Career
He is the earliest known male-line ancestor of the French royal family called the Capetians (including the Valois and the Bourbons), and of other royal families which ruled in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Robert of Hesbaye"s father, also called Robert, was probably the son of Thuringbert of Worms and Rheingau and thus a grandson of Robert I, Duke of Neustria (c 697–764). The paternal ancestors of Robert I are known to ascend in line as follows: Lambert II, Count of Haspengau (c 682–741) Chrodobertus II, Count of Haspengau (fl 650) Lambert I de Haspengau (c 620–650) Chrodobertus I de Haspengau (c 600–630) Charibert de Haspengau (c 555–636) Robert of Hesbaye"s great-great grandmother may have been Princess Chrotlind (born about 670), a daughter of Theuderic III, Merovingian king of Austrasia.
