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Robert Curthose

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Also known as Robert II, Duke of Normandy, Robert II, Robert III 'Curthose', 8th Duc de Normandie, Duke of Normandy Robert II, Robert of Normandy

Duke of Normandy

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Tenure
9 September 1087 – 1106
Predecessor
William the Conqueror
Successor
Henry I or William Clito (disputed)
Born
c. 1051 , Duchy of Normandy
Died
c. 3 February 1134 (aged ~83), Cardiff Castle , Glamorgan
Burial
Gloucester Cathedral , Gloucestershire
Spouse
Sybilla of Conversano ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1100 ; died 1103 ) ​
Issue
William Clito
House
Normandy
Father
William the Conqueror
Mother
Matilda of Flanders

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Robert II, Duke of Normandy
date of death
1134-02-10
date of birth
1051-00-00
name in native language
Robert Courteheuse
nickname
Curthose
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Robert Curthose (French: Robert Courteheuse; c. 1051 – c. 3 February 1134) was the eldest son of William the Conqueror and Duke of Normandy as Robert II from 1087 to 1106.

Robert was twice an unsuccessful pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of England. The epithet "Curthose" originated in the Norman French word courtheuse ("short stockings"). The chroniclers William of Malmesbury and Orderic Vitalis wrote that his father had derisively called him brevis-ocrea ("short boot").

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