Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of Normandy 
Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of was born about 1003 in Normandy, France. Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of's father was Richard II "The Good" Duke of Normandy and his mother was Judith De Bretagne. His paternal grandparents were Duke of Normandy Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of Normandy Duke of Normandy and Gunnora Haraldsdottir De Crepon; his maternal grandparents were Comte De Rennes Conan I Berenger Le Tort Duc De Bretagne Comte De Rennes and Ermengarde Duchesse D'Anjou. He had a brother and three sisters, named Richard III Duke of, Aelis, Adelais and Emma Of. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Guilliaume Comte De Talon et, Frescenda of and Helen Of. He died on July 22nd, 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey. He was buried in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey.General Notes
1 NAME Robert I "the Devil" of /Normandy/
2 SOUR S033320
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1 BIRT
2 DATE 999
2 PLAC Normandy, France
2 SOUR S033320
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4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 JUL 1035
2 PLAC Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey
2 SOUR S033320
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4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
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Sources: RC 89, 131; Kraentzler 1156, 1218, 1241, 1264, 1265, 1342, 1350;
Coe; Dukes; AF; K & Q of Britain; Norr; A. Roots 121, 121E, 130; France,
Vol. 1 (1868), by M. Guizot and Madame Guizot de Witt; AIS; Davis.
Roots: Robert I, Duke of Normandy. Married (Danish wife) Arlette (or
Herleve). Left issue by this mistress.
K: Robert I "le Magnifique ou le Diable." Count d'Hieme. Duke of Normandy.
In line 1350 he calls him erroneously calls him Richard I.
Robert was called both "The Magnificent" and also "Robert the
Devil," because of his "reckless and violent deeds of audacity, whether in
private life or in warlike expeditions." In 1034 or 1035, after a "fair life
from the political point of view, but one full of turbulence and moral
irregularity" he undertook a pilgrimage, barefoot, to Jerusalem "to expiate his
sins..." The Norman prelates and barons urged him not to go because they
believed he might die on the pilgrimage (they were right) and he had no
successor. Robert, therefore, named his bastard son, William, as his successor
and prevailed upon King Henry I of France to sanction the arrangement--a
decision the king was later to regret.
Guizot says Robert I was the fifth in succession from Rollo, the first ruler
of Normandy. William was named after William Longsword, the son and successor
of Rollo. So the Norman reign went from Rollo, to William Longsword, Richard I,
Richard II, Richard III, Robert I and William, who would become William the
Conqueror and, subsequently, William I, King of England.
Richard III and Robert I were sons of Richard II, according to a chart in
Butler.
Robert instructed Herluin (another spelling) de Conteville to marry his
mistress, Harlette, if he failed to return from the Crusade. Herluin did so,
and they had children.
Dukes says Robert's last years were marked by signs of "eccentricity, if not
unsoundness of mind."
AIS: Robert, Duke of Normandy, born about 995, Normandy, France; died 2 July
1035, Nicaea, Turkey.
Davis: Robert I, the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy 1027-1035.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0830 in More, Norway d.0890 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 0846 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria
- b.~ 0848 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.0892
- b.~ 0900 in Normandie, Neustria d.17 Dec 0942 in France
- b.~ 0847 in Bayeux, Neustia d.< 0930
- b.~ 0872 in Evreux, Neustria
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Normandie
- b.~ 0848 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0902
- b.~ 0884 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 FEB 941/942 in St. Quentin, Pas-de-Calais
- b.~ 0859
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France
- b.~ 0963 in Normandie d.28 Aug 1027
- d.0895
- b.~ 0840 in Denmark d.0936 in Jelling, Denmark
- b.~ 0870 d.BET. 888 - 964
- b.0910 in Blauzahan, Germany d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg, Denmark
- b.~ 0876 d.> 0940
- b.~ 0900 d.0935 in Jelling, Denmark
- b.~ 0936 in Normandie d.1031 in France
- b.~ 0867 d.~ 0950
- b.0900 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0919 in Denmark d.1000
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.0900 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1003 in Normandy, France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.~ 0850 d.0877
- b.< 0931 d.0970
- d.0930
- b.~ 0950 in Bretagne, France d.29 Jun 0992 in Conquereuil, France
- b.~ 0931 in abt 931
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandie, France
- b.~ 0870 in Anjou, France, France d.0942
- b.~ 0909 in Anjou, France d.11 Nov 0958 in Tours, Frnce
- b.~ 0874 in Loches, France d.>Jul 0929
- b.11 Nov 0938 in of, Anjou, France d.21 Jul 0987 in Anjou or Normandy, France
- b.~ 0814 in (Estimated)
- b.~ 0913 in of, Maine, Arles, France d.> 0952
- b.0960 in of, Anjou, France d.27 Jun 0992
- b.0880 in of, Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 FEB 942/943 in St. Quentin, Peronne, France
- b.~ 0920 in of, Vermandois, Normandy, France d.Aug 0967
- b.~ 0887 in of, Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0931
- b.0950 d.16 MAR 974/975
- b.~ 0906 d.16 Apr 0956
- b.~ 0927 in of, Bourgogne, Marneogne, France
- b.0908
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‌Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of and Herleva were married in a religious ceremony about 1023 in Not Married, France. They had two sons and two daughters, named William the Conqueror King of, Ralph Comte, Adeliza and Godiva Of.
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Children
William the Conqueror King of England
William the Conqueror King of was born on October 14th, 1024 in Falaise, Normandie. He died at the age of 62 on September 10th, 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie. He was buried in Abbey of St Step, Caen, Calvados, France.
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