Fourth Generation  

6. Duke Robert de Normandie I "The Magnificent"-[18124] (Richard "the Good" II (Duke)³, Richard I "The Fearless" (Duke)², William I "Longsword" (Duke)¹) was born c1003 in Normandie, France, died on 7-22-1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey at age 32, and was buried in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey.

General Notes: died July 1035, Nicaea

Robert The Magnificent, or The Devil, French Robert Le Magnifique, or Le Diable 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 (1027), 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.

Robert married Herleva de Falaise-[18125] [MRIN:6124]. Herleva was born about 1003 in Falaise, Normandie, France and died c1050 about age 47.

Children from this marriage were:

   10 F    i. Adbelahide de Normandie-[19135] was born about 1027 in Normandie, France and died before 1090.

+ 11 M    ii. King William de Normandie I "the Conqueror"-[18092] was born in 10-1028 in Falaise, was christened in 1066, died on 9-9-1087 in St. Gervais, Rouen at age 58, and was buried in Abbey of St. Stephen, Caen, Normandie, France.