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Birth:          25 Sep 1216 Paris, France
Death:          9 Feb 1250 Mansoure, Egypt
Cause of Death: on Crusade of St. Louis

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Crusader
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_I,_Count_of_Artois
Robert I (25 September 1216 – 8 February 1250), called the Good, was the first Count 
of Artois, the fifth (and second surviving) son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of 
Castile.[1]
Life[edit]

He received Artois as an appanage, in accordance with the will of his father (died 
1226) on attaining his majority in 1237 (aged twenty-one).[2] In 1240 Pope Gregory IX, 
in conflict with the Emperor Frederick II, offered to crown Robert as emperor in 
opposition to Frederick, but the French count refused to pretend to such a title.

Marriage[edit]

On 14 June 1237 Robert married Matilda, daughter of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of 
Hohenstaufen.[3]

They had two children:
Blanche (1248–1302)
Robert II (1250–1302),[3] who succeeded to Artois.

Death[edit]

While participating in the Seventh Crusade, Robert died while leading a reckless 
attack on Al Mansurah, without the knowledge of his brother King Louis IX.[4] He and 
the Templars after fording a river, charged a Mamluk outpost in which the Mamluk 
commander, Fakhr-ad-Din Yusuf, was killed.[4] Enbolded by his success, Robert, the 
Templar knights, and a contingent of English troops charged into the town and 
became trapped in the narrow streets.[4] According to Jean de Joinville, he defended 
himself for some time in a house there, but was at last overpowered and killed.

Parents
____ Louis VIII "the Lion" (3 Sep 1187 - 8 Nov 1226)
DE CASTILE Blanche (Blanca) Alphonsa (BEF 4 Mar 1188 - 27 Nov 1252)

Siblings
____ Louis IX "Saint Louis" (25 Apr 1215 - 25 Aug 1270)
____ Robert I (25 Sep 1216 - 9 Feb 1250)
____ Charles I (21 Mar 1227 - 7 Jan 1285)

Marriage To DE BRABANT Matilda (Mahaut) (Maud) (14 Jun 1224 - 29 Sep 1288)
    m. 14 Jun 1237 Campiegne

Notes

Parents
____ Henry (Henri) II "the Courageous" "the Magnanimous" (1207 - 1 Feb 1248)
VON HOHENSTAUFEN Maria (3 Apr 1201 - 29 Mar 1235)

Children by DE BRABANT Matilda (Mahaut) (Maud) 14 Jun 1224 - 29 Sep 1288
D'ARTOIS Blanche (1248 - 2 May 1302)

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