Robert I the Magnificent of Normandy ^{1 2}

   Another name for Robert was Robert II the Devil of Normandy.

  General Notes:

Robert the Magnificent, duke of Normandy (1027-35); father of William the Conqueror. He is often mis-identified with the legendary Robert the Devil. He aided King Henry I of France against Henry's rebellious brother and mother, intervened in the affairs of Flanders, and supported Edward the Confessor, then in exile at Robert's court. He also sponsored monastic reform in Normandy. After making his illegitimate son William his heir, he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and died at Nicaea.

Robert contributed to the restoration of Henry King of France to his throne, and received from the gratitude of that monarch, the Vexin, as an additional to his patrimonial domains. In the 8th year of his reign, curiosity or devotion induced him to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatiges of the journey and the heat of the climate so impaired his consitution he died on his way home. Some sources call him Robert I the Magnificent!

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Duke of Normandy, 1028.

Robert had children with Harlette of Falaise, daughter of Fulbert and Duxia. (Harlette of Falaise was born circa 1011 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy and died circa 1050.)

Robert next married Estrid Svendsdatter, daughter of Svend I Haraldsson Tjugeskjegg of Denmark and Sigrid Toftesdatter Storråde, in 1031. The marriage ended in divorce in 1032.