Biography of Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall 1031-1090
Around 1031 Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall was born to Herluin de Conteville Mortain (age 30) and Herleva Falaise.
Around 1049 Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 18) was appointed Count Mortain Mortagne.
Before 1066 Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 35) and Matilda or Maud Montgomery were married. She the daughter of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.
In 1066 [his father] Herluin de Conteville Mortain (age 65) died.
On 14 Oct 1066 the Norman army led by [his illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) defeated the English army of King Harold II of England (age 44) at the Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars (age 42), Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia (age 24), Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne (age 51), William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford (age 46), Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl Surrey, Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 26), Hugh Grandesmil (age 34), [his father-in-law] Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 35) and [his brother] Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.
The brothers King Harold II of England (age 44) was killed. Earl Hereford extinct.
His borthers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia (age 34) and Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent (age 31), and Engenulphe Aigle (age 56) were killed. Earl Kent extinct.
Around 1070 Launceston Castle [Map] was commissioned by Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 39).
In 1072 Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 41) was created 1st Earl Cornwall.
Before 1084 [his son] William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall was born to Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 52) and [his wife] Matilda or Maud Montgomery.
Around 1085 [his wife] Matilda or Maud Montgomery died.
Before 1086 [his former brother-in-law] Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois (age 21) and Almodis La Marche were married at Poitou. She the daughter of Aldebert La Marche II Count La Marche. He the son of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel Belleme.
In 1090 Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 59) died. His son [his son] William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall (age 6) succeeded Count Mortain Mortagne, 2nd Earl Cornwall.
Around 1100 Restormel Castle, Cornwall [Map] was constructed as a Norman Motte and Bailey Castle on behalf of Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall to protect a crossing point of the River Fowey.
[his daughter] Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne was born to Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall and Matilda or Maud Montgomery.
[his father] Herluin de Conteville Mortain and Fredesendis- were married.
[his daughter] Agnes Mortain was born to Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall and Matilda or Maud Montgomery.
[his father] Herluin de Conteville Mortain and [his mother] Herleva Falaise were married.
[his daughter] Denise Mortain was born to Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall and Matilda or Maud Montgomery.
Father: Herluin de Conteville Mortain
Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall
GrandFather: Father of Beatrix and Herleva
Mother: Herleva Falaise