Robert de Mortaigne , Earl of Cornwall 
Robert de was born about 1031 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. Robert de's father was Harlevin (Herlouin) Vicomte de Conteville and his mother was Herleve (Arlette) de Falaise. He had a brother and three sisters, named Odo Bishop of, Emma de, Muriel de and Miss de. He was the second oldest of the five children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named William I "The Conqueror" King of and Adelaide of. He died on December 8th, 1095 in Abbey of St. Grestain, Normandy, France.General Notes
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 de Conteville, by Herleve, mother of William the Conqueror, was b. about 1031. About 1050 he received, from his uterine brother, William, then Duke of Normandy, the comte of Mortain, and was thenceforth known as Count of Mortain. He accompanied William in the invasion of England, where he was in command of the chivalry of the Cotentin at the battle of Hastings, 1066. His share of the spoil was one of the greatest, as, with the exception of the lands of the King and the Church, he received nearly the whole of the county of Cornwall, and is, consequently, usually considered Earl of Cornwall, though only known as Comes Moritoniensis. At the 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 great slaughter. He joined his brother, the Earl of Kent in 1088 in a rebellion 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 of Shrewsbury, by his 1st wife, Mabel, daughter and heir of William Talvas (5th son of William de Belleme, Seigneur of Alencon and Belleme). She was buried in the Abbey of Grestain. He m. 2ndly, Almodis. He d. 8 Dec 1090, and was buried with his 1st wife. [Complete Peerage III:427-8 as corrected by XIV:207]
Robert de and Maud de were married in a religious ceremony before 1066 in 1st wife. They had a son and three daughters, named William de, Emma de, Agnes de and Denise de.
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Children
Emma de Mortaigne
Emma de was born about 1066 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. She died after 1080 in Huesca, Spain.
William de Mortaigne , Earl of Cornwall
William de was born before 1084 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. He died in 1140 in Bermondsey, London, England (as a Cluniac monk).
Robert de and Almodis were married in a religious ceremony before 1085 in 2nd wife. They had a daughter named Miss de.
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