  robert ii (27 march 972 â 20 july 1031), called the pious () or the wise (), was king of the franks from 996 until his death. the second reigning member of the house of capet, he was born in orlÃ©ans to hugh capet and adelaide of aquitaine. ==co-rule with father== thumb|left|denier of robert ii the pious, struck at soissonsimmediately after his own coronation, robert's father hugh began to push for the coronation of robert. "the essential means by which the early capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," andrew w. lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.andrew w. lewis, "anticipatory association of the heir in early capetian france" the american historical review 83.4 (october 1978:906â927) p. 907; the last co-king was philip augustus, who was co-king to the ailing louis vii. hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the moorish armies harassing borrel ii of barcelona, an invasion which never occurred, an
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