Robert of France (died 1308)

Robert of France (c. 1296/1297 – 1308),^[1] was the youngest child of King Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre. He died young, but was briefly betrothed to Constance of Sicily.

Robert of France
Born	1296/1297 Paris, France
Died	1308 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
House	Capet
Father	Philip IV of France
Mother	Joan I of Navarre

Life

Born in Paris, Robert was born either in 1296 or 1297. He was the youngest child of Philip IV of France and his wife Joan, the reigning Queen of Navarre. In 1306, at the age of ten, he was betrothed to Constance of Sicily,^[2] daughter of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou.^[3] However, Robert died in 1308, and the marriage alliance was abandoned. Constance would later go on to become Queen of Cyprus as the wife of Henry II of Cyprus.^[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Robert of France (died 1308)
8. Louis IX of France[5] 4. Philip III of France[6] 9. Margaret of Provence[5] 2. Philip IV of France 10. James I of Aragon[6] 5. Isabella of Aragon[6] 11. Violant of Hungary[6] 1. Robert of France 12. Theobald I of Navarre[7] 6. Henry I of Navarre[8] 13. Margaret of Bourbon[7] 3. Joan I of Navarre 14. Robert I of Artois[8] 7. Blanche of Artois[8] 15. Matilda of Brabant[8]