Robert II de Vitré

- Abt 1155

• Name	Robert II de Vitré
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 22 May 1155
  Person ID	I7077	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	André I de Vitré   d. Abt 1139
  Mother	Agnès of Mortain
  Family ID	F3215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma de la Guerche   d. aft 1 April 1161
  Children	1. André de Vitré   2. Robert III de Vitré,   b. Abt 1120, of Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France d. 1173 (Age 53 years)   3. Adelaide de Vitré
  Family ID	F3208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “ROBERT II DE VITRÉ, seigneur of Vitré, son and heir. He married EMMA DE LA GUERCHE. They had two sons, André and Robert [III] (seigneur of Vitré), and one daughter, Adelaide [Abbess of St.-Georges de Rennes]. He succeeded his father about 1140. ROBERT II DE VITRÉ died 22 May, about 1155. His widow, Emma, was living 1 April 1161 (date of charter). Du Paz Histoire généalogique de plusieurs Maisons illustrés de Bretagne (1619): 51-54. Bowles & Nichols Annals Antiqs. of Lacock Abby (1835): 264 (Dinan-Vitré ped.). Broussillon La Mailron de Laval 1 (1895): 271-314. Bull. de la Commission historique et archeologique de la Algenne 2nd Ser. 11(1895): 168-209. Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 771.” 2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “AGNES OF MORTAIN, married ANDRÉ I DE VITRÉ, seigneur of Vitré in Brittany, son and heir of Robert I de Vitré, seigneur of Vitré, by his 2nd wife, Bertha. They had three sons, Robert [II] (seigneur of Vitré), Gervais, and Elie, and one daughter, Marquise (wife of Thibaut de Mathefelon). Her maritagium included the manor of Tybesta, Cornwall. He succeeded his father about 1090. Sometime in the perod, 1093-1106, he and his mother, Bertha, requested the Abbot of Saint-Aubin d'Angers to celebrate a mass each year on "XV Kal Sep" for the anniversary of his younger brother, Robert de Vitré. ANDRÉ I DE VITRÉ died about 1139. Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abbey (1835): 264 (Dinan-Vitré ped.). Delisle Chronique de Robert de Torigni 1 (1872): 319 ("Siquidem Robertus, comes Moritonii, uterinus frater Willermi regis qui regnum Angliæ sub jugavit, habuit unum filium Guillermum, qui ei successit ... et tres filias, quarum unam duxit Andreas de Vitreio, aliam Guido de Laval, terciam comes Tolosanus ..."). Stapleton Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normannia 2 (1844): xlvi. Broussillon La Maison de Lavall (1895): 271-314. Bull. de la commission historique et archéologique de la Mayerme 2nd Ser. 11 (1895): 168-209. Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 (1901): 525-526. Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Lit. & Art 2nd Ser. 8 (1906): 338-339. Keats-Rohan Domesday People (1999): 151, 371-372. Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 771.”