See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT THE STRONG (le Fort) (d. 866)  , See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou and of See also:

• BLOIS

Blois, is said by See also:

• RICHERUS

Richerus to have been the son of a certain Witichin, but nothing definite is known about his parentage or See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life . Quickly attaining a prominent position among the Frankish nobles, he appears as See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Marmoutier in 852, and as one of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the Bald's missi dominici, in 853; but soon afterwards he was among those who rebelled against Charles, and invited the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, to invade See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• FRANCIA (c. 1450-1517)
• FRANCIA, JOSE GASPAR RODRIGUEZ (c. 1757-1840)

Francia . How-ever, after the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace between Charles and Louis in 86o See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert came to terms with his See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign, who made him count of Anjou and of Blois, and entrusted him with the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of that See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom which See also:

• LAY

lay between the See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine and the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire, a See also:

• DISTRICT

district which had suffered greatly from the ravages of the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans and the Bretons . By his conduct in many stubborn fights with these foes, Robert thoroughly earned his surname and gained the confidence of the king, who gave himthe counties of See also:

• NEVERS

Nevers and See also:

• AUXERRE

Auxerre . He was killed in See also:

• BATTLE

battle at Brissarthe in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 866, leaving two sons, See also:

• ODO

Odo, or Eudes, and Robert, both of whom became See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of the See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks . Robert has been compared to the See also:

• MACCABEES
• MACCABEES, BOOKS OF

Maccabees, and the fact that he was the ancestor of the Capetian kings of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France has invested him with See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical importance . See K. von Kalekstein, Robert der Tapfere (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1871); and E . See also:

• FAVRE, JEAN ALPHONSE (1815-1890)
• FAVRE, JULES CLAUDE GABRIEL (1809-1880)

Favre, Eudes, See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris et roi de France (Paris, 1893) .