Robert III of Auvergne

Robert III was count of Auvergne from about 1136, succeeding his father William VI. His dispute with the church of Brioude was settled by a treaty involving the archbishops of Bourges and Lyon.

He joined Louis VII of France on the Second Crusade, perhaps to atone for his wrongs against the church, entrusting his possessions to his brother William the Elder. Robert died on the expedition around 1147, and his brother seized the county as William VIII.