Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of Normandy 
Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of was born about 0999 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France. Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of's father was Richard II "The Good" Duke of Normandy and his mother was Judith of Brittany. His paternal grandparents were Richard I "The Fearless" Duke of Normandy and Gunnora (Gundra) de Crepon. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Richard III Duke of, Mauger Seigneur de, Fresende of, Alice Adelaide of and Judith de. He was the third oldest of the six children. He died on July 2nd, 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey (on pilgrimage to Jerusalem).General Notes
Robert I, byname ROBERT The MAGNIFICENT, or The DEVIL, French ROBERT le MAGNIFIQUE, or le DIABLE (d. July 1035, Nicaea), duke of Normandy (1027-35), the younger son of Richard II of Normandy and the father, by his mistress Arlette, of William the Conqueror of England. On the death of his father (1026/27), Robert contested the duchy with his elder brother Richard III, legally the heir, until the latter's opportune death a few years later. A strong ruler, Robert succeeded in exacting the obedience of his vassals. On the death of Robert II the Pious, king of France (1031), a crisis arose over the succession to the French throne. The Duke gave his support to Henry I against the party favouring his younger brother; in reward for his services he demanded and received the Vexin FranÁais, a territory not far north of Paris. A patron of the monastic reform movement, he died while returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.28 Aug 0933 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.~ 0959 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.~ 0942 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.~ 0999 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey (on pilgrimage to Jerusalem)
- b.~ 0982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
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Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of and Herleve (Arlette) de were married in a religious ceremony in 1023 in France (not married). They had a son and a daughter, named William I "The Conqueror" King of and Adelaide of.
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Children
William I "The Conqueror" King of England
William I "The Conqueror" King of was born on October 14th, 1027 in Falais, Calvados, France. He died at the age of 59 on September 9th, 1087 in Hermenbraville, Seine-Maritime, France. He was buried in Abbey of St Step, Caen, Calvados, France.
Adelaide of Normandy , Countess of Aumale
Adelaide of was born before 1030 in Normandy, France. She died before 1090.
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