| Robert II | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Fère-en-Tardenois, Pontarcy, Nesle, Longueville, Quincy-en-Tardenois, Savigny, and Baudemont | |
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| Count of Dreux | |
| Reign | 1184 – 28 December 1218 |
| Predecessor | Robert I |
| Successor | Robert III |
| Count of Braine | |
| Reign | 24 July 1204 – 28 December 1218 |
| Predecessor | Agnes de Baudemont |
| Successor | Robert III |
| Born | 1154 |
| Died | 28 December 1218 (aged 63–64) |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Mahaut of Burgundy Yolande de Coucy |
| Issue | Robert III Peter I, Duke of Brittany Henry of Dreux John of Dreux Philippa of Dreux Alix of Dreux Agnes of Dreux |
| House | Dreux |
| Father | Robert I |
| Mother | Agnes de Baudemont, Countess of Braine |
Robert II of Dreux (1154 – 28 December 1218), Count of Dreux and Braine, was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux, and Agnes de Baudemont, countess of Braine, and a grandson of King Louis VI of France.[1]
He participated in the Third Crusade, at the Siege of Acre[2] and the Battle of Arsuf. He took part in the war in Normandy against the Angevin kings between 1193 and 1204. Count Robert had seized the castle of Nonancourt from Richard I of England while he was imprisoned in Germany in late 1193.[3] The count also participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1210.[4] In 1214 he fought alongside King Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines.[5]
- ^ Gislebertus of Mons 2005, p. 110.
- ^ Nicholson 1973, p. 184.
- ^ Power 2008, p. 271.
- ^ Sumption 1999, p. 122.
- ^ Fedorenko 2013, p. 170-171.