Robert I 'the Magnificent' 6th Duc de Normandie 1
- Born: Abt 1008 2
- Affair: Herleva de Falaise about 1027
- Died: 22 Jun 1035, Nicea, Bithynia about age 27 2
 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.
Acceded: Duke of Normandy, 1028.
[source: Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy, http://nygaard.howards.net/]
Robert married Herleva de Falaise, daughter of Fulbert and Duxia, about 1027. (Herleva de Falaise was born about 1012,3 died about 1050 2 and was buried in Abbey of St-Grestain, France 2.)
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