King Robert I of France
- Born: 866
- Marriage: Queen Beatrice de Vermandois
- Died: 15 Jun 923, Soissons, France at age 57
 General Notes:
Born: 866
Marriage: Beatrice de Vermandois circa 895
Died: 15 Jun 923, Soissons, France at age 57
General Notes:
Younger son of Robert the Strong of Neustria, and briefly king of France (922-923), or West Francia. His decisive victory over the Northmen at Chartres (911) led to a treaty settling one group of these fierce warriors in Normandy. Robert faithfully served his older brother, King Eudes, during Eudes's reign (888-898). Though on Eudes's death he became one of the most powerful Frankish lords, inheriting all the family lands between the Seine and the Loire rivers, he swore fealty with other magnates to the new king, the Carolingian Charles III the Simple. Nevertheless, he was already served in his domains by viscounts, officials usually regarded as instruments of regal power. From 911 onward, his role became more decisive: his defeat of the Northmen at Chartres paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which Charles assigned them territory in Normandy. Robert's military success greatly enhanced his prestige, and dissension between him and the King became undisguised. When Charles III imprudently offered preferment exclusively to lords from Lorraine, the Neustrian lords, led by Robert, broke into open revolt. They elected Robert king at Reims in June 922. In a battle near Soissons a year later, Charles's army was routed, but Robert was killed. His grandson was Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian dynasty.
Noted events in his life were:
Count of Paris
Acceded: King of France, 922.
Robert married Beatrice de Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I of Vermandois and Unknown, circa 895. (Beatrice de Vermandois was born in 880 and died in 931.)
Robert married Queen Beatrice de Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I of Vermandois and Countess Bertha de Morvois. (Queen Beatrice de Vermandois was born in 880 in Vermandois, Normandy, France and died in 931.)
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