Robert V of Auvergne

Robert V of Auvergne
Detail of the recumbent figure of the tomb of Robert V, Count of Auvergne, in the Church of Bouschet-Vauluisant, Yronde-et-Buron
Count of Auvergne
Reign	1247–1277
Predecessor	William X of Auvergne
Successor	William XI of Auvergne
Count of Boulogne
Reign	1265–1277
Predecessor	Adelaide of Brabant
Successor	William XI of Auvergne
Born	c. 1225
Died	11th of January 1277
Spouse	Éléonore of Baffie
Issue	William XI of Auvergne Robert VI of Auvergne
House	House of Auvergne
Father	William X of Auvergne
Mother	Adelaide of Brabant

Robert V of Auvergne (c. 1225 – 11 January 1277) was count of Auvergne from 1247 and Boulogne from 1265 until his death.

Life

Robert was the first-born son of the count of Auverge William X and the countess of Boulogne Adelaide of Brabant.[1] His parents married before 1225, renouncing every right they had on the duchy of Lower Lorraine,[1][2] that they had since Adelaide was the daughter of Henry I, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

In 1247, William X died and Robert inherited the county of Auvergne.[1] His mother remarried with Arnold II of Wezemaal.[1] The two guaranteed Robert that they would not demand any of the possessions he inherited from his father.[3]

In 1259, Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne died.[4] The Parlement of Paris ruled that her title would be inherited by Robert's mother, Adelaide.^[citation needed] When she died, in 1265, the tile passed to Robert himself.[1]

Seal of Robert

Family and issue

In 1245, Robert married Èleonore of Baffie,[5] daughter of William "the Elder" of Baffie and his wife, whose name is unknown.[6] They had six children:

• William XI of Auvergne, count of Boulogne and Auvergne.[6]
• Robert VI of Auvergne, count of Boulogne and Auvergne.[6]
• Godfrey († 1302), who was started on the ecclesiastical path, but after finishing his studies, left the church and later died in the Battle of the Golden Spurs.[6]
• Guy († 1336), bishop of Tournai and of Cambrai.[6]
• Mathilde († after 1291), that married Stephen, lord of Mont-Saint-Jean.[6]
• Marie († 1286), nun at Fontevraud Abbey.[6]

References

1. Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, Livre 1, pag. 85. 1708.
2. Butkens, Christophe (1724). "Trophées tant sacrées que profanes du Duché de Brabant, Volume 1, Preuves, Extraicts des chartes de Brabant, pag. 70".
3. Preuves de l'Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, tome II, Livre 1, pages 108 and 109. 1708.
4. Baluze, Etienne (1679). "Chronicon Savigniacense, Stephani Baluzii Miscellaneorum, Liber II, Collectio Veterum, page 321".
5. Preuves de l'Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, tome II, Livre 1, pagg. 114 e 115. 1708.
6. Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne, Livre 1, pages 103, 104 and 105. 1708.

French nobility
Preceded by William X	Count of Auvergne 1247–1277	Succeeded by William XI
Preceded by Adelaide of Brabant	Count of Boulogne 1265–1277	Succeeded by William II