Robert to Charlemagne

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Frank Robert Jr, the father of Mabel Robert Hansen, wrote out a list of his ancestors which went back to the marriage of Robert Fache to Catherine Cadieu in 1696 in Montreal. His list has been confirmed in standard genealogical sources from Quebec. A few weeks ago, while pursuing one of the lines of ascent which branch off from Frank Robert's list, I found that Catherine de Baillon was an ancestor. Catherine was a minor noblewoman who came to France as a Fille du Roi . She was the mother of a large family and has many descendents in Quebec. Because she was a noblewoman it has been possible for genealogists to trace her ancestry back many generations. In particular, the Catherine Baillon Royal Connection Research Association, a consortium of respected French-Canadian genealogists, has traced her ancestry back to Charlemagne. What is unusual about this is not that we are descended from Charlemagne, statistically he is the ancestor of most western Europeans, but that we can list all of the generations that separate us.

The history and genealogy of the Robert family

From Mabel Robert Hansen to Charlemagne and Beyond

Mabel Marie Robert & Leo Hubert Remigus Hansen, married (m) 08 Feb 1905.

Generation

The following generations are from Frank Robert Jr.'s list.

Frank Robert Jr. & Minnie Durocher, (m) 12 Feb 1882.

Francis Robert & Melanie Le Duc, (m) May 1856.

Augustin Robert & Judith Bayer, (m) 1823.

Joseph Robert & Josephte St. Germain, (m) 1790.

Joseph Robert (called Fache) & Marie Taillefer, (m) 1763.

Joachin Robert (called Fache) & Angelique Miville, (m) 1740.

The following generations are from Dictionnaire National des Canadiens-Français, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montréal, Canada. The listing for generation 7 in Drouin is a bit different from Frank Robert Jr.'s list.

Joachim Fasche dit Robert & Marie-Angelique Miville,
(m) 8 Feb1740.

Charles Miville & Louise-Catherine Grondin-Mignot,
(m) 13 Feb1697.

Jacques Miville & Catherine Baillon, (m) 12 Nov 1669.

The following generations are from Catherine Baillon Royal Connection Research Association , From Catherine Baillon to Charlemagne, René Jetté, John P. DuLong, Roland-Yves Gagné, and Gail F. Moreau, American-Canadian Genealogist, Issue 82, Volume 25, Number 4, 1999.

Catherine Baillon & Jacques Miville dit Deschênes, (m) 12 Nov 1669 Notre-Dame de Québec.

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Alphonse Baillon, Sieur of La Mascotterie, & Louise de Marle, m about 1630/1640, Chevreuse region (Yvelines department).

Renée Maillard & Adam Baillon, Seigneur of Valence, m about 1580.

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Miles Maillard, Seigneur of Le Breuil and of Boissière & Marie Morant, marriage contract (mc) 25 June 1555.

Bénigne Le Bouteillier, Dame of La Boissière & Jacques Maillard, Seigneur of Champaigne, mc 16 Apr 1516 Montivilliers (Seine-Maritime department).

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Jean Le Bouteillier, Seigneur of La Bouteillerie, of Roquemont, of Vaux-sur-Orge and of La Boissière & Marie de Venois, m about 1480/1490.

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Guy II Le Bouteillier, Seigneur of La Boiuteillerie and of La Roche-Guyon & Isabeau Morhier, m about 1450.

Catherine de Gavre d'Escornaix, Dame of Vaux-sur-Orge et de La Boissière & Guy I Le Bouteillier, Seigneur of La Bouteillerie, and of La Roche-Guyon, m after April 1419, about 1425.

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Isabelle de Ghistelles & Arnould VI de Gavre, Baron of Escornaix, m about 1380/1390.

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Roger de Ghistelles, Seigneur of Dudzeele and of Straten & Marguerite, Dame of Dudzeele, m in or a little before 1357.

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Jean IV, Seigneur of Ghistelles & Marie de Haverskerke, Dame of Straten, m a little after June 1337.

Marguerite de Luxembourg & Jean III, Seigneur of Ghistelles, m 1284 before June 1289.

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Mathilde de Clèves & Gérard de Luxembourg, Seigneur of Durbury, m 1253.

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Élisabeth de Brabant & Thierry de Clèves, Seigneur of Dinslaken, m 19 March 1233 Louvain (Belgium).

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Maire de France & Henri I, Duke of Brabant, m 8/22 April 1213 Soissons (Aisne department).

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Philippe II Auguste , King of France & Agnès d' Andechs de Méranie, m June 1196.

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Louis VII, King of France & Adèle of Blois of Champagne, m 18 October 1160.

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Louis VI, King of France & Adélaïde of Savoie, m 1115.

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Philippe I, King of France & Berthe of Holland, m 1071/1073.

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Henri I, King of France & Anne of Russia, m 19 May 1051 Reims.

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Robert II, King of France & Constance of Provence m 1003/1005.

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Hugues Capet, King of France & Adélaïde, m summer 968.

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Hugues le Grand, Duke of France & Hedwige of Saxony, m 9 May/14 September 938. Mayence or Ingelheim (Germany).

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Béatrice of Vermandois & Robert I, King of France, m about 895.

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Héribert I, Count of Vermandois.

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Pépin, Count in the region of Paris.

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Bernard, King of Italy & Cunégonde, m about 815.

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Pépin I, King of Italy, m about 795.

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Charles I, called Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Emperor of the West & Hildegard, m 771.

Any history of France will take Charlemagne's lineage back at least a few generations further. I'm using a World Book Encyclopedia for the following.

Charles I, called Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Emperor of the West & Hildegard, m 771.

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Pepin the Short, King of the Franks.

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Charles Martel. (Charles the Hammer. Defeated an invading Arab army at the Battle of Tours in 732. This was one of the more important battles in western history, the first major defeat of an Islamic army by a Christian army.)

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Pepin of Herstal

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This page last modified on Sunday, November 18, 2007

In addition to Charlemagne, Catherine de Baillon's ancestry has been traced back to a Byzantine emperor and to the Grimaldi family.

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