Robert Curthose
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Robert Curthose was the eldest son of William the Conqueror and Duke of Normandy as Robert II from 1087 to 1106.
Roman west gate of Pevensey Castle; the main land entrance
Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, site of the 1091 siege
Norman naval forces on the Bayeux Tapestry
The village of Tinchebray in Normandy in 2008; the site of the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106
William Clito
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William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy. As the son of Robert Curthose, the elde
Robert Curthose
…the king's illegitimate daughter, Juliana, which allowed him to claim his father's patrimony. Sibylla died soon after giving birth to Robert's son, William Clito, in 1103. In late 1103, William of Warenne, one of Curthose's supporters, requested that the duke intercede with Henry so that he could regain his…
William's effigy on a seal
The murder of Charles the Good, from the Grandes Chroniques de France
A 20th-century crucifix monument that mentions the Battle of Axspoele