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Matilda Fitzroy (c. 1080/1100 ... Her father was the youngest son of William the Conqueror and his wife Matilda of Flanders. [2] During the High Middle Ages, ...
Robert was the eldest son of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England and Matilda of Flanders. [2] Estimates of Robert's birth-date range between 1051 and 1053. [ 3 ] As a child he was betrothed to Margaret, the heiress of Maine , but she died before they could wed, [ 4 ] and Robert did not marry until his late forties.
William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror, in 1080 built a wooden motte and bailey style castle on the site of the Roman fort. Curthose built this 'New Castle upon Tyne' after he returned south from a campaign against Malcolm III of Scotland.
9 September – William I of England (William the Conqueror) dies at Rouen while on campaign in northern France; his first son Robert succeeds him as Robert II, Duke of Normandy whilst his second son succeeds him on the English throne as William II of England. [1] 26 September – coronation of William II at Westminster Abbey. [1]
King William the Conqueror sends a punitive expedition led by his half-brother Odo of Bayeux to pacify Northumbria. [3] Autumn – Robert Curthose, a son of William I, is sent to invade Scotland. He reaches as far as Falkirk and forces King Malcolm III to agree to terms while building fortifications at Newcastle upon Tyne.
Robert was the son of Herluin de Conteville and Herleva of Falaise and brother of Odo of Bayeux. [1] Robert was born c. 1031 in Normandy, a half-brother of William the Conqueror. [2] and was probably not more than a year or so younger than his brother Odo, born c. 1030.
Walcher [a] (died 14 May 1080) was the bishop of Durham from 1071, [1] a Lotharingian and the first Prince-bishop (appointed by the King, not the Pope). [2] He was the first non-Englishman to hold that see and an appointee of William the Conqueror following the Harrying of the North. [3]