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Robert VII of Auvergne, (circa 1282 - October 13, 1325), son of Robert VI of Auvergne (1250-1314) and Béatrice de Montgascon, is Count of Auvergne (1314-1325) and Count of Boulogne (1314-1325), succeeding his father in both counties.

Biography
Robert of Auvergne was born around 1282 and was the son of Robert VI of Auvergne and Béatrice de Montgascon. He succeeded his father as count of Auvergne and count of Boulogne, in 1314.

Marriage & issue
On June 25, 1303, Robert married Blanche de Bourbon, daughter of Robert de Clermont, count de Clermont and Béatrice de Bourgogne (1257-1310), lady of Bourbon. They had:
 * William XII of Auvergne (1303-1332), Count of Auvergne (1325-1332) and Count of Boulogne (1325-1332)

In second marriage, in 1312, with Marie de Dendermonde (also known as de Dampierre), viscountess of Châteaudun in part, daughter of Guillaume I of Dendermonde, and Alix de Clermont-Nesle, viscountess of Châteaudun and lady of Neslé. From the second union come:
 * Jean I of Auvergne (died in 1386), count of Montfort (1351-1361), count of Auvergne (1361-1386) and count of Boulogne (1361-1386), father of Jean II of Auvergne|d' Auvergne and Boulogne (himself father of Jeanne II, Countess of Auvergne, 1378-1424, died without issue, wife of Duke Jean I of Berry, and of Marie de Boulogne, wife of Viscount Raymond VIII of Turenne (hence Antoinette, † 1416, wife of Marshal Jean II Le Meingre: parents of Jean III Le Meingre, † 1415 in Agincourt?)
 * Guy d'Auvergne (died in 1373), known as 'Guy de Boulogne, archbishop of Lyon, cardinal (1342), died on November 25, 1373 in Lerida
 * Godefroy d'Auvergne (died around 1385), lord of Montgascon (Mongacon in Maringues and Luzillat), first married in 1364 to 1° Marguerite († 1374) (daughter of Jean dauphin d'Auvergne, count of Clermont, and of Anne of Poitiers); then 2° to Jeanne de Ventadour, from whom came the Comtesse Marie Ire Comtesse d'Auvergne|Marie]], † 1437, wife of Bertrand IV de La Tour
 * Mathilde d'Auvergne (died in 1399), known as "Mahaut d'Auvergne" or "de Boulogne", x Amédée III de Genève count of Geneva