Robert of Jumièges

Robert of Jumièges (born, Normandy, France—died c. 1055, Jumièges) was one of the Normans given high position by the English king Edward the Confessor. Robert was prior of Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France, when elected abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Jumièges in 1037 to succeed his kinsman William. Taken to England by King Edward in 1042, he was made bishop of London in 1044. He became Edward’s chief adviser and head of the Norman party and...