Robert III of Artois (1287 â€" between 6 October & 20 November 1342)
was Lord of Conches-en-Ouche, of Domfront, and of Mehun-sur-Yèvre,
and in 1309 he received as appanage the county of Beaumont-le-Roger in
restitution for the County of Artois, which he claimed. He was also
briefly Earl of Richmond in 1341 after the death of John III, Duke of
Brittany.Robert III of Artois (1287 â€" between 6 October & 20
November 1342) was Lord of Conches-en-Ouche, of Domfront, and of
Mehun-sur-Yèvre, and in 1309 he received as appanage the county of
Beaumont-le-Roger in restitution for the County of Artois, which he
claimed. He was also briefly Earl of Richmond in 1341 after the death
of John III, Duke of Brittany.Robert was the son of Philip of Artois,
Lord of Conches-en-Ouche, and Blanche of Brittany, daughter of Duke
John II, Duke of Brittany, both descended in male line from the
Capetian dynasty.He was only eleven when his father died in September
1298 from wounds he received at the Battle of Furnes on 20 August 1297
against the Flemish people. The early death of his father was an
indirect cause of the dispute over the succession to the County of
Artois. After the death of his grandfather, Robert II, Count of
Artois, in the Battle of Courtrai in 1302, the latter's daughter,
Mahaut, inherited the County of Artois in accordance with custom.
Because of his age, Robert III could not object to his aunt and assert
the rights which he inherited from his father. He would do so later.
The rancor and intrigues between Mahaut (sometimes called Mathilde)
and Robert occurred within a period of strife between France and
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