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Robert Curthose (c. 1051 – February 1134, French: Robert Courteheuse), was the eldest son of William the Conqueror and succeeded his father as Robert II of Normandy in 1087, reigning until 1106. Robert was also an unsuccessful pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of England .
Against this, Kathleen Thompson argues that Henry was not shy about recognizing his bastards, [a] and that it is more likely that Sibyl was the illegitimate daughter of Henry's elder brother Robert Curthose. Robert was Duke of Normandy from 1086 (although he pawned it in 1096 to another brother, William Rufus, to finance going on the First ...
Devotion of the Princess Sibylla (Félix Auvray, 1832), based on a legend: Curthose is wounded in the Crusades by a poisoned arrow, and Sibylla sucks the poison from the wound, giving her life to save his. She was the daughter of Geoffrey of Brindisi, Count of Conversano, and his wife Sichelgaita of Moulins, and a grandniece of Robert Guiscard ...
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six children (m.1000; died 1017) (2) Popia of Envermeu. two children (m.1017) Son of Richard I: Richard III (R'chard III) 997/1001 – 6 August 1027 28 August 1026 – 6 August 1027 never married: Son of Richard II: Robert I. the Magnificent (Robèrt le Magnifique) 22 June 1000 – 1–3 July 1035 1027–1035 never married
William II drawn by Matthew Paris, from the Stowe Manuscript. British Library, London.. The Rebellion of 1088 occurred after the death of William the Conqueror [1] and concerned the division of lands in the Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy between his two sons William Rufus and Robert Curthose.
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Those captured included Robert, Edgar Ætheling (uncle of Henry's wife), and William, Count of Mortain. [11] Robert de Bellême, commanding the Duke's rear guard, led the retreat, saving himself from capture or death. [12] Most of the prisoners were released, but Robert Curthose and William of Mortain spent the rest of their lives in captivity ...