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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 .
The First Crusade (1096–1099) ... Their forces were evolving, with Robert Curthose and Tancred agreeing to become vassals of Raymond IV of Toulouse, who was wealthy ...
In 1096, William's brother Robert Curthose joined the First Crusade. He needed money to fund this venture and pledged his Duchy of Normandy to William in return for a payment of 10,000 marks, which equates to about a quarter of William's annual revenue. In a display of the effectiveness of English taxation, William raised the money by levying a ...
The army of Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, left for the Holy Land on the First Crusade. Robert was the eldest son of William the Conqueror and brother to William Rufus, king of England. [1] He was reportedly so poor that he often had to stay in bed for lack of clothes.
October – Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy (a brother of King William II of England), sets off to join the First Crusade. He assembles his army at Pontarlier and travels through Italy to Rome. To raise money for the Crusade Robert mortgages the Norman duchy to William, for the sum of 10,000 pennies.
The problem was further complicated by the sequence of unstable Anglo-Norman successions over the previous sixty years – William the Conqueror had gained England by force; two of his sons, Robert Curthose and William Rufus, had fought a war amongst themselves for the throne, with Rufus, who was younger, emerging victorious; and Henry had ...
He went on the First Crusade, 1096-99, with Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. In the archives of Saint-Lô exists a charter, dating from the First Crusade, on which is found the seal of Renaud de Carteret. This seal shows that, during the latter part of the twelfth century, the de Carterets discarded their non-heraldic "equestrian" seal, and ...
Emma was an active participant in the First Crusade, [3] [14] which she joined in 1096 along with her husband and her son Alan; they served under Robert Curthose. [15] [16] Emma died some time after 1096 on the road to the Holy Land. [17] Emma's granddaughter Amice, the daughter of her son Raoul II, married Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of ...