Robert I
Duke of Normandy
"The Magnificent"

June 22, 1000–July 3, 1035

• BIRTH: June 22, 1000

• MARRIAGE: not married

• FACTS: When his father died, his elder brother Richard succeeded, whilst he became Count of Hiémois. When Richard died a year later, there were great suspicions that Robert had Richard murdered, hence his other nickname, "Robert le diable" ("the devil"). He is sometimes identified with the legendary Robert the Devil.
  Robert aided King Henry I of France against Henry's rebellious brother and mother, and for his help he was given the territory of the Vexin. He also intervened in the affairs of Flanders, supported Edward the Confessor, who was then in exile at Robert's court, and sponsored monastic reform in Normandy.
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• DEATH: July 3, 1035

                             Richard I|
 Richard II|
|                           |Gunnora             |
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|--Robert I
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|                            Conan I of RENNES   |
|Judith of BRITTANY
                            |Ermengard of ANJOU |

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