Eleanor de Dreux

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"...Comte Robert II & his second wife had [thirteen] children:

2. ELEONORE de Dreux ([1186]-[May 1255/Mar 1258]). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to one of the seven daughters (mentioned first in the list) of "comiti de Brana Roberto" and his wife Yolande as the mother of a daughter who had "filius Gervasii ex sorore Herveii Nivernensis comitis", adding that "pater Gervasii vocatus fuit Hugo"[82]. Merlet records that she is first named in a charter dated Jul 1206 under which her husband confirmed rights to the inhabitants of the parish of Saint-Maixme[83]. "Dominus Hugo de Castellonovo" confirmed donations to Saint-Vincent-au-Bois made by "dominus Gervasius pater meus", with the consent of "dominæ Alienoris uxoris meæ", by charter dated 1212[84]. "Robertus comes Drocensis" confirmed that King Louis IX had granted him "domum de Sorello", at the request of "sororis meæ dominæ de Castello", to hold until “nepos meus filius Hugonis de Castello ad legitimam venerit ætatem”, by charter dated 1230[85]. Merlet dates her second marriage to 1234, noting that “Saint-Clair ou Gometz-le-Château” was located “canton de Limours, arrondissement de Rambouillet”, recording a charter dated 1235, granting rights in the woods of the monastery to Saint-Vincent, in which her second husband is named “Robertus de Sancto-Claro Castrinovi dominus”[86]. "Robertus de Sancto Claro miles et Alienor…eius uxor et Ioannes miles de Castronovo dominus dictæ Alienoris filius primogenitus" granted property to "Garino dicto martin et Mariæ eius uxori" by charter dated Apr 1248[87]. The abbey of Saint-Vincent ceded “deux pêcheries dans l’étang de Blévy, qu’elle tenait du don de Hugues II [de Châteauneuf] et de Mabile sa mère” to “Robert de Saint-Clair seigneur de Châteauneuf et à Elyénor sa femme” by charter dated May 1255[88]. Robert de Saint-Clair donated revenue to Saint-Vincent, for the souls of “Aliénor dame de Châteauneuf sa femme, et Jean, son fils aîné” (presumably referring to his wife’s son) by charter dated Mar 1258[89]. m firstly (before Jul 1206) HUGUES [IV] Seigneur de Châteauneuf, son of GERVAIS [II] Seigneur de Châteauneuf-en-Thimerais & his wife Marguerite de Donzy (-[May/Dec] 1230). m secondly (1234) as his first wife, ROBERT de Saint-Clair, son of --- (-1269)."

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http://www.thepeerage.com/p19833.htm#i198329

 Eleanor de Dreux is the daughter of Robert II, Comte de Dreux and Yolande de Coucy.2,3 She married Robert de St. Clair.1 Child of Eleanor de Dreux and Robert de St. Clair

Sir William Sinclair of Roslin+2
Citations

   [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 642. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

   [S37] BP2003. [S37]

   [S6690] Capetian-Dreux, "re: Capetian-Dreux Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 4 June 2013. Hereinafter cited as "re: Capetian-Dreux Family."

THE SCOTS PEERAGE says in relevant part: Sir William Sinclair, according to Father Hay, was the son of Robert de Saintclair in Normandy, and his wife Eleanor, relict of Hugh, Lord of Chateauneuf, daughter to Robert, second Comte de Dreux, in France by Joland of Coucy, his wife.