Robert, Count of Clermont

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Robert of France (1256 – February 7 1317) was made Count of Clermont in 1268. He was son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. In 1272, Robert married Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon and had the following issue:

Louis I, le Boiteux (1279–1342), first Duke of Bourbon
Blanche (1281–1304), married in 1303 in Paris Robert VII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
John (1283–1316), Baron of Charolais, married c. 1309 Jeanne d'Argies and had issue
Mary (1285–1372, Paris), Prioress of Poissy
Peter (1287 – aft. 1330), Archdeacon of Paris
Margaret (1289–1309, Paris), married in 1308 John I, Marquis of Namur

Robert is considered the founder of the House of Bourbon, a family which, with passing of centuries came to govern as Kings of France (1589–1850) and Kings of Spain (1700–present).

See also: Dukes of Bourbon family tree – French monarchs family tree

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