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Robert III of Dreux (1185–1234) Count of Dreux and Braine was the son of Robert II Count of Dreux and Yolanda de Coucy. He was given the byname Gasteblé (lit. wheat-spoiler) when he destroyed a field of wheat while hunting in his youth.Along with his brother Peter Duke of Brittany he fought with future Louis VIII of France in 1212 at Nantes and was captured there during a sortie.

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