ROBERT I

Robert I (Robert III) (866 - 15.6.923), Count of Paris (898 - 923), Melena, Etampes, Orleans, Duke of 888 francs per year, Margrave of Neustria, King of West Franks (922 - 923),. After his brother's death in 898, Robert chose to recognize the authority of Carolingian king Charles III rustic. Robert made several campaigns against the Normans, they won a victory over them at Chartres in 911 paved the way for a treaty under which the Normans were allotted land in the north - west of France (the future of Normandy). In 922, Robert raised the rebellion against Charles, overthrew him, and drove in Lorraine, in the same year in Rheims had his coronation, was killed in a battle with the forces of Charles III rustic (cm. France. Carolingian. Continued) at Soissons 15.6.923 year, although his troops and defeated. Married: Adelaide de Maine, with 895 at the Beatrice of Vermandois (880 - 931) (cm. France. Counts of Vermandois, Troyes, Champagne), sister of Herbert II.