Robert I Duke of Normandy Normandie

1000 - Bef 1035  (< 35 years)

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• Name	Robert I Duke of Normandy Normandie
  Born	22 Jun 1000	Rouen, Duchy of Normandy   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Robert The Devil
  Reference Number	8059
  Died	Bef 3 Jul 1035	Nicaea, Byzantine Empire
  Person ID	I8059	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard II Duke of Normandy,   b. 23 Aug 963, Évreux, Normandie, France ,   d. 28 Aug 1026, Fécamp, Normandie, France  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Judith Bretagne,   b. 982, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France ,   d. 16 Jun 1017, Normandy, France  (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herleva de Mortain Falaise,   b. Abt 1003, Falaise, Normandie, France ,   d. Abt 1055, Mortain, Normandie, France  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Children	+ 1. William Guillaume of Normandy Normandie,   b. 1027, Normandie, France ,   d. 9 Sep 1087, Rouen, Normandie, France  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F2385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Normandie-43 BIOGRAPHY FROM GENEALOGICS.ORG: Robert was the second son of Richard II 'the Good', duke of Normandy and Judith de Bretagne, daughter of Conon I 'le Tort', duc de Bretagne and Ermengarde d'Anjou. When his father died in 1027, Robert's elder brother Richard succeeded, while he became count of Hiémois. When Richard died a year later, there were great suspicions that Robert had Richard murdered, the origin of his epithet, Robert 'le diable' (Robert 'the Devil'). Robert aided Henri I of France against Henri's rebellious brother and mother, and for his help he was given the territory of the Vexin. He also intervened in the affairs of Flanders, supported England's Edward 'the Confessor', who was then in exile at Robert's court, and sponsored monastic reform in Normandy. By his mistress Harlette/Herleve, daughter of Fulbert de Falaise, Robert was father of two children, the future William 'the Conqueror' and Adela of Normandy, both of whom would have progeny. After making his illegitimate son William his heir, Robert set out on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. According to the _Gesta Normannorum Ducum_ he travelled by way of Constantinople, reached Jerusalem and died on the return journey at Nicaea in Turkey on 22 July 1035. His son William, aged about eight, succeeded him. According to the chronicler William of Malmesbury (1080-1143), around 1086 William sent a mission to Constantinople and Nicaea, charging it with bringing his father's body back to be buried in Normandy. Permission was granted, but having travelled as far as Apulia (Italy) on the return journey, the envoys learned that William had died. They then decided to re-inter Robert's body in Italy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S807] Genealogics.org.