Robert I the Devil , Duke of Normandy and Count of Hiesmois

M, (circa 1000 - 22 July 1035)
Father-Biological*Richard II the Good , Duke of Normandy b. 23 Aug 963, d. 28 Aug 1026
Mother-Biological*Judith of Brittany b. 982, d. 28 Aug 1017
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Last Edited=21 Jul 2023
     Robert I the Devil , Duke of Normandy and Count of Hiesmois was born circa 1000 at Normandy, France.1,2 He was the son of Richard II the Good , Duke of Normandy and Judith of Brittany. Robert I the Devil , Duke of Normandy and Count of Hiesmois was also known as Robert I the Magnificent.3 He and Herleva de Falaise were in a relationship that produced offspring Both were under twenty, possibly as young as seventeen. Herleva became pregnant with their first child who was to become William the Conqueror. Apparently there were no hard feelings with regard to Robert and Herleva having a child without undergoing the formality of a church ceremony. It would appear that Robert and Herleva "broke up", but once again, there does not seem to have been any hard feelings. Herleva married to Herluin, Vicomte of Contreville, and they had two sons: Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent; and Robert, Count of Mortain; both of whom were very close to their half brother, William the Conqueror; and both of whom were present at the Battle of Hastings.1 Robert succeeded his father as the Duke of Normandy on 6 August 1027.2,4 In late 1034, curiosity or devotion induced Robert to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatigues of the journey and the heat of the climate so impaired his constitution he died at Nicaea (in the area of Iznik in modern Turkey) on his way home.2 He and Thurstan le Goz ~ Vicomte d'Avranches et d'Hiesme traveled to Jerusalem, Holy Land, between 1034 and 1035 from Normandy.1 Robert I the Devil , Duke of Normandy and Count of Hiesmois died on 22 July 1035 at Nicaea, Empire of the East.1,3,2,5,6

Children of Robert I the Devil , Duke of Normandy and Count of Hiesmois

Children of Robert I the Devil , Duke of Normandy and Count of Hiesmois and Herleva de Falaise

Citations

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  2. Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times. N.p.: manuscript, 2008.
  3. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.
  4. Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees. Washington D.C.: by the author, 1968.
  5. Burke, John and John Bernard Burke. The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects. E. Churton: London, 1848.
  6. Von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R.. "The Descent of Queen Philippa, Wife of King Edward III of England From the Royal Hungarian House of Arpád", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCVI (April 1942).