Fifth Generation  

12. Robert I DE NORMANDIE, "The Magnificent" [35130] was born circa 1005 in Normandy France and died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicea Bythnia Turkey at age 30. The cause of his death was on Crusade.

General Notes: Wikipedia states:
Robert the Magnificent[1] (22 June 1000 \endash 3 July 1035), also called Robert the Devil, was the Duke of Normandy from 1027 until his death. Owing to uncertainty over the numbering of the Dukes of Normandy he is usually called Robert I, but sometimes Robert II with his ancestor Rollo as Robert I. He was the son of Richard II of Normandy and Judith, daughter of Conan I of Rennes. He was the father of William the Conqueror.

When his father died, his elder brother Richard succeeded, whilst he became Count of Hiémois. When Richard died a year later, there were great suspicions that Robert had Richard murdered, hence his other nickname, Robert le diable ('the devil'). He is sometimes identified with the legendary Robert the Devil.

Robert aided King Henry I of France against Henry'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 his cousin Edward the Confessor, who was then in exile at Robert's court, and sponsored monastic reform in Normandy.

By his mistress, Herleva of Falaise, he was father of the future William I of England (1028\endash 1087). He also had an illegitimate daughter, but the only chronicler to explicitly address the issue, Robert of Torigny, contradicts himself, once indicating that she had a distinct mother from William, elsewhere stating that they shared the same mother. This daughter, Adelaide of Normandy (1030 \endash c. 1083), married three times: to Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu, Lambert II, Count of Lens, and Odo II of Champagne.

After making his illegitimate son William his heir, he 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 on 2 July 1035. Some sources attribute his death to poison and date it to 1 or 3 July. His son William, aged about eight, succeeded him.

According to the historian William of Malmesbury, 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 himself had meanwhile died. They then decided to re-inter Robert's body in Italy.

Robert married Harlette DE FALAISE [35131] [MRIN: 12963]. Marriage status: mistress. Harlette was born about 1003 in Falaise France. Another name for Harlette was Herleva DE FALAISE.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 18 M    i. King Of England William DE NORMANDIE, "The Conqueror" [35127] was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Chateau de Falaise Normandy France, died in 1087 in Priory Of St Gervais Rouen France at age 63, and was buried on 09 Sep 1087 in Abbaye-aux-Hommes Caen Basse-Normandie France.

   19 F    ii. Adelaide [DE NORMANDIE] [87996] was born in 1030 and died in 1083 at age 53.

Adelaide married Count Eungerrand OF PONTHIEU II [87997] [MRIN: 29290].

Adelaide next married Count Lambert DE LENS II [87998] [MRIN: 29291].

Adelaide next married Odo DE CHAMPAGNE II [87999] [MRIN: 29292].