Count of Worms and Rheingau Robert III of Worms

Male 800 - 822  (22 years)


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  • Name Robert III of Worms 
    Title Count of Worms and Rheingau 
    Born 800 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 15822 
    Died 822 
    Person ID I15822  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father Robert II of Hesbaye,   b. 770,   d. 807  (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F5148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Waldrada of Worms 
    Children 
     1. IV Robert,   b. 820,   d. 2 Jul 866  (Age 46 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F5147  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Robert III (800-822) was the Count of Worms and Rheingau of the illustrious Frankish family called the Robertians. He was the son of Robert of Hesbaye.

      By his wife Waldrada of Worms he had his only recorded son Robert the Strong. His niece was Ermengard, wife of the Frankish emperor Louis the Pious. His cousin Chrodogang was Archbishop of Metz and abbot of the Lorsch Abbey. An uncle of Robert was Count Cancor, founder of the Lorsch Abbey. Via Robert the Strong he was grandfather of two kings of Western Francia named Odo and Robert. He was the great-great-grandfather of Hugo Capet, the founder of the Capetian dynasty that ruled France until the French Revolution.