Robert III of Dreux (1185–1234),

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and Braine, was the son of Robert II, Count of Dreux, and Yolanda de Coucy. He was given the

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Gasteblé (lit. wheat-spoiler) when he destroyed a field of wheat while hunting in his youth. Along with his brother

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he fought with future

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in 1212 at

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and was captured there during a sortie.Sidney Painter, ''William Marshal, Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England'', (University of Toronto Press, 1982), 254. Exchanged after the

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for

William Longsword William Longsword (french: Guillaume Longue-Épée, nrf, Willâome de lon Espee, la, Willermus Longa Spata, on, Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; c. 893 – 17 December 942) was the second ruler of Normandy, from 927 until his assassination in 942.Det ...

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, he fought in the

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, besieging Avignon in 1226. He was a supporter of

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during her regency after the death of Louis VIII in 1226. In 1210 he married Alianor de St. Valéry (1192–15 Nov 1250) and they had several children: * Yolande of Dreux (1212–1248), who married

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Michelle Bubenicek Michelle Bubenicek (born 9 January 1971, in Nantes) is a French medievalist historian. She was appointed director of the École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''gra ...

, ''Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle'', (Ecole des Chartes, 2002), 54-55. *

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(1215–1249), later Count of Dreux. * Robert (1217–1264), Viscount of

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. * Peter (1220–1250), a cleric.

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References

*Bubenicek, Michelle, ''Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle:Yolande de Flandre, Droit et politique au XIV siecle'', Ecole des Chartes, 2002 * Evergates, Theodore, ''The aristocracy in the county of Champagne, 1100-1300'', University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. * Painter, Sidney, ''William Marshal, Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England'', University of Toronto Press, 1982. Dreux, Robert III, Count of Dreux, Robert III, Count of Counts of Dreux House of Dreux Dreux, Robert III, Count of Burials at the Abbey of Saint-Yved de Braine {{France-noble-stub