The Case of Robert of Artois

In 1331, Robert was found guilty of forging the will of his late father, using thirty-four perjured depositions and a fake document created by Jeanne de Divion, who was subsequently burned at the stake.[6] After this deception was discovered, Robert lost any hope of acquiring Artois.[7] Robert failed to respond to a fourth summons to appear before the king and was sentenced in absentia to exile and estate confiscation on 8 April 1332.[8] To avoid arrest and execution, Robert fled France and took refuge with his nephew John II, Marquis of Namur.[8] His wife and sons, John and Charles, were imprisoned at Chateau Gaillard in Normandy in 1334.[7] In pursuing Robert, Philip asked the Bishop of Liège to attack Namur. Robert then fled to his nephew-in-law, John III, Duke of Brabant. Philip compelled the duke to abandon Robert, who fled across the English Channel to the court of Edward III of England.

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  Philip VI
  King of France

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  John of Luxembourg
  King of Bohemia

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  Philip III of Evreux
  King of Navarre
  Count of Evreux

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  Archbishop-Duke of Reims

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  Bishop-Count of Noyon

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  Bishop-Duke of Laon

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  Bishop-Count of Chalons

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  Bishop-Count of Beauvais

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  Bishop-Duke of Langres

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  John of France
  Duke of Normandy
  Count of Anjou

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  Charles II of Alencon
  Count of Alencon

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  Odo IV of Burgundy
  Duke of Burgundy

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  Louis I of Bourbon
  Duke of Bourbon

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  Edward III
  King of England
  Duke of Guyenne

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  Louis I de Dampierre
  Count of Flanders

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  John III of Dreux
  Duke of Brittany

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  Charles of Evreux
  Count of Etampes

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  Robert III of Artois
  Count of Beaumont-le-Roger