Robert V of Auvergne

Robert was the first-born son of the count of Auverge William X and the countess of Boulogne Adelaide of Brabant.[1] His parents married before 1225, renouncing every right they had on the duchy of Lower Lorraine,[1][2] that they had since Adelaide was the daughter Henry I, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

In 1247, William X died and Robert inherited the county of Auvergne.[1] His mother remarried with Arnold II of Wezemaal.[1] The two guaranteed Robert that they would not demand any of the possessions he inherited from his father.[3]

In 1259, Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne died.[4] The Parlement of Paris ruled that her title would be inherited by Robert's mother, Adelaide. When she died, in 1265, the tile passed to Robert himself.[1]

In 1245, Robert married Èleonore of Baffie,[5] daughter of William "the Elder" of Baffie and his wife, whose name is unknown.[6] They had six children:

• William XI of Auvergne, count of Boulogne and Auvergne.[6]
• Robert VI of Auvergne, count of Boulogne and Auvergne.[6]
• Godfrey († 1302), who was started on the ecclesiastical path, but after finishing his studies, left the church and later died in the Battle of the Golden Spurs.[6]
• Guy († 1336), bishop of Tournai and of Cambrai.[6]
• Mathilde († after 1291), that married Stephen, lord of Mont-Saint-Jean.[6]
• Marie († 1286), nun at Fontevraud Abbey.[6]