Individual Details
Constance d'Arles
(Abt 986 - 25 Jul 1032)
Daughter of Guillaume II, count of Arles and Provence and Adelaide of Anjou, Constance was born about 986 in Arles. About 1001 she married Robert II, king of France, who had repudiated his second wife Berthe of Burgundy. The Pope had already excommunicated the king for repudiating his first marriage to Rosela Roxana of Italy.
Constance was little liked at court because of her intrigues and cruelty; she had her confessor blinded on the basis of an accusation of heresy. Robert II attempted several times to repudiate her and return to Berthe of Burgundy as he had never ceased loving and seeing her. The court was soon divided into those favouring Constance and those for Berthe.
Constance and Robert II had six children. She preferred her younger son Robert and wanted him to be the heir to the throne, but her husband chose Henri the elder son to succeed him. After the death of Robert II she tried to kill Henri, but the attempt failed and he became king. Robert became count of Burgundy. Expelled from the court, Constance died in Melun on 25 July 1032.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Constance was little liked at court because of her intrigues and cruelty; she had her confessor blinded on the basis of an accusation of heresy. Robert II attempted several times to repudiate her and return to Berthe of Burgundy as he had never ceased loving and seeing her. The court was soon divided into those favouring Constance and those for Berthe.
Constance and Robert II had six children. She preferred her younger son Robert and wanted him to be the heir to the throne, but her husband chose Henri the elder son to succeed him. After the death of Robert II she tried to kill Henri, but the attempt failed and he became king. Robert became count of Burgundy. Expelled from the court, Constance died in Melun on 25 July 1032.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | Abt 986 | ||||
| Marriage | 1002 | Robert II "the Pious" King of France | |||
| Death | 25 Jul 1032 | Melun |
Families
| Spouse | Robert II "the Pious" King of France (972 - 1031) |
| Child | Adélaide de France, Countess de d'Auxerre (1009 - 1079) |
| Child | Henry I KIng of France (1008 - 1060) |
| Child | Duke Robert I Bourgogne (1011 - 1076) |
| Father | Count Guillaume II 'le Liberateur' de Provence et Arles (950 - 994) |
| Mother | Adelaide Blanche d'Anjou ( - 990) |