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A temporary truce allowed his uncle to leave Normandy, and live in exile at the Capetian court. [5] Robert also attacked another powerful churchman, his cousin Hugo III d'Ivry, Bishop of Bayeux, banishing him from Normandy for an extended period of time. [6] Robert also seized a number of church properties belonging to the Abbey of Fecamp. [7]
Rollo, baptized as Robert, (c. 860 - c. 932), viking founder and first ruler of Normandy; Robert the Magnificent (1000 – 1035), also called the Devil or Robert I, Duke of Normandy, son of Richard II, Duke of Normandy; Robert Curthose or Robert II (c. 1051 or 1054–1134), Duke of Normandy, son of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king ...
Robert the Magnificent (1000–1035), also named Robert I, Duke of Normandy, 1027–1035), father of William the Conqueror. Sometimes known as Robert II, with Rollo of Normandy, c. 860 – c. 932, as Robert I because Robert was his baptismal name when he became a Christian; Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011–1076), Duke of Burgundy, 1032–1076
1st Duke of Normandy r. 942–996: Richard II "the Good" d. 1026 2nd Duke of Normandy r. 996–1027: Robert Count of Évreux, Archbishop of Rouen: Mauger c. 988 –1032 m. Germain, Countess of Corbeil: Geoffrey d. c. 1010 Count of Eu: William I 978–after 1057 Count of Eu and Hiémois: House of Clare: Richard III 997/1001–1027 3rd Duke of ...
After Rollo's death, his direct male descendants continued to rule Normandy until Stephen of Blois became King of England and Duke of Normandy in 1135. [54] The duchy was later absorbed into what became the Angevin Empire following its conquest by Geoffrey of Anjou , who in 1128 had married Matilda of England , herself a descendant of Rollo.
Normandy was born in 911, when Charles the Simple, King of West Francia, ceded part of Neustria to the Viking Rollo at the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. [1] Although Normandy may have been totally independent in its early years, as the Viking chieftain was unaware of the feudal system, [2] it soon became a fiefdom in which its chieftain had to pay tribute to the King of France as a vassal. [3]
Robert I de Neubourg [1] (died 1159) [2] was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat. He was the fourth son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick , and inherited his father's Normandy lands, holding Neubourg (today Le Neubourg , near Louviers , Eure ) from Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester , a Beaumont family cousin, as Comte de Meulan . [ 3 ]
Robert was born in 866 as the posthumous son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou and Adelaide of Tours. [ 1 ] [ a ] He was the brother of Odo , who was elected king of West Francia in 888. [ 1 ] In time West Francia evolved into the Kingdom of France ; [ 3 ] and under Odo, the royal capital was fixed in Paris .