Robert II the Pious( The King of West Franks)
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Biography Robert II the Pious
Robert II the Pious (971 - 20.7.1031), . crowned in 987, . King West Franks (996 - 1031), . Duke of Burgundy (1002 - 1031), . In 988 he married Rosalie (Suzanne) (937 - 7.2.1003), . daughter of King Berengar II of Italy, . in 996 he married Bertha (? - 1017), . daughter of King of Burgundy Conrad II, . in 1005 he married Constance (986 - 1032), . daughter of William (Guillaume) Talfera, . Count Arles and Toulouse, . In 998, Pope Gregory V excommunicated him for marriage with ktroyurodnoy sister Bertha (cm. Kinship Carolingian, and Capetian Lyudolfingov). In 1002 Robert and Bertha divorced, married to Constance, Constance, instigated by the younger son of King Robert to revolt against his father. Eldest sons, Hugh and Henry, having lost the support his father, were a way of life of wandering knights. Hugh died, and Henry made peace with his father, became his heir
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