Robert VII | |
Succession: | Count of Auvergne and Boulogne |
Reign: | 1317-1325 |
Predecessor: | Robert VI of Auvergne |
Successor: | William XII of Auvergne |
Birth Date: | c. 1282 |
Death Date: | 1325 |
Burial Place: | Church of Bouschet-Vauluisant, Yronde-et-Buron |
Noble Family: | House of Auvergne |
Spouse: | Blance of Bourbon Marie of Dampierre |
Issue: | William John Guy Godfrey Mahaut |
Father: | Robert VI of Auvergne |
Mother: | Beatrice of Montgascon |
Robert VII of Auvergne (c. 128213 October 1325) was count of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1317 until his death.
In 1297, Robert fought alongside the King of France, Philip IV, and his father, Robert VI of Auvergne in the Franco-Flemish War. He participated in the battle inside of the walls of Courtrai on the 11th of July 1302.[1] According to Étienne Baluze, Robert fleed the battle together with other nobles, but other chroniclers disagree.[2] Robert also took part in the following Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle, in 1304.
In 1314, his father designated his wife, Beatrice of Montgascon, as his only heir.[3] She later designated Robert as her heir in her own testament.
His father probably died in 1317, the year after which he does not appear in any document. So Robert succeeded his father as count of Auvergne and Boulogne.
Robert died on the 13th of October 1325.[4] He was succeeded by his son William.[5]
In Paris, the 23rd of June 1303, Robert married Blanche of Bourbon († 1304), daughter of Robert, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon.[6] They had only one son:
After Blanche's death in 1304, Robert married Marie of Dampierre, daughter of William I of Termonde and Alice of Clermont-Nestle.[8] They had four children together: