Robert I de France, Count of Artois^{[1, 2]}

1216 - 1250  (~ 33 years)

• Name	Robert I de France
  		Arms of Artois
  Suffix	Count of Artois
  Born	Sep 1216
  Gender	Male
  Military	1248
  	Seventh Crusade
  		Crusaders First (1095–1099); Second (1147–1149); Third or the Kings' Crusade (1189–1192); Forth (1202–1204); Fifth (1213–1221); Sixth (1228); Barons' (1239); Seventh (1248-1254); Eighth (1270); and Ninth (1271-1272).
  Died	9 Feb 1250	Mansoura, Egypt   [3]
  		Battle of Al Mansurah The Seventh Crusade was prosecuted by King Louis IX in response to yet another loss of Jerusalem. His goal was similar to that endorsed by Richard I during the waning of the Third Crusade and attempted during the Fifth: win Jerusalem by first occupying Ayyubid Egypt. To that end, Louis won a contested amphibious landing in Egypt on 5 Jun 1249 and occupied Damietta while his opponent, Fakhr al-Din, fell back on Mansoura. To avoid the Nile flood season Louis did not move to al-Din until November and then puzzled over crossing the Tanis, all the while suffering harassment from the Egyptianson the opposite bank. With the discovery of a ford, a mounted contingent finally crossed at dawn on 8 Feb 1250. It was an undisciplined charge, led by the king's brother Robert, that was Louis’ undoing: it continued into the narrow confines of Mansoura where it was cut apart by a garrison of Mamluks. Having beaten back the ensuing counterattack, Louis clung stubbornly to his position until disease and starvation forced his retreat in April. That turned into a bloody rout and Louis, himself suffering from dysentery, was captured and subsequently ransomed. The tactical failures of the crusade fatally shifted the balance of power away from Christian and Ayyubid alike: Mamluk hegemony in the Levant was on the ascent.
  Person ID	I12306	Dickinson
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Louis VIII de France, King of France,   b. 3 Sep 1187, Paris, Île-de-France, France ,   d. 8 Nov 1226, Montpensier-en-Auvergne, France  (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Blanca de Castilla, Queen consort of France,   b. 4 Mar 1188, Palencia, Castile ,   d. 1252, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	23 May 1200	Pont-Audemer, Normandy   [4]
  Family ID	F3488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mathilde de Brabant,   b. 1224,   d. 29 Sep 1288  (Age 64 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1237	Compiègne, Oise, Picardy, France
  Children	+ 1. Blanche d'Artois, Queen consort of Navarre, Countess Lancaster,   b. 1248,   d. 2 May 1302, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 54 years) + 2. Robert II d'Artois, Count of Artois,   b. Sep 1250,   d. 11 Jul 1302, Kortrijk, Belgium  (Age ~ 51 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F3486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 14 Jun 1237 - Compiègne, Oise, Picardy, France Died - 9 Feb 1250 - Mansoura, Egypt  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S336463] Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Charles Cawley, (Online: The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy at http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/, 20XX), http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#RobertIArtoisdied1250B. [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Robert I, Count of Artois" at http://bit.ly/2zuerDt. "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." [S420] The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land, Thomas Asbridge, (New York: HarperCollins, 2010), 597. [S164] King John and the Road to Magna Carta, Stephen Church, (New York: Basic Books, 2015), 91-92. This marriage was arranged as part of the Treaty of Le Goulet which secured John I's Angevin claims. John's nephew, Arthur, was also acknowledged to be John's man, a move that separated him from Philip Augustus. "For John, Le Goultet must have been a triumph: a year and a month after Richard had died, he had finally and irrevocably secured the recognition of his overlord, the king of France, for his succession to Richard's continental lands. The treaty was concluded on May 22, 1200, with the nuptials of the twelve-year-old Louis and the eleven-year-old Blanche celebrated by the archbishop of Bordeaux at Ponte Audemar the following day, the same day that John received Arthur's homage for Brittany, no doubt sulkily given, but given nonetheless." Church, p. 92.