Robert III of Béthune, Lion of Flanders, Count of Flanders^[1]

1249 - 1322  (73 years)

• Name	Robert III of Béthune, Lion of Flanders
  Suffix	Count of Flanders
  Birth	1249
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1273
  	Count of Nevers
  	Count of Nevers 1273-1322
  Acceded	1305
  	Count of Flanders
  	Count of Flanders 1305-1322.
  Name	Robert III of Flanders
  Name	Robert of Béthune
  Name	The Lion of Flanders (De Leeuw van Vlaanderen)
  Death	17 Sep 1322
  Burial	Saint Martin's Cathedral in Ypres. Flanders
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07801 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_III_of_Flanders
  Person ID	I11382	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders   d. 1305
  Mother	Matilda of Bethune   d. 8 Nov 1264
  Marriage	Jun 1246
  Family ID	F5143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Blanche Capet,   b. 1250   d. Jul 1269 (Age 19 years)
  Marriage	1265
  Children	1. Charles   d. Young
  Family ID	F551618699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Yolande II, Countess of Nevers,   b. Dec 1247, Nevers d. 2 Jun 1280 (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1272	Auxerre, France
  Children	1. Louis I, Count of Nevers,   b. 1272   d. 22 Jul 1322, Paris (Age 50 years)   2. Robert de Cassel, Lord of Cassel   d. 1331   3. Joan   d. 15 Oct 1333
  Family ID	F5142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2013

  
  

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  Robert III, Count of Flanders

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).