Robert II, King of the Franks, called The Pious or The Wise, 972 – 1031. He was excommunicated by Pope Gregory V for marrying his cousin Bertha of Provence.

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Robert II, King of the Franks, called The Pious or The Wise, 972 – 1031. He was excommunicated by Pope Gregory V for marrying his cousin Bertha of Provence. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1900.

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