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Robert Guiscard d'Hauteville, Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily

Male 1015 - 1085  (70 years)


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  1. 1.  Robert Guiscard d'Hauteville, Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily was born in 1015 in Normandy, France (son of Tancred d'Hauteville and Fredesende of Normandy); died on 17 Jul 1085 in Cephalonia Island, Greece.

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    • History: birth to death

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    He was the Norman conqueror of Southern Italy.

    History:
    Robert was a leader in the First Crusade.

    In 1098, he captured at Antioch.

    Robert married Albereda in 1054, and was divorced in 1058. Albereda was born about 1032; died after Jul 1122. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Bohémond I, Prince of Antoch was born in 1052; died on 3 Mar 1111 in Canossa, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

    Robert married Sikelgaita in 1058/59. Sikelgaita (daughter of Guaimar IV, Prince of Salerno, Capua, Amalfi, Calabria, and Apulia and Porpora of Tabellaria) was born in 1025; died on 27 Jul 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mathilda of Apulia was born about 1058; died in 1111/12.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Tancred d'Hauteville died about 1041.

    Tancred married Fredesende of Normandy. Fredesende (daughter of Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy) died in 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Fredesende of Normandy (daughter of Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy); died in 1057.
    Children:
    1. 1. Robert Guiscard d'Hauteville, Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily was born in 1015 in Normandy, France; died on 17 Jul 1085 in Cephalonia Island, Greece.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy was born about 1000 in Normandy, France (son of Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy and Judith of Brittany); died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Empire of the East.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was also known as Robert I "the Magnificent", Count of Hiesmois, Duke of Normandy.
    • Title(s): 6 Aug 1027; Robert I succeeded on 06 Aug 1027 as the Duke of Normandy.
    • Pilgrimage: 1034; In late 1034, curiosity or devotion induced Robert to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatigues of the journey and the heat of the climate so impaired his constitution he died at Nicaea (in the area of Iznik in modern Turkey) on his way home.

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    Children:
    1. Muriella of Normandy
    2. 3. Fredesende of Normandy died in 1057.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy was born on 23 Aug 963 in Normandy, France (son of Richard I "the Fearless", Duke of Normandy and Gunnor of Crêpon); died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 996; He succeeded as the Duke of Normandy in 996 and ruled until his death. During his minority, the first five years of his reign, his regent was Count Rodulf of Ivry, his uncle, who wielded the power and put down a peasant insurrection at the beginning of Richard's reign
    • Last Full Review: 18 Feb 2021

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    Richard married Judith of Brittany in 1000. Judith (daughter of Conan I "le Tort", Duke of Brittany, Count of Rennes and Ermengarde d'Anjou) was born in 982 in Brittany, France; died on 28 Aug 1017 in Normandy, France; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Judith of Brittany was born in 982 in Brittany, France (daughter of Conan I "le Tort", Duke of Brittany, Count of Rennes and Ermengarde d'Anjou); died on 28 Aug 1017 in Normandy, France; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France .

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: She was also called Judith of Rennes.
    • Last Full Review: 18 Feb 2021

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    Children:
    1. Richard III, Duke of Normandy was born in 1002; died in 5 Aug 1027 or 5 Aug 1027.
    2. Judith of Normandy was born about 1003 in Normandy, France; died after 1 Jul 1037.
    3. 6. Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy was born about 1000 in Normandy, France; died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Empire of the East.
    4. William was born about 1007/09; died in 1025; was buried in Fécamp Abbey, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.
    5. Elena of Normandy
    6. Matilda was born between 1013 and 1015.


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