Count Dreux is in Counts of France.
In 1137 Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux [aged 14] was created I Count Dreux.
In 1139 Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux [aged 16] and Agnes Garlande Countess Dreux [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Louis VI King of the Franks and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.
In 1145 Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux [aged 22] and Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Louis VI King of the Franks and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.
In 1152 Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux [aged 29] and Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Louis VI King of the Franks and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France.
In 1178 Robert Capet II Count Dreux [aged 24] and Mahaut Burgundy Countess Dreux were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux [aged 55] and Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux [aged 48].
After 1181 Robert Capet II Count Dreux [aged 27] and Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux [aged 58] and Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux [aged 51]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 11th October 1188 Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux [aged 65] died. His son Robert [aged 34] succeeded II Count Dreux.
In or before 1212 Robert Capet III Count Dreux [aged 26] and Aénor de Saint-Valéry [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Robert Capet II Count Dreux [aged 57] and Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux [aged 47]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 28th December 1218 Robert Capet II Count Dreux [aged 64] died. His son Robert [aged 33] succeeded III Count Dreux.
In 1234 Robert Capet III Count Dreux [aged 49] died. His son John [aged 19] succeeded I Count Dreux.
In 1240 John Capet I Count Dreux [aged 25] and Marie Dampierre Countess Dreux were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of Robert Capet III Count Dreux and Aénor de Saint-Valéry [aged 48].
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In 1249 John Capet I Count Dreux [aged 34] died. His son Robert succeeded IV Count Dreux.
In 1309 John "Good" Capet [aged 44] died. His son Robert [aged 16] succeeded V Count Dreux.
On 22nd March 1329 Robert Capet V Count Dreux [aged 36] died. His brother John [aged 34] succeeded III Count Dreux.
In 1331 John Capet III Count Dreux [aged 36] died. His brother Peter [aged 33] succeeded I Count Dreux.
On 3rd November 1345 Peter Capet I Count Dreux [aged 47] died. His half sister Joan [aged 36] succeeded I Countess Dreux.
Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux were married. She by marriage Countess Dreux. He the son of John Capet I Count Dreux and Marie Dampierre Countess Dreux.