Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy

1000 - 1035  (35 years)

• Name	Robert I
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	About 1000	Normandy, France   [1, 4]
  General Information	He was also known as Robert I "the Magnificent", Count of Hiesmois, Duke of Normandy.  [2]
  Title(s)	6 Aug 1027 (Age 27)  [4, 5]
  Robert I succeeded on 06 Aug 1027 as the Duke of Normandy.
  Pilgrimage	1034 (Age 34)  [4]
  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.
  Death	22 Jul 1035	Nicaea, Empire of the East   [1, 2, 4, 6, 7]
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  + 1. Richard III, Duke of Normandy,   b. 1002   d. 5 Aug 1027 or 5 Aug 1027  (Age 25 years) ▻ Adelaide of France, Princess of France,  m. Jan 1027 ;   a concubine + 2. Judith of Normandy,   b. Abt 1003, Normandy, France d. After 1 Jul 1037  (Age 34 years) ▻ Renaud I, Count of Mâcon and Burgundy,  m. Before 1 Sep 1016   3. Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy,   b. About 1000, Normandy, France d. 22 Jul 1035, Nicaea, Empire of the East  (Age 35 years) ▻ Herleva de Falaise;     4. William,   b. About 1007/09   d. 1025  (Age 16 years) + 5. Elena of Normandy ▻ Baldwin IV de Lille "Fair Beard", Count of Flanders and Valenciennes,  m. After 1030   6. Matilda,   b. Between 1013 and 1015
  Person ID	I2462	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy,   b. 23 Aug 963, Normandy, France d. 28 Aug 1026, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Judith of Brittany,   b. 982, Brittany, France d. 28 Aug 1017, Normandy, France (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	1000
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 36 years and 4 months - She : ~ 18 years.
  Family ID	F1907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Herleva de Falaise,   b. About 1012   d. About 1050 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Type: Not married
  Information	Robert had a girlfriend named Herleva. Both were under twenty, possibly as young as seventeen. Herleva became pregnant with their first child who was to become William the Conqueror. Apparently there were no hard feelings with regard to Robert and Herleva having a child without undergoing the formality of a church ceremony. It would appear that Robert and Herleva "broke up", but once again, there do not seem to have been any hard feelings. Herleva married to Herluin, Vicomte of Contreville, and they had two sons: Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent; and Robert, Count of Mortain; both of whom were very close to their half brother, William the Conqueror; and both of whom were present at the Battle of Hastings.
  Children	1. William I "the Conqueror", King of England,   b. 1027, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 9 Sep 1087, Convent of St Gervais, Rouen, Normandie, France (Age 60 years) [Father: natural,Mother: natural] + 2. Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale,   b. 1029/30, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. Before 1090 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F1903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2022

  
  

  Children	1. Muriella of Normandy   2. Fredesende of Normandy   d. 1057
  Family ID	F1905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 1000 - Normandy, France Child - William I "the Conqueror", King of England - 1027 - Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France Child - Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale - 1029/30 - Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France Death - 22 Jul 1035 - Nicaea, Empire of the East  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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