Spouse(s) Alianor de St. Valery Name Robert Count Noble family House of Dreux Died March 3, 1234 | Father Robert II of Dreux Mother Yolanda de Coucy | |
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Role Robert II, Count of Dreux's son Children Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy, John I, Count of Dreux, Adam I. Grandchildren Robert IV, Count of Dreux, Adam II. Grandparents Robert I, Count of Dreux, Agnes de Baudemont, Robert I Great-grandparents Louis VI of France, Adelaide of Maurienne | ||
Parents Robert II, Count of Dreux | ||
Robert III of Dreux (1185–1234), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the son of Robert II, Count of Dreux, and Yolanda de Coucy. He was given the byname Gasteblé (lit. wheat-spoiler) when he destroyed a field of wheat while hunting in his youth.
Along with his brother Peter, Duke of Brittany he fought with future Louis VIII of France in 1212 at Nantes and was captured there during a sortie. Exchanged after the Battle of Bouvines for William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, he fought in the Albigensian Crusade, besieging Avignon in 1226. He was a supporter of Blanche of Castile during her regency after the death of Louis VIII in 1226.
In 1210 he married Alianor de St. Valéry (1192–15 Nov 1250) and they had several children:
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