Robert II married of Flanders

Belgium
Vlaanderen (RE)

Count of Flanders

Count (lay)

Male

father: Robert the Frisian Cousin: Robert II of Normandy (First Crusader) Cousin Adela, wife of Stephen of Blois (First Crusader) Sister: wife of Robert Borsa, half brother of Bohemond of Taranto. Wife: Clemency of Burgundy Cousin: Thomas of Marle (First Crusader) Brother-in-law: Rainald II of Macon (Crusader) Brother-in-law: Stephen I, count of Burgundy (1101 Crusader) Brother-in-law: Hugh, archbishop of Besancon (Crusader) Nephew: Alfonso VII (Second Crusader) Nephew: William IV of Macon (Second Crusader) Nephew: William III of Montferrat (Second Crusader) Nephew: Amadeus of Savoy (Second Crusader)

1st Crusade (1096-1099)

Robert II of Flanders

Certain

Robert signed a series of agreements before his departure. He was also offered financial support from Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia, which he refused.

His wife: Clemency of Burgundy

Gaubert of Lille, Baldwin of Ghent, Eustace (his butler), Cono, Gerard Buc, Engibert Cysoing, Eustace, Gontier of Aire, Hugh of St Omer, Lethold of Tournai, Onulf, Rainer, Saswalo Phalempin

Survived

Robert's father Robert I the Frisian had gone on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1086-1089 to atone for the murder of Godfrey the Hunchback, duke of Lower Lotharingia, and later fought for the Byzantines in 1091. In a charter concerning Robert II's departure it was said that he responded to the appeal of Urban II. On crusade, he acquired an arm of St George in Romania and he kept this in his tent. On crusade he also committed himself to refound a monastery near Bruges which was to be dedicated to St Andrew.

M. M. Knappen, 'Robert II of Flanders in the First Crusade', in The Crusades and the Other Historical Essays presented to Dana C. Munro, ed. L. J. Paetow (New York, 1928), pp. 79-100. VE, pp. 81, 85. RFC, pp. 56, 154. Accounts of Robert II of Flanders' deeds can be found in most First Crusade chronicles.