| Robert | |
|---|---|
 Robert and his wife Beatrice | |
| Count of Clermont | |
| Reign | 1268 – 7 February 1317 |
| Successor | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon |
| Born | 1256 |
| Died | 7 February 1317 (aged 60–61) |
| Spouse | Beatrice of Burgundy |
| Issue | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon Blanche, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne John of Charolais Mary of Clermont, Prioress of Poissy Peter of Clermont, Archdeacon of Paris Margaret, Countess of Andria, Marchioness of Namur |
| House | Capet Bourbon (founder) |
| Father | Louis IX of France |
| Mother | Margaret of Provence |
Robert of Clermont (1256 – 7 February 1317) was a French prince du sang who was created Count of Clermont in 1268. He was the sixth and last son of King Louis IX (Saint Louis) and Margaret of Provence.[1]
Although he played a minor role in his lifetime due to a head injury which left him handicapped at a young age, he had an important dynastic position as the founder of the House of Bourbon, to which he passed the rights to the throne of France from his father when all male-line branches descended from his elder brothers died out in 1589, nine generations after him.
- ^ Kibler, William W.; Zinn, Grover A.; Henneman, John Bell Jr.; Earp, Lawrence, eds. (1995). "Bourbon". Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 0-8240-4444-4.