Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy 1000-1035

Paternal Family Tree: Norman

Maternal Family Tree: Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou 934-982

In 1000 [his father] Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy [aged 36] and [his mother] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany and [his grandmother] Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany [aged 44]. He the son of Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Gunnora Countess Ponthieu.

On 22nd June 1000 Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy was born to Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy [aged 36] and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 18].

In 1016 [his brother-in-law] Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy [aged 30] and [his sister] Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy [aged 52] and [his mother] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 34]. He the son of Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy [aged 56] and Ermentrude Countess Burgundy.

In 1017 [his mother] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 35] died.

Before 1019 [his father] Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy [aged 55] and Poppa Envermeu Unknown Duchess Normandy were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. He the son of [his grandfather] Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy and [his grandmother] Gunnora Countess Ponthieu.

Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1026. Ælfric, archbishop of York, went to Rome, and received the pallium from pope John. [his father] Richard II [aged 62], duke of Normandy, died, and was succeeded by Richard III [aged 24], who, dying the same year, was succeeded by his brother Robert [aged 25].

On 28th August 1026 [his father] Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy [aged 63] died. His son [his brother] Richard [aged 24] succeeded III Duke Normandy.

On 21st September 1026 Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy [aged 66] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Reginald [aged 40] succeeded I Count Burgundy. [his sister] Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy [aged 24] by marriage Countess Burgundy.

In January 1027 [his brother] Richard Normandy III Duke Normandy [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. She the daughter of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 54] and Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 41]. He the son of [his father] Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy and [his mother] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy. They were second cousin once removed.

On 6th August 1027 Richard Normandy III Duke Normandy [aged 25] died. His brother Robert [aged 27] succeeded I Duke Normandy.

Around 1028 [his illegitimate son] King William "Conqueror" I of England was born illegitimately to Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy [aged 27] and Herleva of Falaise at Falaise Castle, Falaise, Calvados, Basse Normandie.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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Around 1030 [his daughter] Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu was born to Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy [aged 29]. She married (1) before 1049 her fourth cousin once removed Enguerrand II Count Ponthieu, son of Hugh II Count Ponthieu and Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu, and had issue (2) before 1049 her fourth cousin once removed Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness, son of Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and Adele Unknown, and had issue (3) after 25th October 1053 her third cousin once removed Lambert Flanders II Count Lens, son of Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne and Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne, and had issue.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1031. This year returned King Knute [aged 36]; and as soon as he came to England he gave to Christ's church in Canterbury [Map] the haven of Sandwich, Kent [Map], and all the rights that arise therefrom, on either side of the haven; so that when the tide is highest and fullest, and there be a ship floating as near the land as possible, and there be a man standing upon the ship with a taper-axe in his hand, whithersoever the large taper-axe might be thrown out of the ship, throughout all that land the ministers of Christ's church should enjoy their rights. This year went King Knute to Rome; and the same year, as soon as he returned home, he went to Scotland; and Malcolm, king of the Scots [aged 77], submitted to him, and became his man, with two other kings, Macbeth and Jehmar; but he held his allegiance a little while only. Robert, Earl of Normandy [aged 30], went this year to Jerusalem [Map], where he died; and [his illegitimate son] William [aged 3], who was afterwards King of England, succeeded to the earldom, though he was a child.

Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1035. Robert, duke of Normandy [aged 35], died, and was succeeded by his son [his illegitimate son] William the Bastard [aged 7], then a minor.

On 2nd July 1035 Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy [aged 35] died at Nicaea. His son [his illegitimate son] William [aged 7] succeeded II Duke Normandy.

Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy 1000-1035 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy 1000-1035

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy 1000-1035
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

King William "Conqueror" I of England [1]

Maud Queen Consort Scotland [1]

Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland [1]

King Robert II of Scotland [1]

Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [1]

King Henry IV of England [1]

King Henry V of England [2]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [2]

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [2]

King Edward IV of England [10]

King Richard III of England [10]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [15]

King Henry VII of England and Ireland [3]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [18]

Queen Jane Seymour [25]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [15]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [17]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [4]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [35]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [4]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [4]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [8]

George Wharton [181]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [8]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [8]

Louis XIII King France [4]

Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [4]

Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [4]

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [4]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [4]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [8]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [8]

Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [4]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [4]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [4]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [4]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [8]

Frederick I King Sweden [12]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [8]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [8]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [4]

President George Washington [8]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [8]

William Elector of Hesse [12]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [4]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [8]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [12]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [8]

Frederick William III King Prussia [4]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [8]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [8]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [12]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [8]

William I King Prussia [8]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [20]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [24]

King Christian IX of Denmark [12]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [16]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [20]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [44]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [44]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [12]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [729]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [24]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [24]

Constantine I King Greece [12]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [32]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [56]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [68]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [52]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [80]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [2957]

Carl XVI King Sweden [108]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [1009]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [8723]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [29]

Ancestors of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy 1000-1035

Great x 2 Grandfather: Rollo Duke Normandy

Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Longsword" I Duke Normandy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy

Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sprota

father: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Unknown Dane

Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu

Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ridoredh Vannes

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan "Great" I King Brittany

Great x 2 Grandfather: Pascweten Vannes

Great x 1 Grandfather: Judicael Berengar Penthièvre I Count Rennes

Grandfather: Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany

mother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ingelger

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelais Amboise

Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou

Great x 4 Grandfather: Warnerius Seigneur Loches

Great x 3 Grandmother: Roscille Loches Countess Anjou

Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou

Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany 6 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois 2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor