Robert of France (died 1308)

Robert of France (c. 1296/1297 – 1308),[1] was the youngest child of King Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. He died young, but was briefly betrothed to Constance of Sicily.

Robert of France
Born1296/1297
Paris, France
Died1308
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
HouseCapet
FatherPhilip IV of France
MotherJoan I of Navarre

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Born in Paris, Robert was born either in 1296 or 1297. He was the youngest child of Philip IV of France and his wife Joan, the reigning Queen of Navarre. In 1306, at the age of ten, he was betrothed to Constance of Sicily,[2] daughter of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou.[3] However, Robert died in 1308, and the marriage alliance was abandoned. Constance would later go on to become Queen of Cyprus as the wife of Henry II of Cyprus.[4]

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Citations edit

  1. ^ Woodacre 2013, p. Chart I.
  2. ^ Woodacre 2013, p. 45.
  3. ^ Stopka 2016, p. 233.
  4. ^ Edbury 2005, p. 72.
  5. ^ a b c d Anselme 1726, pp. 87–88
  6. ^ a b c d Anselme 1726, pp. 381–382
  7. ^ a b Anselme 1726, pp. 83–85
  8. ^ a b Evergates, Theodore (2011). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 80.

Bibliography edit

  • Anselme de Sainte-Marie, Père (1726). Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France [Genealogical and chronological history of the royal house of France] (in French). Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Paris: La compagnie des libraires.
  • Woodacre, Elena (2013). The Queens Regnant of Navarre. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137339157. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  • Stopka, Krzysztof (2016). Armenia Christiana: Armenian Religious Identity and the Churches of Constantinople and Rome (4th-15th Century). Jagiellonian University Press.
  • Edbury, Peter W. (2005). "Franks". In Konnari, Angel Nicolaou; Schabel, Christopher David (eds.). Cyprus: Society And Culture 1191-1374. Brill. pp. 63–102.