Robert I

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: "De Fries"
• Fact: Between 1061 and 1071, Count of Holland
• Fact: 1071, Count of Flanders

Robert married Gertrude Of SAXONY in 1063. Gertrude (daughter of Bernard II and Elica VON SCHWEINFURT) was born about 1030; died on 04 Aug 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gertrude Of FLANDERS was born about 1070; died between 1115 and 1126.
2. Robert II Count Of FLANDERS was born in 1065 in Flanders, Belgium; died on 05 Oct 1111 in Meaux, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1035, Acceded
• Fact: Between 1035 and 1067, Count

Notes:

Excerpt from "Directory of Royal Genealogical Data":
Entered into hostilities with Emporer Otho II and aquired from that monarch Valenciennes and the Isles of Zealand. he subsequently further increased his territories by another rich accession, that of the citadel of Ghent.

Baldwin married Adela Of FRANCE about 1028 in Paris. Adela (daughter of Robert II and Constance Of ARLES) was born in 1009 in France; died on 08 Jan 1079 in Monastaere De L'ordre De St., Benoist, Messines, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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During their long marriage, Baldwin and Adela founded several churches and a Benedictine convent in western Belgium in the village of Mesen (sometimes called Messines). they also rebuilt the monastery of Einham. After Baldwin's death in 1067. Adela became a nun, receiving her veil from the hand of Pope Alexander II. She then retired to her convent at Mesen. She died on 8 January 1079 and was buried in the crypt of the convent's church, which is called the Church of St. Nicholas.