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Also Known As Robert Courteheuse • Robert of Normandy • Robert Curthose
Born c.1054
Died February 1134 • Cardiff • Wales
House / Dynasty house of Normandy
Notable Family Members father William I • mother Matilda of Flanders • son William Clito • brother William II • brother Henry I • sister Adela

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William I
William I
king of England
Bohemond I
prince of Otranto and of Antioch
Tancred of Hauteville
regent of Antioch
Urban II
Urban II
pope
Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
Alexius I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Peter Bartholomew
Peter Bartholomew
French pilgrim
Baldwin I
king of Jerusalem
Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit
French ascetic
Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon
French noble
Baldwin II
king of Jerusalem
Caffaro Di Caschifellone
Genoese historian and soldier
Raymond IV
count of Toulouse
Daimbert
patriarch of Jerusalem
Anna Comnena
Byzantine princess
Adhémar of Monteil
French bishop and crusader
Fulcher Of Chartres
French priest
Albert of Aix
Christian historian
Robert II
count of Flanders
Roger II, mosaic depicting his coronation by Christ, 12th century; in the church of La Martorana, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Roger II
king of Sicily
Robert
duke of Apulia

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