Earl Robert de Mortaigne of Cornwall 
Robert was born about 1037 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France. Robert's father was Count Herlouin de Conteville of Mortaigne and his mother was Herleva de Falaise. His paternal grandfather was Earl Jean de Conteville of Comyn and his paternal grandmother is Jean de Mellent; his maternal grandparents were Chamberlain Rollo Fulbert de Falaise and Duxia de Falaise. He had a brother and two sisters, named Odo, Muriel and Emma. He had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Ralph, "the Conqueror", Adâelaèide, Godiva and Felicia. He died in France. He was buried in Abbaye De Grestain.General Notes
Count de Mortaigne
Robert de Mortaigne, maternal brother to king William the conqueror, was created by that
monarch earl of Cornwal, which title became extinct by the forfeiture of
William, second earl of Cornwal,
Fought at Battle of Hastings
Also known as Robert de BURGO, Count of Mortain(Mortagne) and Earl of Cromwell(in England). He was a half-brother to William "the Conqueror". Ancesrry and Progentry of Captain James Blount - Immigrant, by Robert F. Pfafman, p E-33 and 34.
Fought at Battle of Hastings
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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.0850
- b.0890
- b.0925/0930 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
- b.ABT 0969/0971 in Conteville, Normandie, France d.ABT 1012/1087
- b.~ 1001 in Conteville, Lorraine, France d.1066
- b.~ 0974 in Mellent, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1037 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France d.8 Dec 1090/1095 in France
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden
- b.~ 0903 in Sweden d.0985/0986 in Fyrisval, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.0945 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.29 Sep 1027 in Roskilde, Denmark
- b.~ 0910 in Blauzahn, Germany d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg
- b.~ 0947 in Denmark d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
- b.~ 0905 in Sweden
- b.~ 0978 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d.~ 1078 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.ABT 1003/1012 in Falaise, Normandy d.1050
- b.~ 0945
- b.ABT 0974/0980 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d.~ 1080 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France
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Robert and Maud were married in a religious ceremony in 1054. They had a son and four daughters, named William, Matilda, Agnes, Denise and de Mortaigne.
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Children
Earl William de Burgo Mortaigne of East Cornwall
William was born in Cornwall, England. He died after 1140.
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