Robert III, Count of Worms

{{Short description|Frankish noble (800-834)}} {{one source|date=September 2022}} {{infobox nobility | name = Robert III of Worms | image = | caption = |CoA=|tenure=|predecessor=| noble family = [[Robertians]] | father = [[Robert of Hesbaye]] | mother = | spouse = [[Waldrada of Worms]] | issue = Guntram, Count of Worms<br>[[Robert the Strong]] |successor=| birth_date = 800 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death year and age|834|800}} | death_place = }} '''Robert III''' (800–834), also called '''Rutpert''', was the Count of [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] and [[Rheingau]] of a noble [[Franks|Frankish]] family called the [[Robertians]]. It has been proposed that he was the son of [[Robert of Hesbaye]].{{sfn|Riché|1983|p=table 4}}

==Biography== By his wife, [[Waldrada of Worms,]] he had [[Robert the Strong]]{{sfn|Riché|1983|p=table 4}} and Guntram, Count of Worms.

His first cousin was [[Ermengarde of Hesbaye|Ermengard]], wife of the Frankish emperor [[Louis the Pious]]. His cousin [[Chrodegang of Metz|Chrodogang]] was Archbishop of [[Metz]] and abbot of the [[Lorsch Abbey]].

An uncle of Robert was Count [[Cancor]], founder of [[Lorsch Abbey]]. Through Robert the Strong he was grandfather of two kings of [[Western Francia]], [[Odo of France|Odo]] and [[Robert I of France|Robert]].

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==Sources== * {{cite book|last=Riché|first=Pierre|title=The Carolingians, a Family that Forged Europe |translator-first=Michael Idomir |translator-last=Allen |publisher=University Pennsylvania Press |year=1983}}

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