Robert I of Normandy, 6th Duc de Normandie 
Robert I, known as the Devil, the Magnificent Duke, was born about 1008 in Normandy, France. The Devil, the Magnificent Duke's father was Richard (the Good) of Normandy II and his mother was Judith of Brittany. His paternal grandparents were Duke Richard I ("the Fearless") of Normandy and Gunnora de Crepon; his maternal grandparents were Duke Conan I of Brittany and Ermengarde de Anjou. He had a sister named Adelaide. He was the younger of the two children. He died on July 22nd, 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey.General Notes
Birth: 0999 in Normandy, FRA
Death: 22 JUL 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, TUR
Marriage 1 Arlette (Herleve) FALAISE b: 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, FRA
Children
Adelaide PONTHIEU of Normandy b: 1026 in Normandy, FRA
William "the Conqueror" b: 14 OCT 1024 in Falaise, FRA
Odo OF KENT b: 1030
Robert OF MORTAIN
Robert I, byname ROBERT The MAGNIFICENT, or The DEVIL, French ROBERT le MAGNIFIQUE, or le DIABLE (d. July 1035, Nicaea), duke of Normandy (1027-35), the younger son of Richard II of Normandy and the father, by his mistress Arlette, of William the Conqueror of England. On the death of his father (1026/27), Robert contested the duchy with his elder brother Richard III, legally the heir, until the latter's opportune death a few years later. A strong ruler, Robert succeeded in exacting the obedience of his vassals. On the death of Robert II the Pious, king of France (1031), a crisis arose over the succession to the French throne. The Duke gave his support to Henry I against the party favouring his younger brother; in reward for his services he demanded and received the Vexin Français, a territory not far north of Paris. A patron of the monastic reform movement, he died while returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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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.~ 0830 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0894 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0866 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0931 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0848 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 0896 in Normandy, France d.17 Dec 0942 in France
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Normandy, France (Neustria) d.0886 in Bayeux, Normandy, France (Neustria)
- b.~ 0872 in Evreux, Normandy, France d.0938 in France
- b.~ 0855 in Rennes, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Normandy, France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.~ 0880 in Bretagne, Rennes, France
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, Rennes, France
- b.~ 0958 in Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.~ 0940 d.~ 1031
- b.~ 1008 in Normandy, France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Normandy, France (Neustria) d.0886 in Bayeux, Normandy, France (Neustria)
- b.~ 0875 in Rennes, France d.0970
- b.~ 0825 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0855 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0825 in Brittany, France
- b.0950 in Bretagne, Rennes, France d.29 Jun 0992
- b.~ 0925 in France
- b.~ 0982 in Bretagne, Rennes, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- d.~ 0942
- b.~ 0920 d.11 Nov 0958
- b.21 Jul 0958 in Anjou, France d.21 Jul 0987
- b.~ 0920 in Gatinais, France
- b.~ 0952 in Anjou, France d.27 Jun 0992
- b.~ 0884 d.23 Feb 0943
- b.~ 0911 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.29 Aug 0968
- b.~ 0895 d.~ 0931
- b.~ 0934 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.> 0982
- b.~ 0890 d.08 Apr 0956
- b.~ 0914 in Bourgogne, France d.19 Aug 0967
- b.~05 May 0913 in Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia d.05 May 0984 in Rheims, Marne, France
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Individual Additional Information
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Associated external link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_I,_Duke_of_Normandy
