| Nicknames: | "the Magnificent", "Robert the Devil", "Robert 'le Diable'", "Duke Robert the Devil", "The Devine", "Robert I /De Normandy/", "Robert The /Devil/", ""The /Magnificent"/", "the Devil", "/Robert I", ""The Magnificent"", "Duke of Normandy/", "The /Magnificent/", "The" |
| Place of Burial: | [object Object], Apulia, Italy |
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| Birthplace: | Rouen, Seine Inferieure, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Death: | Died in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey |
| Occupation: | Duke of Normandy, Duke of Rouen, Duke of Normandy 1027-1035, Duke of Normandy - see http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_187.htm, The Magnificent Duke of Normandy, ALIA: "The Devil" Title: Duke Of Normandy, 6th Duke of Normandy, Duke |
| Managed by: | Terry Jackson |
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About Robert 'le Magnifique' FitzRichard
Robert I 'le Magnifique', 'le Diable' FitzRichard Duc de Normandie Son of Richard II 'le Bon' and Judith He never married Children: 1. William Conqueror (by Arlette Herlève de Falaise) 2. Adelais (might have a different mother, uncertain)
[NB: Estrid of Denmark was NOT his wife - she was for a short time engaged to his father Richard.]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Magnificent
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMANDY.htm#RichardIIdied1026A
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Robert, le Magnifique, FitzRichard, Duc de Normandie's Timeline
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Rouen, Seine Inferieure, Haute-Normandie, France
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| 1023 |
1023
- 1024
Age 24
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Not Married, France
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October 14, 1024
Age 25
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Château de Falaise, Falaise, Basse-Normandie, France
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| 1027 |
1027
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Age 28
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Normandie, France
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1027
Age 28
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Succeeded his older brother Richard as Duke of Normandy. It has been speculated that Robert had Richard killed, because Richard had only been Duke for a year when he died. |
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1029
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Age 30
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Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
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| 1035 |
June 22, 1035
Age 36
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Apuglia, Italia
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July 22, 1035
Age 36
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Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
Died on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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1035
Age 36
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