Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Robert de Mortain
Abt 1031 - 1090 (~ 59 years)
Generation: 1
1. Robert de Mortain was born about 1031 (son of Herluin de Conteville and Herleve); died on 8 Dec 1090; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1040, of Mortain, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Notes:
Earl of Cornwall. Count of Mortain. Also called Robert de Mortaigne.
One of the five additional persons agreed upon by both David C. Douglas and Geoffrey H. White, and recorded in Complete Peerage XII/1 appendix L, as companions of the Conqueror at Hastings, in addition to the fifteen "proven Companions".Robert married Maud de Montgomery before 1066. Maud (daughter of Roger de Montgomery and Mabel de Bellême) died between 1082 and 1084; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Agnes de Mortain was born in of Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France.
- Emma of Mortain died after 1134.
2. Herluin de Conteville died about 1066; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. Herluin married Herleve about 1030. Herleve was born about 1003; died about 1050; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Herleve was born about 1003; died about 1050; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 1051
Notes:
Also called Arlette. Also called Herleve "de Falaise", this predicated on the belief that she was the daughter of a tanner or forester named Fulbert from the town of Falaise.
Children:
- Odo, Bishop Of Bayeux was born about 1030; died in Jan 1097 in Sicily; was buried in Palermo Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily.
- 1. Robert de Mortain was born about 1031; died on 8 Dec 1090; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France.