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Robert Curthose

1054 - 1134

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Robert Curthose (c. 1051 – c.3 February 1134, French: Robert Courteheuse), the eldest son of William the Conqueror, was Duke of Normandy as Robert II from 1087 to 1106. Robert was also 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"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Curthose is the 184th most popular nobleman (down from 148th in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from France (down from 791st in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Nobleman.

Robert Curthose is most famous for being the Duke of Normandy, and for being the eldest son of William the Conqueror. He was also the father of Henry I of England.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Robert Curthose ranks 184 out of 1,415. Before him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Beatrice d'Este, Leotychidas, and Prince Leopold of Bavaria. After him are Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Lady Katherine Grey, Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, Ramesses VII, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, and Maria Theresa of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1054, Robert Curthose ranks 2. Before him is Bohemond I of Antioch. After him are Sukjong of Goryeo, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, Judith of Swabia, Al-Hariri of Basra, George II of Georgia, and Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona. Among people deceased in 1134, Robert Curthose ranks 3. Before him are Magnus I of Sweden, and Niels, King of Denmark. After him are Irene of Hungary, Alfonso the Battler, Norbert of Xanten, and Stephen Harding.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Curthose ranks 856 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Mylène Demongeot (1935), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), François Darlan (1881), and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763). After him are Paul Reynaud (1878), François Bayrou (1951), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Pierre Méchain (1744), and Arnaut Daniel (1150).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Robert Curthose ranks 30. Before him are William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), Chlodomer (495), Judith of Bavaria (797), Hugh the Great (898), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676). After him are Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Bertrada of Laon (720), Germaine of Foix (1488), Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753), Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764), and Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789).

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