ROBERTIAN Rutpert

Abt 0789 - Bef 0834  (< 45 years)

• Name	ROBERTIAN Rutpert
  Birth	Abt 0789	Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 19 Feb 0834	Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
  Notes	Robert III, Graf im Wormsgau (d. ante 19 Feb 834)[1][2] Parents Father: (disputed) UNKNOWN[3] or Robert II, Graf im Wormsgau und Oberrheingau[4] Mother: (disputed) UNKNOWN or Theoderata[5] Notice of resolution of ambiguous parentage -- This profile has been edited with regard to parents in accordance with principles established by the European Aristocracy user-group. Medieval genealogy is not an exact science, and digital collaborative genealogy must therefore occasionally make choices where old-fashioned print-scholarship did not have to. The parents (or lack of parents) of the person described in this profile were decided upon in consultation with primary sources especially as collected in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy’s Medieval Lands project. Marriage and Issue m. Wiltrud[6]. Issue: Guntram (d. 837 or later) Eudes, Comte de Troyes and Comte de Blois (d. 01 Aug 871) Robert (unproven) Oda m. Walacho (Walo), Graf im Wormsgau Adalelm I (d. after 6 Mar 870) Short History Robert III (800 - 822), also called Rupert, was the Count of Worms and Rheingau of the illustrious Frankish family called the Robertians. He was the son of Robert of Hesbaye (?).[citation needed] 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 the 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. Titles Count of Rheingau (Rheingau Region, Germany) The Rheingau was as a Gau or county of the Frankish Empire, bordered by the Niddagau, the Maingau, the Oberrheingau, and the Lahngau; the counts of the Rheingau were known as Rhinegraves. The first Rhinegrave on record is Hato VI (937-960). Count of Worms and Rheingau Graaf in de Boven Rijngau Alias: Rupert von Wormsgau; Robertien Sources Wikipedia: Robert III of Worms; Wikipedia: fr: Robert III de Hesbaye MEDIEVAL LANDS: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy & Charles Cawley 2000-2018.
  Person ID	I58275	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	ROBERTIAN Robert,   b. Abt 0770, Wormsgau, Hesbaye, Austrasia, France d. 12 Jul 0807, Worms, Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SAXONY Theoderata,   b. Abt 0765   d. Bef 19 Feb 0834 (Age < 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F25989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ORLEANS Wiltrud,   b. Abt 0790   d. Abt 0840, Germany (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	0808	Germany
  Children	1. ROBERTIAN Robert,   b. 0820, France d. 02 Jul 0866, Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age ~ 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026