Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke Of Normandy 
Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke Of was born about 0999 in Normandy, France. Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke Of's father was [Duke] Richard II "The Good" Normandy [Duke] and his mother was Judith Of Brittany Princess De Bretagne. His paternal grandparents were Richard I "The Fearless" Duke Of Normandy and [Duchess Of Nor Gunnora (Gundra) De Crepon [Duchess Of Nor; his maternal grandparents were Conan I Duke Of Brittany Comte De Rennes and Ermangarde D' Anjou [Duchess]. He had three brothers and seven sisters, named Richard III Duke Of, William, Mauger Seigneur De, Adelais (Judith), Fredesenda Of, Judith Of, Alice Adelaide Of, Eleanore Princess Of, Miss Princess Of and Daughter Of. He died on July 2nd, 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey. He was buried in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey.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 Normandy, France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Faecamp, Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Faecamp, Normandie
- b.~ 0936 in Arque, Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.~ 0999 in Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.~ 0950 in Rennes, Ille-Et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.29 Jun 0992 in Killed
- b.0956 in Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0909 in Anjou, France d.11 Nov 0958 in Tours, France
- b.11 Nov 0938 in Anjou, France d.21 Jul 0987
- b.0915 in Gatinais, Orleanais, France d.0952
- b.~ 0952 in Of, Anjou, France d.27 Jun 0992
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Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke Of and Arlette Herleve 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 and his baptism took place in 1066 in Norman Conquest, As An Adult;. 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.
Countess Of Aumale Adelaide Of Adeliza Of Normandy Countess Of Countess Of Aumale/Normandy
Adelaide Of was born before 1030 in Normandy, France. She died before 1090.
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