Robert of Bar, Count of Marle
Robert of Bar (1390 – 25 October 1415) was Lord of Marle between 1397 and 1413, Count of Marle between 1413 and 1415 and Count of Soissons between 1412 and 1415.
Robert of Bar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1390 |
| Died | 25 October 1415 (aged 24–25) Agincourt |
| Noble family | House of Montbéliard |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne de Béthune |
| Issue | Jeanne |
| Father | Henry of Bar |
| Mother | Marie I de Coucy |
He was the only child of Henry of Bar and Marie I de Coucy, Countess of Soissons.[1] His great-grandfather was Edward III.
Because his father was the eldest son of Robert I of Bar, Robert claimed the Duchy of Bar. He only renounced his claims after a large financial compensation and the elevation of Marle to a County. In 1412 he also became Count of Soissons.
Robert was one of the many French casualties at the Battle of Agincourt.[2]
Robert married in 1409 Jeanne de Béthune, Viscountess of Meaux (d. 1450),[3] daughter of Robert VIII de Béthune, Viscount of Meaux. They had one child, a daughter:
- Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons,[1] Dame d'Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux suo jure (1415 – 14 May 1462), married Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano by whom she had seven children.
References
- Souchal 1974, p. 124.
- Wylie 1919, p. 181.
- Sullivan 1999, p. 113.
Sources
- Souchal, Geneviève (1974). Masterpieces of Tapestry from the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Century. Translated by Oxby, Richard A.H. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Sullivan, Karen (1999). The Interrogation of Joan of Arc. University of Minnesota Press.
- Wylie, James Hamilton (1919). The Reign of Henry the Fifth: 1415–1416. Vol. II. Cambridge at the University Press.