ROBERT [I] de Wavrin, son of HELIE [III] de Wavrin Seneschal of Flanders & his wife Torsella d'Arras (-before [17] Sep 1196). Sénéchal de Flandre 1192. "Robertus de Wavrin dominus Lilerii et scenescalcus Flandrie" freed two serfs, with the consent of "uxore mea Sibilia…etiam…fratre meo Hellino et Hildiarde et Maroia et Ada sororibus meus et R. de Senghin et Gossuino patruis meis et A. de Meallens et Y. de Spineto amitis meis", by charter dated 1193[1432]. The date of his death is set by the charter dated [17] Sep 1196 which records the donation made by his sister Ansilia, to which his son Hélie consented.
m (before 1193) SIBYLLE de Flandre, daughter of PIERRE de Flandre Comte de Nevers & his wife Mathilde de Bourgogne [Capet] ([1176]-after 1236). The Flandria Generosa names "Sibillam filiam [Petri et comitissam de Nevers]"[1433]. The Chronicon Hanoniense refers to the daughter of "Petrus…fratris…comits Flandrie et Viromandie" as "[uxor] Roberto…de Wavrin" but does not name her[1434]. Heiress of Saint-Vlaast, Lillers and Vladslo. "Robertus de Wavrin dominus Lilerii et scenescalcus Flandrie" freed two serfs, with the consent of "uxore mea Sibilia…etiam…fratre meo Hellino et Hildiarde et Maroia et Ada sororibus meus et R. de Senghin et Gossuino patruis meis et A. de Meallens et Y. de Spineto amitis meis", by charter dated 1193[1435]. "Sibilia de Waverino dompna de Lileriis" confirmed the donation to Furnes abbey made by “dompnus Erlebaldus miles de Scora” by charter dated Oct 1220, witnessed by “Elizabeth de Monte Mirali senescalla Flandrie...”[1436]. "Sibilla domina de Wavrin" sold revenue from Santes to Lille Saint-Pierre by charter dated 1225[1437].
Robert [I] & his wife had one child