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ROBERT I

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 400 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROBERT I  . (d . 1035), called
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Robert the
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Devil, was the younger son of
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Richard II.,
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duke of
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Normandy (d . 1026), who bequeathed to him the
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county of Exmes . In 1028 he succeeded his
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brother, Richard III., whom he was accused of poisoning, as duke of Normandy . His
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time was mainly spent in fighting against his rebellious vassals . At his
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court Robert sheltered the exiled
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English princes,
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Edward, afterwards
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King Edward the
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Confessor, and his brother
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Alfred, and fitted out a
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fleet for the purpose of restoring them to their
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inheritance, but this was scattered by a
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storm . When returning from a
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pilgrimage to
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Jerusalem, he died at
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Nicaea on the 22nd of
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July 1035 . His successor as duke was his natural son,
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William the Conqueror, afterwards king of
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England . In addition to winning for him his surname, Robert's strength and ferocity afforded material for many stories and legends, and he is the subject of several poems and romances (see ROBERT THE DEVIL below) .

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