Robert II, Count of Artois

Robert II (September 1250 – 11 July 1302), posthumous son of Robert I, was Count of Artois and a trusted commander under his cousin Philip III of France and Philip IV. In 1285 he served as regent of Angevin Naples during the War of the Sicilian Vespers, while Charles II was an Aragonese prisoner, and he rebuilt the treasury and the navy.

Sent against a Flemish revolt, he led French cavalry at the Battle of the Golden Spurs on 11 July 1302; his knights bogged down in the marshes and he was killed. His daughter Mahaut inherited Artois.