of Normandy · ◉ direct ancestor
♂Robert of Normandy
Dates not yet known.
Robert of Normandy was Duke of the Normans and the father of William the Conqueror. He was the twenty-eighth great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through his daughter Adelaide of Normandy.
Life
Robert ruled Normandy a generation before the Norman conquest of England. He did not marry Herleve, the daughter of a skinner of Falaise, who bore him the son who became William the Conqueror. A daughter, Adelaide of Normandy, is said to have been born to the same pair, and she is the link by which Nancy Jane Blanchard descends from him.
Notes
Adelaide as his daughter
Adelaide’s place as Robert’s daughter rests on the Complete Peerage (new edition, vol. 1, Aumale, p. 351), which calls her the illegitimate daughter of Robert, Duke of the Normans, by Herleve, and a sister of William the Conqueror; the first edition (vol. 1, p. 54) says the same. The compilation was printed in 1910 and cites no record of her birth, so the grade is compiled. The editor’s note records that an earlier doubt about her parentage was withdrawn by the one who raised it.
Dates
The Complete Peerage entry gives no birth or death date for Robert.
Family time line
Parents not yet found. This line is still being traced.
Recorded events
| Event | When | Where | Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living at | 22 Jun 1000 | Normandie, France | on record |
| Title (Nobility) Duke of the Normans (Complete Peerage, AUMALE p.351 - Adelaide, illeg. da. of Robert, Duke of the Normans) |
from a compiled source |
Sources
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org) - articles on medieval royal and noble ancestors, read s1409 — Living at, about this person
- Cokayne, G. E., The Complete Peerage, new ed., ed. Vicary Gibbs, vol. 1, Ab-Adam to Basing (London: St Catherine Press, 1910) — Title (Nobility), about this person, family with Herleve (surname unknown)
Borders as they stood about 1500, from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.