Fifth Generation  

20. Robert I de NORMANDIE "The Magnificent" [35130] (Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born about 1005 in Normandy France and died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicea Bythnia Turkey aged about 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]. Marriage status: mistress. Harlette was born about 1003 in Falaise Calvados Basse-Normandy France and died about 1050 in Eure Haute-Normandie France aged about 47. Another name for Harlette was Herleva de FALAISE.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 33    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 9 Sep 1087 in Abbaye-aux-Hommes Caen Basse-Normandie France.

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

Adelaide married Count Eungerrand OF PONTHIEU II [87997].

Adelaide next married Count Lambert de LENS II [87998].

Adelaide next married Odo de CHAMPAGNE II [87999].

22. Eleanor de NORMANDIE Countess of Flanders [88037] (Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born about 1012 in Normandy France and died in 1071 aged about 59.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of this Eleanor,
Despite her common nomenclature it is not certain that Eleanor was her proper name.[7] Eleanor of Aquitaine, who lived a century later (and married as her second husband Henry II of England, the great-great-grandson of Eleanor of Normandy's brother Robert), is the first individual in recorded history known to bear the name Eleanor.

Eleanor married Count Baudouin IV of Flanders [120111] in 1031. Baudouin was born on 8 Jan 980 in Ghent Vlanderen Belgium, died on 30 May 1035 in Ghent Vlanderen Belgium at age 55, and was buried in Ghent Vlanderen Belgium.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Baudouin IV,
Baldwin IV was the son of Count Arnulf II of Flanders (c. 961 \emdash 987) and Rozala of Italy (950/60 \endash 1003), of the House of Ivrea.[2] He succeeded his father as Count of Flanders in 987,[2] but with his mother Rozala as the regent until his majority.

In contrast to his predecessors Baldwin turned his attention eastward, leaving the southern part of his territory in the hands of his vassals the counts of Guînes, Hesdin, and St. Pol.[3] To the north of the county Baldwin was given Zeeland as a fief by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, while on the right bank of the Scheldt river he received Valenciennes (1013) and parts of the Cambresis as well as Saint-Omer and the northern Ternois (1020).[4] In his French territories, the supremacy of the Baldwin remained unchallenged. A great deal of colonization of marshland was organized along the coastline of Flanders and the harbour and city of Brugge were enlarged.

Baldwin first married Ogive, daughter of Frederick of Luxembourg,[5] by whom he had a son and heir, Baldwin V (1012 \endash 1067). He later married Eleanor, daughter of Richard II of Normandy,[6] by whom he had a daughter, Judith (1033 \endash 1094).[6] Baldwin IV died on 30 May 1035.[2]

The child from this marriage was:

   35    i. Judith de FLANDERS [120115] was born in 1033 in Flanders Belgium and died on 5 Mar 1094 at age 61.

Judith married Earl Tostig GODWINSON of Northumbria [120116].

Judith next married Duke Welf I OF BAVARIA [120117].

31. Comte Gilbert de BRIONNE d'Eu [123314] (Geoffrey d'Eu and Brionne (Comte)¹⁷, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born between 979 and 1000 in Kerlouan Finistere Bretagne France and died on 2 Jul 1040 in Anjou Isère Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes France.

Gilbert married UNKNOWN [123315].

Children from this marriage were:

   36    i. Viscount Baudoin FitzGilbert de BRIONNE de Brionne [123316] was born about 1022 in Normandy France and died in Feb 1090 in Saint-Nicaise Yvelines Île-de-France France aged about 68.

+ 37    ii. Lord Richard FitzGilbert de CLARE of Clare and Tonbridge [122952] was born in 1024 in Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière Basse-Normandie France, died in Nov 1090 in St Neots Huntingdonshire England at age 66, and was buried in Huntingdonshire England.

   38    iii. Guilliaume de BRIONNE [123317] was born between 1025 and 1040 and died after Aug 1060.