Robert the Strong (died September 15, 866) was a count of Tours. He was nominated by Charles the Bald missus dominicus for the Tours and Angers regions in 853. After a rebellion against Charles II in 855, he became duke for the region between Seine and Loire. From this time he was responsible for fighting against Normans and Britons, and he eventually met his demise in 866 fighting the Normans in the Battle of Brissarthe. Jump to: navigation, search September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search Events Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship. ... Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. ... A Missus Dominicus (pl. ... Location within France Angers is a city in France in the département of Maine-et-Loire, 191 miles south-west of Paris. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events A Byzantine fleet destroys Damiette (in Egypt) Births Deaths Categories: 853 ... Charles the Fat (in French: Charles le Gros) ( 832–January 13, 888) was a king of East Franks, king of Italy, a King of France and, as Charles III, Holy Roman Emperor. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events Louis II succeeds Lothar as western emperor. ... This article is about the river in France. ... Loire is a département in the east-central part of France occupying the Loire Rivers upper reaches. ... The Normans (adapted from the name Northmen or Norsemen) were a mixture of the indigenous Gauls of France and the Viking invaders under the leadership of Rollo (Gange Rolf). ... The term Briton may have the following meanings: In an historical context: The indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain in pre-Roman times. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship. ...

He was possibly married to Adelaide, daughter of Louis the Pious and Ermengarde. Robert was the father of Odo, Count of Paris and Robert I of Francia, who both became King of Western Francia. Robert was the great-grandfather of Hugh Capet and thus the ancestor of all the Capetians. Louis the Pious doing penance at Attigny in 822. ... Ermengarde, or Irmengarde de Hesbaye (born about 778) was the daughter of Count Ingerman, Count of Hesbania (Hesbaye, now in Liège, Belgium) and Hedwig of Bavaria. ... Odo (or Eudes) (c. ... Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ... -1... The direct Capetian Dynasty followed the Carolingian rulers of France from 987 to 1328. ...