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Facts

Also Known As Robert Curthose • Robert Courteheuse • Robert of Normandy
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 Henry I • brother William II • sister Adela
Role In First Crusade

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Siege of Antioch
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Urban II
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Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
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Baldwin I
king of Jerusalem
Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit
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Godfrey of Bouillon
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king of Jerusalem
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Caffaro Di Caschifellone
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Raymond IV
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Daimbert
patriarch of Jerusalem
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Anna Comnena
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Adhémar of Monteil
French bishop and crusader
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Fulcher Of Chartres
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Albert of Aix
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Robert II
count of Flanders
Engraved portrait of William I, also known as William the Conqueror, shown wearing a crown and medieval robes, facing forward.
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Roger II, mosaic depicting his coronation by Christ, 12th century; in the church of La Martorana, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
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duke of Apulia

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