General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Count
Note: EARLDOM of CORNWALL 
Robert, Count of Mortain in Normandy, one of the two sons o
f Herluin de Conteville, by Herleve, mother of William th
e Conqueror, was b. about 1031. About 1050 he received, fro
m his uterine brother, William, then Duke of Normandy, th
e comte of Mortain, and was thenceforth known as Count of M
ortain. He accompanied William in the invasion of England
, where he was in command of the chivalry of the Cotentin a
t the battle of Hastings, 1066. His share of the spoil wa
s one of the greatest, as, with the exception of the land
s of the King and the Church, he received nearly the whol
e of the county of Cornwall, and is, consequently, usuall
y considered Earl of Cornwall, though only known as Comes M
oritoniensis. At the time of Domesday, he was possessed o
f 797 manors in various counties, besides the borough of Pe
vensey in Sussex, etc. In 1069 he, with Robert, Count of Eu
, defeated the Danes in the parts of Lindsey, with great sl
aughter. He joined his brother, the Earl of Kent in 1088 i
n a rebellion against William II in favour of his brother R
obert Courthose, but was subsequently pardoned. He m. 1stly
, before 1066, Maud, daughter of Robert de Montgomery, Ear
l of Shrewsbury, by his 1st wife, Mabel, daughter and hei
r of William Talvas (5th son of William de Belleme, Seigneu
r of Alencon and Belleme). She was buried in the Abbey of G
restain. He m. 2ndly, Almodis. He d. 8 Dec 1090, and was bu
ried with his 1st wife. [Complete Peerage III:427-8 as corr
ected by XIV:207]