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Robert I "the Good" ( 1216February 8 1250 ) was Count Of Artois . He was the third (and second surviving) son of King Louis VIII Of France and Blanche Of Castile .

On June 14 , 1237 , Robert married Matilda of Brabant, daughter of Henry II, Duke Of Brabant , and they had two children:
# Blanche Of Artois ( 12481302 )
# Robert II Of Artois ( 1250 –1302), Count of Artois

He was killed in Egypt during the Seventh Crusade of his brother Louis IX Of France , while leading a reckless attack on Al Mansurah . He and the Templars accompanying the expedition charged into the town and became trapped in the narrow streets. According to Jean De Joinville , he defended himself for some time in a house there, but was at last overpowered and killed.