Duke of Normandy Robert de Normandy, I

Duke of Normandy Robert de Normandy, I

Male 1000 - 1035  (35 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Duke of Normandy Robert de Normandy, I was born on 21 Jun 1000 in Normandy, France (son of 4th Duke of Normandy Richard Beauclerc, II and Princess of Brittany and Normandy Lady Judith de Bretagne); died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Greece.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct ancestor of Josie May Bunker
    • Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_I,_Duke_of_Normandy
    • Name: the Magnificant
    • _MILT: The civil war that he brought against his brother, Richard III, caused much instability until he was subsequently defeated and forced to swear fealty to his older brother.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

    Family/Spouse: Herleve Harlette Arletta de Falaise. Herleve was born on 9 Jun 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 23 Apr 1078 in Grestain, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Countess of Aumale Adelaide de Normandy was born on 14 Oct 1021 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Aug 1098 in Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.
    2. Duke of Normandy -- King of England Guillaume de Normandy was born in 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in France; was buried in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  4th Duke of Normandy Richard Beauclerc, II was born on 23 Aug 963 in Normandy, France (son of 3rd Duke of Normandy Lord Richard de Normandy, I and Queen of France, Duchess of Normandy Gunnora Haraldsdottir); died on 28 Aug 1027 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Willie Juanita Bryant, Cecil Lamar Moon and Lucy Elkin
    • Name: the Good

    Richard married Princess of Brittany and Normandy Lady Judith de Bretagne in 1000 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Lady (daughter of King Conan de Bretagne and Lady Ermengarde de Anjou) was born in 982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died on 16 Jun 1017 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Princess of Brittany and Normandy Lady Judith de Bretagne was born in 982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (daughter of King Conan de Bretagne and Lady Ermengarde de Anjou); died on 16 Jun 1017 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Juetta

    Children:
    1. Archbishop of Rouen Mauger Sinclair was born in 1004 in Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.
    2. 1. Duke of Normandy Robert de Normandy, I was born on 21 Jun 1000 in Normandy, France; died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Greece.
    3. Countes de Vermandois Pavia Patia was born in 1019 in France; died in 1032 in France.
    4. Duke of Normandy Richard de Normandy, III was born in 1001 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Feb 1027 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  3rd Duke of Normandy Lord Richard de Normandy, I was born on 28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (son of 2nd Duke of Normandy Guillaume de Normandy, I and Sporta Adela Of Senlis de Bretagne); died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_Normandy
    • Name: the Fearless Count
    • Occupation: In lieu of building up the Norman Empire by expansion, he stabilized the realm, and united his followers into a cohesive and formidable principality
    • _MILT: He allied himself with the Norman and Viking leaders, drove Louis out of Rouen, and took back Normandy

    Lord married Queen of France, Duchess of Normandy Gunnora Haraldsdottir in 962 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Gunnora (daughter of King of Norway and Denmark Harold Gormsson, I and Princess of Sweden Cyrid Olafsdottir) was born on 21 Nov 936 in Arques, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 13 Nov 1002 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Queen of France, Duchess of Normandy Gunnora Haraldsdottir was born on 21 Nov 936 in Arques, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (daughter of King of Norway and Denmark Harold Gormsson, I and Princess of Sweden Cyrid Olafsdottir); died on 13 Nov 1002 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott
    • Name: Gunhilde
    • _MILT: A desire to avenge her death was probably a principal motive for Sweyn's invasion of England in 1003, leading to the eventual conquest of England by his son Cnut

    Notes:

    Died:
    She is supposed to have been a hostage in England when she was killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre, ordered by Æthelred

    Children:
    1. 2. 4th Duke of Normandy Richard Beauclerc, II was born on 23 Aug 963 in Normandy, France; died on 28 Aug 1027 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. Countess of Rennes, Duchess of Brittany and Regent to her son Alan III, Duke of Brittany Hawise de Normandy was born about 978 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 21 Feb 1034 in Bretagne, France; was buried in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.

  3. 6.  King Conan de Bretagne was born before 952 in Bretagne, France (son of Count of Rennes Judicael Berenger and Gerberge de Anjou); died on 27 Jun 992 in Bretagne, France; was buried in Pontorson, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Crooked
    • Title: Count of Renne, Duke de Bretagne

    Conan married Lady Ermengarde de AnjouManche, Basse-Normandie, France. Lady (daughter of King Geoffrey Fulk, I and Adelaide DeMeaux de Vermandois) was born in 952 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1040 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Lady Ermengarde de Anjou was born in 952 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (daughter of King Geoffrey Fulk, I and Adelaide DeMeaux de Vermandois); died in 1040 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.
    Children:
    1. 3. Princess of Brittany and Normandy Lady Judith de Bretagne was born in 982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died on 16 Jun 1017 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. Count of Rennes and Duke of Brittany Geoffrey de Bretagne, I was born in 970 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died on 20 Nov 1008 in Penthièvre, Morbihan, Bretagne, France; was buried in Pontorson, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  2nd Duke of Normandy Guillaume de Normandy, I was born on 28 Aug 893 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (son of 1st Duke of Normandy (The Viking of Normandy) Robert Rognvaldsson, I and Poppa de Bayeaux); died on 17 Dec 942 in Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: William Longsword

    Notes:

    Died:
    Island Picquigny, Somme River

    Guillaume married Sporta Adela Of Senlis de BretagneNormandy, France. Sporta (daughter of Count of Vermandois and Meaux Herbert de Vermandois, II and Princess Adela - Hildebrante - Liegarde Robertien Capet de Neustria) was born on 28 Aug 911 in Bretagne, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 12 Dec 940 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sporta Adela Of Senlis de Bretagne was born on 28 Aug 911 in Bretagne, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France (daughter of Count of Vermandois and Meaux Herbert de Vermandois, II and Princess Adela - Hildebrante - Liegarde Robertien Capet de Neustria); died on 12 Dec 940 in Normandy, France.
    Children:
    1. 4. 3rd Duke of Normandy Lord Richard de Normandy, I was born on 28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

  3. 10.  King of Norway and Denmark Harold Gormsson, I was born in 910 in La Bataille, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France (son of King of Denmark Gorn Geva Hardeknudsson and Thyre Klacksdatter Danebod Harolsatter); died on 1 Nov 986 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Bluetooth
    • Religion: Denmark officially converted to Christianity during his reign
    • _MILT: As a consequence of Harald's army having lost to the Germans at the Danevirke in 974, he no longer had control of Norway, and Germans settled back into the border area between Scandinavia and Germany

    Notes:

    Died:
    Harald was killed fighting off a rebellion led by his son Swein

    Harold married Princess of Sweden Cyrid Olafsdottir in 935 in Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark. Cyrid was born in 920 in Sweden; died on 13 Nov 1002 in Arques, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Princess of Sweden Cyrid Olafsdottir was born in 920 in Sweden; died on 13 Nov 1002 in Arques, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Gyrithe/Gunhilde

    Children:
    1. 5. Queen of France, Duchess of Normandy Gunnora Haraldsdottir was born on 21 Nov 936 in Arques, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 13 Nov 1002 in England.

  5. 12.  Count of Rennes Judicael Berenger was born about 900 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (son of Count of Rennes Pascweten de Rennes); died in 970 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Juhel Berenger
    • _MILT: 939; He fought alongside Alan II, Duke of Brittany and Hugh II of Maine against the Vikings at the Battle of Trans-la-Forê

    Judicael married Gerberge de Anjou. Gerberge was born in 914 in Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Gerberge de Anjou was born in 914 in Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
    Children:
    1. 6. King Conan de Bretagne was born before 952 in Bretagne, France; died on 27 Jun 992 in Bretagne, France; was buried in Pontorson, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

  7. 14.  King Geoffrey Fulk, I was born on 11 Nov 938 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 21 Jul 987 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Greygown
    • Title: Count D'Anjou

    Geoffrey married Adelaide DeMeaux de Vermandois. Adelaide was born on 7 Dec 940 in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; died on 8 Apr 980 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Adelaide DeMeaux de Vermandois was born on 7 Dec 940 in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; died on 8 Apr 980 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.
    Children:
    1. 7. Lady Ermengarde de Anjou was born in 952 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1040 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.