Robert, Count of Clermont

Robert of Clermont
Count of Clermont
Robert and his wife Beatrice
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 Clermont, Baron of Charolais Mary of Clermont, Prioress of Poissy Peter of Clermont, Archdeacon of Paris Margaret, Countess of Andria, Marchioness of Namur
House	Bourbon
Father	Louis IX of France
Mother	Margaret of Provence

Robert of Clermont (1256 – 7 February 1317) was created Count of Clermont in 1268. He was the son of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. In 1272, Robert married Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of Bourbon and had the following issue:

During his first joust, in 1279, Robert suffered head injuries which rendered him an invalid for the remainder of his life.

Robert is considered the founder of the House of Bourbon, a family which, with the passing of centuries came to govern as Kings of Navarre (1572-1830), Kings of France (1589–1848), Kings of the Two Sicilies (1735–1860), Dukes of Parma (1748–1796 and 1847–1859), grand dukes of Luxembourg (1964–present) and Kings of Spain (1700–present).

Robert is mentioned in the prologue of the Coutumes de Beauvaisis by Philippe de Beaumanoir.

He was buried in the now-demolished church of the Couvent des Jacobins in Paris.

Robert is a supporting character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. He was portrayed by Alexandre Rignault in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by Ioan Siminie in the 2005 adaptation.