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Robert Curthose (c. 1051 – February 1134, French: Robert Courteheuse), was the eldest son of William the Conqueror and succeeded his father as Robert II of Normandy in 1087, reigning until 1106. Robert was also an unsuccessful pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of England.
Robert Curthose was the eldest son of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England, and Matilda of Flanders, his nickname, Curthose, derives from the Norman French 'Courtheuse', was acquired when his father teased him as a child for having short legs.
Robert Curthose (c. 1050 –1134), sometimes styled Robert II or Robert III, was the Duke of Normandy from 1087 until 1106. He was also Count of Maine. His reign as Duke is noted for the conflicts he had with his brothers in England.
Dec 30, 2012 · William the Conqueror groomed his eldest son to inherit the Dukedom of Normandy and gave the English crown to a younger brother.
Cardiff, 10 Feb. 1134. Robert, recognized as heir to Normandy and Maine, was short, fat, mercurial, impulsive, unstable, and known as ‘Short-boots’. He quarrelled with his father and waged war on him 1078–9, wounding him in the process.
This detailed biography offers a reappraisal of the career of Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son and duke of Normandy from 1087 to 1106, l...
Robert II (born c. 1054—died February 1134, Cardiff, Wales) was the duke of Normandy (1087–1106), a weak-willed and incompetent ruler whose poor record as an administrator of his domain was partly redeemed by his contribution to the First Crusade (1096–99).
Feb 28, 2023 · Robert Curthose has been the subject of much recent reassessment. Some of it has questioned how shambolic his reign as duke really was. The purpose of this essay is different, and narrower: to analyse the most detailed, definitive treatment of the reign, in Orderic Vitalis’s Historia Ecclesiastica.
Robert Curthose. Robert was William’s eldest son. He was disliked by many nobles in Normandy for his arrogance and laziness. In 1077 Robert’s younger brothers tipped a pot full of excrement...
This detailed biography offers a reappraisal of the career of Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son and duke of Normandy from 1087 to 1106, locating the...
