Robert Count De Mortaigne Earl of Cornwall 
Robert Count De was born about 1037 in ,Mortaigne,Normandie,France and his baptism took place in Normandy - 1/2 bro. of Wm. the Conqueror.1 Robert Count De's father was Herluin de Conteville Viscount Conteville and his mother was Harlette De Falaise Countess of Mortaigne. His paternal grandparents were de Tonsburgh Earl of Comyn John de Bourg and Mrs. Jean De Conteville; his maternal grandparents were Fulbert 'The Tanner' De Falaise and Doda De Falaise. He had ten brothers and twelve sisters, named Andre, Seigneur de Vitre, Eudes \ Odo Bishop Of, Odo Bishop of, Odo de, Robert Count, Odo, Robert, Count de Mortaigne, Count Robert, Robert de Mortaigne Earl of, Eudes de, Maude de, Emma, Oda (Eudes), Muriel de, Emma de, Isabella de, <Unnamed>, Mathilde de, Mathilde, Muriel, Muriel and Miss de. He had five half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Ralph Count of, "The Conqueror" King of England, Richard Fitz Gilbert, Baldwin Fitz-Gilbert of, Osbern, Adelaide Countess of, Emma and Anna. He died on December 8th, 1090 in Abbey of St. Grestain, Normandy, France. He was buried in Abbaye De Grestain.2 General Notes
GIVN Robert Count De
SURN MORTAIGNE
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GIVN Robert Count De
SURN MORTAIGNE
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OCCU Earl de Cumyn ...
SOUR gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001 says ABT 1031/37
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 117 says AFT 1040, Normandy
COMYNJ.TAF (Compuserve), p. 3
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SOUR gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0001 says 1091, France
COMYNR.TAF (Compuserve),p.1 says ABT 1096;COMYNJ.TAF (Cmpsrv),p3 says ABT1096
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 117 says c1090
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Earl of Northumbria, Earl of Cornwall, Count of Mortain;This would seemto be
the 1st de Burgo (de Burghe) to have lands in Britain. He was thehalf-brother
of William the Conqueror by Arlotta, & benefitted greatly from thisrelation-
ship. He was the Earl of Cornwall in England & the Earl of Mortain(g) &Vi-
comte de Conteville in France &, possibly Comte de Comines & Baron deBourg in
Flanders. He was appointed Governor of Northumberland-evidently to putdown an
ROBERT DE BURGO, son of HARLOWEN DE BURGO and HERLEVE DE FALAISE, was C.Mortain, E. Cornwell - MINOR.TAF (Compuserve), 579072
Robert de Mortain, Earl of Cornwall, Count of Mortain; was in command ofthe men at Cotentin; Companion of his half-brother, William the Conquerorat the Battle of Hastings, 14 Oct 1066 - Royalty
for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 117
Earl of Northumbria, C. de Mortain, E. of Corwall - COMYNX.ARC(Compuserve), 327
Given altogether 793 manors by his brother William the Conqueror - AShort History of England, Edward P. Cheyney, p. 102
Earl of Cornwall - p. 104
Count of Mortaigne -http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000040.html#I1058
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GIVN Robert of Cornwall de
SURN MORTAIN
NSFX *
Fought at Battle of Hastings. [Ancestral Roots]
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EARLDOM of CORNWALL
Robert, Count of Mortain in Normandy, one of the two sons of Herluin deConteville, by Herleve, mother of William the Conqueror, was b. about1031. About 1050 he received, from his uterine brother, William, thenDuke of Normandy, the comte of Mortain, and was thenceforth known asCount of Mortain. He accompanied William in the invasion of England,where he was in command of the chivalry of the Cotentin at the battle ofHastings, 1066. His share of the spoil was one of the greatest, as, withthe exception of the lands of the King and the Church, he received nearlythe whole of the county of Cornwall, and is, consequently, usuallyconsidered Earl of Cornwall, though only known as Comes Moritoniensis. Atthe time of Domesday, he was possessed of 797 manors in various counties,besides the borough of Pevensey in Sussex, etc. In 1069 he, with Robert,Count of Eu, defeated the Danes in the parts of Lindsey, with greatslaughter. He joined his brother, the Earl of Kent in 1088 in arebellion against William II in favour of his brother Robert Courthose,but was subsequently pardoned.
He m. 1stly, before 1066, Maud, daughter of Robert de Montgomery, Earl ofShrewsbury, by his 1st wife, Mabel, daughter and heir of William Talvas(5th son of William de Belleme, Seigneur of Alencon and Belleme). Shewas buried in the Abbey of Grestain. He m. 2ndly, Almodis. He d. 8 Dec1090, and was buried with his 1st wife. [Complete Peerage III:427-8 ascorrected by XIV:207]
!Great lord of England. At William I's side when he died. [William I and the Conq. of Eng.]
FOSTER, NEWLIN LINE
!Participated with his half-brother William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. Was created Earl of Cornwall and received as a further recompense grants of 793 manors. This potent noble left one son, William Earl of Cornwall. Earl of Moreton in Normandy; son of Harlowen de Burgh by Arlotta, his wife who was also mother of William the Conqueror. [The Roll of the Battle Abbey, p. 23]
!Count of Mortain. Large land owner in England in 1086. [The Norman Achievement]
!Robert, Count de Moreton or Mortein in Normandy (Comes Moretoniensis), created Earl of Cornwall, with grants of 793 manors, slain in Northumbria, 1087. [The Bruces and the Cumyns, p. 391]
The Norman conquest of England owed much to Robert, count of Mortain, the Conqueror's half-brother. [The Norman Achievement, p. 85]
Count of Mortain, Earl of Cornwall; son of Arlette and Herluin of Conteville; m. Matilda de Montgomery. [Falaise Roll, Table IV, p. 15]
Half-bro. of William the Conqueror; present at the Battle of Hastings. He received from King William 797 manors in different parts of England and 2 castles in Cornwall, of which county he was created earl. He m. Matilda, dau. of Roger de Montgomery, by whom he had three daus. and one son, William, who inherited his earldom. His name occurs 3X on the Bayeaux tapestry. [Falaise Roll, p. 95]
Comte de Mortain; father of Agnes who m. Andre de Vitrie. [Falaise Roll, p. 3]
Robert, count of Mortain, was the largest lay tenant-in-chief in Somerset. [Anglo-Norman Families, p. 31]
In 1086 Bere Ferrers (Birland) and Newton Ferrers (Niwetona) were both held by Reginald de Valletorte of Robert count of Mortain. At a later date both were held by Ferrers of Valletorte as of the barony of Trematon. [Anglo-Norman Families, p. 42]
At Domesday the Count of Mortain holds Berchehamstede/Berkshampstead which before the Conquest was held by Edmar, a thegn of Earl Harold; Aldbury which was formerly held by Alwin, a thegn of King Edward; Pendley which is part of the 7 hides which the count took from Tring; Hemel Hempstead which 2 bros. who were Earl Lewin's men formerly held. His under-tenants named are Rannulf, a serjeant of the Count; Humfrey; Fulcold; Lewin; Ralf. [Victoria History of
Hertfordshire, pp. 317-19]
b. 1031 d. 1091 [Mayflower PAF]
Count of Mortain/Earl of Cornwall; commander at Hastings 14 Oct 1066; m. Matilda de Montgomery; father of Emma and father of Agnes who m. Andre, Seigneur de Vitre. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2901, 2954]
Count of Mortain; m. Maud de Montgomery; father of Emma who m. Wm. IV, Count of Toulouse. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]
Half-brother of William the Conqueror who was given the manor of Helmsley in Yorkshire (along with many other estates) as part of the king's attempt to consolidate his power in the north after the Conquest. There is no evidence to suggest that Count Robert built a castle here, away from the center of his fee, and in any case the manor was back in royal hands in 1088 With William II confiscated Mortain's estates. [Helmsley Castle, p. 23]
The manor of Wigginton formed part of the vast fee which was held in the 11th century by Robert, count of Mortain, half-brother of the Conqueror. From the Domesday entry it seems that it was not part of the king's original gift, but had been taken forcibly by the count from Tring. He appears to have united the two original holdings, which had been formerly held by Brictric, a man of Queen Edith, and Godwin, one of Engelric's men, and to hav esubinfeudated the entire vill to a certain Humphrey. The overlordship followed the descent of the honour of Berkhampstead, while Humphrey, the sub-tenant, may almost certainly be identified with the count's tenant of the same name in Little Gaddesden. Here as there he was succeeded by the family of de Broc as early as the first years of the 13th century. [The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Hertfordshire, p. 314]
In Kind Edward's reign, Alwin Gotone held three hides under the abbot and the count of Mortain's men entered upon the manor and succeeded in wresting 15 acres from the abbot.[The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Hertfordshire, p. 345]
Berkhamsted Castle was built in the 11th century by Robert of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror, king of England. It is now a ruin. [The Plantagenet Encyclopedia, p. 29]
The first castle at Launceston was built by Coutn Robert of Mortain in 1068 to guard the main road into Cornwall. [Tintagel Castle, p. 42]
A motte castle was raised at Launceston, Cornwall early in the Conqueror's reign by his half-brother Robert of Mortain. [Castles of Britain and Ireland, p. 156]
Berkhamsted motte castle belonged to the Conqueror's half-brother Robert of Mortain. The motte was built to about 13.7 metres (45 ft.) tall. The bailey, oblong and about 137 x 91.4 metres (450 x 300 ft), is joined to a segment of the motte base. Both motte and bailey were (and are) surrounded by a wet moat, giving the appearance of a castle standing in a lake. Outside the moat is a rampart, which in turn was almost completely encircled by another moat. [Castles of Britain and Ireland, p. 126]
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- b.~ 0824 in <, , Neustria, France>
- b.~ 0850 in <, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France>
- b.~ 0900 in <, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France>
- b.~ 0969 in Conteville, France d.Bet 1010 and 1040 in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1001 in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France d.1080
- b.~ 0974 in Mellent, Normandy, France d.Bet 1005 and 1060
- b.~ 1037 in ,Mortaigne,Normandie,France d.08 Dec 1090 in Abbey of St. Grestain, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0978 in Falaise, Cavados, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050 in Caen,France
- b.0980 in Falaise,Calvados,France d.Bet 1003 and 1060
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Robert Count De were married in a religious ceremony before 1058.
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Robert Count De and Matilda Maud de were married in a religious ceremony before 1066 in 1st wife.3 They had a son and four daughters, named William de, Agnes de Mortain, Emma de, Agnes de and Denise de.
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Children
Emma de Mortaigne
Emma de was born about 1065 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. She died after 1080 in Huesca, Spain.4
Denise de Mortaigne
Denise de was born about 1070 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. She died in 1090.5
William de Mortaigne , Earl of Cornwall
William de was born before 1084 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France.6 He died in 1140 in Bermondsey, London, England (as a Cluniac monk).6
Robert Count De and Almodis were married in a religious ceremony about 1083.
Robert Count De and Almodis were married in a religious ceremony before 1085 in 2nd wife.7 They had a daughter named Miss de.
1 Royal Ancestors of Some American Families @ Chart 11417
2 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt @ III:427-8
3 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt @ III:428
4 Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com @ Todd A. Farmerie, 7 Mar 2003
5 Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org @ Denise de Mortain
6 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt @ III:428-9
7 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt @ III:428
Further sources/citations:
The Plantagenet Encyclopedia @ p. 29, Castles of Britain and Ireland @ p. 126, Complete Peerage @ Vol. XII, App L, p. 48, William the Conqueror, Tintagel Castle @ p. 42, Castles of Britain and Ireland @ p. 156, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ cxiv, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. @ 121-26, The Roll of Battle Abbey @ p. 23, The Norman Achievement, 1050-1100 @ p. 85, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ Table IV, p. 3, 15, 97, William I and the Norman Conquest
2 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt @ III:427-8
3 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt @ III:428
4 Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com @ Todd A. Farmerie, 7 Mar 2003
5 Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org @ Denise de Mortain
6 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt @ III:428-9
7 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Lt @ III:428
Further sources/citations:
The Plantagenet Encyclopedia @ p. 29, Castles of Britain and Ireland @ p. 126, Complete Peerage @ Vol. XII, App L, p. 48, William the Conqueror, Tintagel Castle @ p. 42, Castles of Britain and Ireland @ p. 156, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ cxiv, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. @ 121-26, The Roll of Battle Abbey @ p. 23, The Norman Achievement, 1050-1100 @ p. 85, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ Table IV, p. 3, 15, 97, William I and the Norman Conquest
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