Robert II de Dreux ( fr. Robert II de Dreux ; c. 1154 - December 28, 1218 ) - Count Dreux, Brie and Brena, son of Robert I de Dreux and Agnes de Bodman, ladies de Bren. French feudal lord and commander of the Capetian dynasty .
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He participated in the third crusade , including the battle of Arzur and the siege of Acre .
Returning to France, in 1195-1198 he participated in the war with the British, in 1210 - a crusade against the Albigensians .
He helped his brother - Philippe de Dreux , Bishop of Beauvais, in the fight against the Count of Boulogne . At the Battle of Buvin (1214), he commanded the left wing of the army of King Philip Augustus .
Family and Children
The first marriage of Robert II was married (1177) to Magot Burgundy (1150-1192), daughter of Raymond of Burgundy, Count de Grignon, and Agnes de Montpensier. In 1181, divorced, childless marriage.
The second time, Robert II married (in 1184) Yolanda de Coucy (1164-1222), the daughter of Raul de Coucy and Agnes de Hainaut. Children:
- Robert III Gasteble (1185–1234) - Count de Dreux
- Eleanor (1186–1248), wife first of the South III de Chateau-en-Timère (d. 1229), then of Robert de Saint-Clair
- Pierre Moklerk (c. 1187 −1250) - Duke of Brittany
- Isabella (1188–1242), wife of Jean II de Pierrepon, Count de Russ (1205–1251)
- Alice (1189–1258) - wife of Gaucher IV de Macon, Signora de Salen (d. 1219), then (from 1221) Renault III de Choiselle (1195–1239)
- Philippe (1192-1242), from 1219 wife of Henri de Bar (1190-1239)
- Henri de Dreux (1193-1240), Archbishop of Reims
- Agnes (1195-1258), husband - Etienne III of Burgundy , Earl of Oxon (d. 1241)
- Yolanda (1196-1239), husband - Raul II de Lusignan, Count E
- Jean de Dreux (1198–1239), Count de Macon and de Vienne
- Jeanne (1199–1272), nun, abbess in Fontevro
- Geoffrey (1200-1219).