50th Generation (Continued)
Family of Hugh Capet King of France (407) & Adelaide de Poutou

421. Adwige\Avoise Capet de France, 32G Grandmother, F. Born in 0972. Adwige\Avoise Capet died in 1013, she was 41.

Adwige\Avoise Capet married Regnier IV Count de Hainault (370) , 32G Grandfather, M, son of Regnier III Count de Hainault (342), M (abt 0918-bef 0988) & Adele of Dagsbourg, F (abt 0922-0961). Born in 0950 in Reims, Mame, France. Regnier IV Count de died in 1013, he was 63.

They had one child:
394 i. Beatrix, F (0988-1033)

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422. Robert II Capet the Pious King of France, 30G Grandfather, M. Born on 27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France. Robert II Capet the Pious King of died in Meulan, Aquitaine, France on 20 Jul 1031, he was 59. Buried in Abbey at St. Denys.

Capet, Robert II the Pious of France, King of France. The second so n of Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine, Robert II was king of France 987-1 031. Born c. 970, Robert was a student of Gerbert of Aurillac (later Pope Syl vester II), and Robert ruled jointly with his father until his death in 996. Robert, who supported the Cluniac reform movement, was thought to have healin g powers. His marital irregularities, however, caused Pope Gregory V to excom municate him. Robert was first married to Susanna of Demakrk, whom he left in 996 to marry his cousin Bertha, the widow of the count of Blois. Church law forbade the match because of the degree of relationship. About the time that Sylvester became pope in 999, Robert repudited Bertha because the couple was childless. About three years later, Robert married Constance of Arles, with whom he had three sons. Robert's reputation for piety rests also on his vigor ous punishing of heretics; he is said to have been the first monarch in weste rn Europe to execute Jews and heretics.


In 0996 when Robert II Capet the Pious King of was 23, he first married Bertha de Burgundy (393) , 31G Grandmother, F, daughter of Conrad I King Of Burgundy, M (abt 0925-19 Oct 0993) & Mathilde Princess Of France (369), F (abt 0943-27/27 JAN 981). Born in 0967 in Burgundy, France. Bertha died on 16 Jan 1015/16, she was 48.

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In 1005 when Robert II Capet the Pious King of was 32, he second married Constance de Arles Princess of Aquitania, 30G Grandmother, F, daughter of Guillaume III Talliefer Ct de Toulouse, M (0943-Sep 1037) & Arsinde\Blanka de Anjou, F (0948-Bet. 1026 - 1029). Born in 0986 in Toulouse, France. Constance de died in Meulan, Aquitaine, France on 25 Jul 1032, she was 46.

Constance of Arles and Provence, was the 3rd wife of King Robert II of France. She died in 1032, leaving her three sons and a daughter.

They had the following children:
i. Hugh King of, 30G Uncle, M. Born in 1007. Hugh King of died in 1025, he was 18.
432 ii. Henry I Capet King of, M (1008-1060)
433 iii. Adela\Alex Capet Princess of, F (1009-1078)
iv. Robert I 'le Vieux' Capet Duc, 33G Grandfather, M. Born in 1011 in Burgundy, France. Robert I 'le Vieux' Capet Duc died in Fleury-sur-Ouche on 21 Mar 1075/76, he was 64.

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abt 1048 when Robert I 'le Vieux' Capet Duc was 37, he first married Ermengard de Anjou, 32G Grandmother, F, daughter of Fulk III Nerra the Black Ct de Anjou, M (abt 0956-21 Jun 1040) & Hildegarde de Lorraine, F (0964-1 Apr 1046). Born in 1018. Ermengard died in Fleury-sur-Ouche on 18 Mar 1075/76, she was 57.

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In 1033 when Robert I 'le Vieux' Capet Duc was 22, he second married Helie de Semur-en-Brionnais, 33G Grandmother, F, daughter of Damas I de Semur-en-Brionnais, M (0970-1032) & Aremburge de Bourgogne, F (0980-). Born abt 1011. Helie died in 1109, she was 98.

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v. Constance Capet, 30G Aunt, F. Born in 1014 in France.

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Constance Capet married Manasses de Ramerupt Ct de Dammartin, 32G Uncle, M, son of Hildouin II de Montdidier Ct de Roucy, M (0960-) & Daughter de Dammartin, F. Born in 1010 in Seine-Et-Marne, France. Manasses de Ramerupt Ct died in Lorraine, France on 15 Nov 1057, he was 47.

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