. Robert the Second, King of France, surnamed "Le Page" and "Le Devot," born circa 970, was the son of Hugh Capet, the first of the line of kings that succeeded the Carlovingian monarchs on the French throne. After having been associated with his father ...
Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (French: le Pieux ) or the Wise (French: le Sage ), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted his father on military matters (notably during the two sieges of Laon, in 988
Robert II (27 March 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (French: le Pieux) or the Wise (French: le Sage), was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet, he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.
King of the Franks from 996 to 1031. Also known as Robert II the Pious, Robert II le Pieux. Born on 1 April 972 in Orléans. Died on 26 July 1031 in Melun. See also: Wikipedia , Wikidata (Q178918)
Sep 4, 2012 · Robert was educated at Rheims under Gerbert (later Pope Silvester II). "As the ideal of mediaeval Christianity he won his. surname of `Pious' by his humility and charity, but he also possessed some of the qualities of a soldier and a statesman." Crowned in 12-987, he became sole king on his father's death in 996.
