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The name Robert is a Germanic given name, from hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". It is also in use as a surname.^[1][2]

After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form (Hrēodbēorht, Hrodberht, Hrēodbēorð, Hrœdbœrð, Hrœdberð) had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian form is Roberto.

Variations[link]

In Italy during the Second World War, the form of the name, Roberto, briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.^[5]

People[link]

Duke of Normandy

• Robert the Magnificent, also known as Robert the Devil, father of William the Conqueror

Franconian Babenbergers/Robertian Capetians

• Robert II (Robert of Hesbaye) of Worms, Germany (aka Rutpert II, Hruodbertus II)
• Robert III of Worms, Germany (aka Rutpert III, Hruodbertus III)
• Robert the Strong (aka Rutpert IV, Hruodbertus IV)

Kings of France

• Robert I of France
• Robert II of France

King of Naples

• Robert of Naples

Kings of Scotland

• Robert I of Scotland ("Robert the Bruce")
• Robert II of Scotland
• Robert III of Scotland

Medieval

• Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English noble
• Robert of Melun, scholastic theologian
• Robert of Winchelsea, theologian and opponent of both Edward I and Edward II of England
• Brother Robert, 13th century translator of French works into Old Norse

Saints

• Saint Robert of Molesme, founder of the Cistercian Order (d. 1111)
• Saint Robert of Newminster, established the Abbey of Newminster near the castle of Ralph de Merlay, at Morpeth, Northumberland (d. 1159)
• Saint Robert de Turlande, founding abbot of the Abbey of Casa Dei, also called Chaise-Dieu (d. 1067)

In different languages[link]

• Armenian: Ռոբերտ (Robert)
• Bulgarian: Роберт (Robert)
• Catalan: Robert
• Croatian: Robert
• Czech: Robert
• Dutch: Robbert, Robert
• French: Robert
• Georgian: რობერტ (Robert)
• German: Robert
• Greek: Ροβέρτος (Rovértos)
• Hebrew: רוברט (Robert)
• Hungarian: Róbert
• Icelandic: Róbert
• Irish: Roibeard
• Italian: Roberto
• Japanese: ロバート(Robâto)
• Korean: 로버트 (Lobeoteu)
• Latin: Robertus
• Latvian: Roberts
• Lithuanian: Robertas
• Macedonian: Роберт (Robert)
• Norwegian: Robert
• Polish: Robert
• Portuguese: Roberto
• Romanian: Robert
• Russian: Роберт (Robert)
• Serbian: Роберт/Robert
• Slovak: Robert
• Slovene: Robert
• Spanish: Roberto
• Swedish: Robert

Surname[link]

• Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber
• Hubert Robert, French painter
• Laurent Robert, French footballer
• Paul Robert (lexicographer), French lexicographer
• Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, French balloonists circa 1783-4

See also[link]

• Bobby - nickname for Robert
• Roberson
• Roberts (surname)
• Robertson (surname)
• Robinson (name)
• Rodger
• Roger
• Rupert (name)

References[link]

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Agustín Magaldi

Agustín Magaldi (December 1, 1898 – September 8, 1938) was a tango and milonga singer. His nickname was The sentimental voice of Buenos Aires. Magaldi took part in the opening broadcasts of Argentina's LOY Radio Nacional in July 1924.^[1] He was buried in the Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires.^[2]

Depiction of Magaldi's connection to Eva Peron[link]

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Agustín Magaldi is portrayed in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Broadway musical Evita. In the musical Magaldi is depicted as bringing Eva to Buenos Aires and is therefore referred to as "the first man to be of use to Eva Duarte".

There is some disagreement, however, about the role Magaldi played in Eva's life. For example, in the biography Evita: The Real Life of Eva Perón biographers Marysa Navarro and Nicholas Fraser write that there are no records of Magaldi performing in Eva's hometown of Junín in the year that Eva is said to have met Magaldi.

"Most accounts of Evita's life say that she fell in love with the spotlight image of Magaldi or that she decided to seduce him and use him; but that, in either event, she was introduced to him, asked him to take her to Buenos Aires, and when he wavered, forced her way into his train compartment and rode with him to the city, thus leaving her family and becoming a married man's mistress. Yet there is no record of the tango singer's having come to Junín that year. Magaldi, a mild man who was devoted to his mother, used to bring his wife on tour, and it is hard to understand what he would have seen in small, skinny Eva María. If he did help her leave Junín, it is likely that his assistance was of the most innocuous kind. Evita's sister insists that doña Juana, prodded by don Pepe, accompanied Evita to the city. According to her account, mother and daughter kept visiting the radio stations until they found a programme for which a young girl was needed." ^[3]

External links[link]

• Agustín Magaldi, by Pablo Taboada and Ricardo García Blaya.
• Agustín Magaldi biography and controversy over his birthplace (Spanish language)

Notes[link]