Father Louis IX of France House House of Bourbon | Name Robert, of Mother Margaret of Provence | |
Issue Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
Blanche, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne
John of Clermont, Baron of Charolais
Mary of Clermont, Prioress of Poissy
Peter of Clermont, Archdeacon of Paris
Margaret, Countess of Andria, Marchioness of Namur Died February 7, 1317, Paris, France Spouse Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon Parents Margaret of Provence, Louis IX of France Similar People Louis IX of France, Margaret of Provence, Suzanne - Duchess of Bourbon, Joanna of Bourbon, Antoine of Navarre | ||
Children Louis I, Duke of Bourbon | ||
Robert of Clermont (1256 – 7 February 1317) was created Count of Clermont in 1268. He was the son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. In 1272, Robert married Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon and had the following issue:
During his first joust, in 1279, Robert suffered head injuries which rendered him an invalid for the remainder of his life.
Robert is considered the founder of the House of Bourbon, a family which, with the passing of centuries came to govern as Kings of Navarre (1572-1830), Kings of France (1589–1848), Kings of the Two Sicilies (1735–1860), Dukes of Parma (1748–1796 and 1847–1859), grand dukes of Luxembourg (1964–present) and Kings of Spain (1700–present).
Robert is mentioned in the prologue of the Coutumes de Beauvaisis by Philippe de Beaumanoir.
He was buried in the now-demolished church of the Couvent des Jacobins in Paris.
Robert is a supporting character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. He was portrayed by Alexandre Rignault in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Ioan Siminie in the 2005 adaptation.