ROBERT II, Duke of Normandy

(Robert Curthose), c.1054–1134, duke of Normandy (1087–1106); eldest son of King William I of England. Aided by King Philip I of France, he rebelled (1077) against his father. Father and son became reconciled, but Robert was later exiled. At William's death he inherited Normandy. England fell to his younger brother William II, with whom Robert was intermittently at war (1090–96) until Robert went (1096–1100) on the First Crusade. While he was away, William II died and Henry I, youngest son of William I, was crowned. Robert invaded (1101) England but was forced to recognize Henry. In Normandy, Robert's misgovernment prompted an invasion by Henry (1105), who defeated (1106) Robert at Tinchebrai, seized Normandy, and kept Robert a prisoner.

See biography by C. W. David (1920).

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The Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign: A Study of Failure in High Command
Book by John A. English; Praeger Publishers, 1991
Subjects: Normandy (France)--History, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
...1945 , trans. Robert Daglish Moscow...DEste, Decision in Normandy , pp. 424-430...Hamilton, Monty, Vol. II: Master of the Battlefield...DEste, Decision in Normandy , pp. 426-427...and Terry Copp and Robert Vogel , Maple Leaf...Reconnaissance Regiment 17th Duke of Yorks Royal Canadian...
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Hoodwinking Hitler: The Normandy Deception
Book by William B. Breuer; Praeger Publishers, 1993
Subjects: Deception (Military Science)--History--20th Century, Strategy--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy, World War, 1939-1945--Deception, World War, 1939-1945--Military Intelligence
...Two decades after World War II, Walter Koehler claimed he really...American Legion , May 1946. 4. Robert Allen, Lucky Forward New York...p. 203. 8. After World War II, Stanton Griffis was appointed...Communism, and Nazism Durham: Duke University Press, 1965 , p...
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Pope Urban II, the Collectio Britannica, and the Council of Melfi (1089)
Book by Robert Somerville, Stephan Kuttner; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Canon Law--Sources, Collectio Britannica, Urban--Ii--Pope--Ca. 1042-1099
...conspiracy in the feudal revolt of 1088 on behalf of Duke Robert of Normandy, the kings half-brother. The details cannot be provided...excerpts . 283 The matter is discussed in Becker, Urban II , 1.173-5. In Councils and Synods , 2.635, n...
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John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, 1504-1553
Book by David Loades; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Dudley Family, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1485-1603, Nobility--Great Britain--Biography, Northumberland, John Dudley--Duke Of--1502-1553, Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography
...Arden, Warks. 272 Henry II, king of France 95...Lindisfarne 58 Honfleur, Normandy 69 Honynges, William...Lincs. 254 Horne, Robert, Dean of Durham 199 Homywold...84 Howard, Thomas, duke of Norfolk 19 , 33 , 41...261 , 276 , 279 Kett, Robert 125 , 126 , 127 , 128...
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The Devil's Crown: A History of Henry II and His Sons
Book by Richard Barber; Combined Books, 1978
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Angevin Period, 1154-1216, Great Britain--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Henry--Ii--King Of England--1133-1189, John--King Of England--1167-1216, Richard--I--King Of England--1157-1199
...herself. She escaped, but Robert of Gloucester was taken...support to Geoffrey in Normandy. Realising that Matilda...rejoined his father in Normandy, where fortune favored...was recognised as its duke by the king of France, who was overlord of Normandy, ruling both in his...
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Fletcher, Massinger, and Roman Imperial Character
Journal article by John E. Curran Jr.; Comparative Drama, Vol. 43, 2009
Subjects: Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Fletcher, John (English playwright)--Criticism and interpretation, Massinger, Philip--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Rollo, Duke of Normandy (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...debunker of Shakespeare, attacked Rollo, Duke of Normandy, a collaborative tyrant tragedy...instability makes the "will of the dead Duke" (1.1.171) impossible to carry out...Walton Williams, introduction to Rollo, Duke of Normandy, in The Dramatic Works in...
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From Pigeons to Crystals: The Development of Radio Communication in U.S. Army Tanks in World War II
Journal article by Karl G. Larew; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005
Subjects: Guderian, Heinz--Military aspects, Radio communications--Innovations, Radio communications--Usage, United States. Army--Military aspects, World War II, 1939-1945--Military aspects
...Corps In World War II," The Story of...Symposium on World War II, 3 June 1994...101-34; Robert W. Grow, "The...D. diss., Duke University, 1968...Roberts Greenfield, Robert R. Palmer, and...Army in World War II: the Army Ground...Tank Tactics from Normandy to Lorraine (Boulder...
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The Duke of Clarence and the Earls of March: Garter Knights and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Journal article by Leo Carruthers; Medium Aevum, Vol. 70, 2001
Subjects: Arthur, King of the Britons--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Chivalry--Literature, Gawain (Fictional character)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Historicism--Usage, Knights and knighthood--History
...reference to the Duke of Clarence...features about the Dukes presence in this...fact that he is a duke is remarkable...hereditary provinces (Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy...there being no Duke of Clarence in...were very few dukes in England, and...nephew Richard II in 1385: Edmund...IIs favourites, Robert de Vere, Duke...
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South English Legendary Style in Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle
Journal article by O. S. Pickering; Medium Aevum, Vol. 70, 2001
Subjects: English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Manuscripts, English (Middle)--Authorship
...Robert of Gloucester. II In considering afresh the relationship between Robert of Gloucesters Chronicle...is brought back from Normandy and taken to Winchester...the life and fate of Robert, Duke of Normandy (Robert Courthose), brother...
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History and Romance in the Chronique Des Ducs De Normandie
Journal article by Penny Eley; Medium Aevum, Vol. 68, 1999
Subjects: Historiography--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Normandy--Literature, Romanticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the great Dukes somewhat...Rollo, first Duke of Normandy. Robert of Torigni...the second Duke of Normandy, whose career...the Norman dukes as the children...reference to Robert and Arlettes...Richard II. The pattern...dukes of Normandy: Robert...
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Lackland: The Loss of Normandy in 1204
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 54, March 2004
Subjects: England--History, England--International relations, France--History, France--International relations, John, King of England--Military policy
...received the Duchy of Normandy, while his second...becoming William II of England. Nevertheless...imprisoned his brother Robert at the battle of...achieved under Henry II (r.1154-89...daughter of Henry I; Normandy had been conquered...Henry was invested as duke of Normandy some...
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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth: On January 16th, 1559, England's Twenty-Five-Year-Old Sovereign Left Whitehall to Be Crowned Queen. This Article, by A.L. Rowse, Was First Published in May 1953, Exactly Fifty Years Ago, in a Special Issue of History Today That Marked the Imminent Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Magazine article by A.L. Rowse; History Today, Vol. 53, May 2003
Subjects: Coronations--History, Elizabeth I, Queen of England--History, History Today (Periodical)
...coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. by A.L. Rowse THE...Wingfield, representing the duke of Guyenne, and Anthony Light, representing the duke of Normandy, preceded the foreign...after her rides Lord Robert Dudley, leading the...Nota that neither Dukes Marquises Earls nor Viscounts...
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Last of the Whigs: Churchill as Historian
Magazine article by Robert Messenger; New Criterion, Vol. 25, October 2006
Subjects: Churchill, Winston (English prime minister)--Achievements and awards, Nobel laureates--1953 AD, Sociopolitical literature--Achievements and awards, The Second World War (Nonfiction work)--Achievements and awards, World War II, 1939-1945
...Churchill as Historian. by Robert Messenger "Very seldom...experience, it defeated Wilhelm II and Hitler. As a historian...greatest soldiers, the Duke of Marlborough. His father...belief that the invasion of Normandy was the wars culmination...
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The Pilgrimage Origins of the First Crusade
Magazine article by Marcus Bull; History Today, Vol. 47, March 1997
Subjects: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History, Crusades--First, 1096-1099, Jerusalem, Israel--History, Urban II, Pope--Addresses, essays, lectures
...pilgrimage. His father, Duke Robert I of Normandy, travelled to the Holy...ducal authority plunged Normandy into years of turmoil...conquest of England. Robert was only about twenty...given him by Duke Richard II of Normandy (Robert...
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Eleanor of Aquitaine Marries Henry of Anjou: May 18th, 1152
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 52, May 2002
Subjects: Eleanor of Aquitaine--Biography, Henry II, King of England--Family, Queens--United Kingdom
...Daughter and heiress of William X, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou...later to Henry, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy, to whom, incidentally, she was...contemporary Norman chronicler, Robert de Torigny, confessed himself uncertain...
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IS THIS THE END OF THE HOME FOR HEROES? Its Residents Include D-Day Veterans, Secret Agents and a Woman Who Was Once Top of the Gestapo's 'Most Wanted' List. but as This Star & Garter Home Faces Closure, Couldn't It Be Saved for a New Generation of Battle-Scarred Soldiers? HOW I SEE IT
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 9, 2009
Subjects: Germany (World War II)--Military aspects, Germany (World War II)--Personal narratives, Soldiers--Military aspects, Soldiers--Personal narratives
...IT. Byline: by Robert Hardman PERHAPS...since World War II. It is certainly...women of World War II. Nancy Wakes heroics...who stormed the Normandy beaches with the...180-room Grade II-listed institution...former cook to the Duke of York (brother...Inspirational: Robert Hardman outside...
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Lords, Ladies Revel in the Days of Olde
Newspaper article by Mark Longaker; The Washington Times, October 11, 2001
...1066, that saw the defeat of King Harold II of England at the hands of Duke William of Normandy and began the Norman conquest of the Saxon...Hes shown juggling with double sticks.; K) Robert Morgenstern, aka Roland De Mounteney, sets...
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1000 Years. 1000 People; IT'S THE ULTIMATE AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LIST OF THE MILLENNIUM: 1000 PEOPLE WHO, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, HAVE CHANGED HISTORY IN THE PAST 1000 YEARS. IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, BUT OF ALL THE CONTENDERS, WE FINALLY PUT THE DISCOVERER OF PENICILLIN, SCOTSMAN SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, ON TOP .. BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM SO MANY OF US WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TO GREET THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 1, 2000
...Nepalese explorer 83. Duke of Wellington, C19th...the motorcycle 86. Robert Bunsen, inventor...writer 99. Pope Julius II 100. Sir Richard...English writer 106. Robert Louis Stevenson...author 162. John Paul II, pope 163. Sir Francis...opposition to William of Normandy 231. Sir John Gielgud...
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Buck Up, Mr Meek! Answers to Correspondents
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 5, 2006
...brother, William II Rufus, and sired...rock off the coast of Normandy. Henrys grieving...next king, Henry II. Edith-Matilda...Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia...marriage bed. Charles II (1660-1685) and...monarch was probably Robert II (1316-1390...
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Yes, Honour the Yes, Honour the Heroes. Heroes. but Also Honour but Also Honour the the Those Terrified - and Terrified - and Those Who Loathed Who Loathed Every Ghastly Minute; SATURDAY ESSAY
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 12, 2011
...tragedies of World War II. Yet, to be sure...particular World War II, provided. Lt Robert Hichens of the Royal...Somme or Tobruk, Normandy or Goose Green...May 1953 the 1st Duke of Wellingtons regiment...Kershaw, one of the Dukes company commanders...fighting in World War II. A quietspoken Yorkshireman...
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encyclopedia articles on: Robert II Duke of Normandy  - 14 results

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Robert II , Duke of Normandy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ROBERT II , duke of Normandy (Robert Curthose), c.1054 1134, duke of Normandy (1087 1106); eldest...inherited Normandy. England fell to his younger brother William II, with whom Robert was intermittently at war (1090 96) until Robert...
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Normandy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...their chief, Rollo, 1st duke of Normandy, by Charles III (Charles...the Conqueror), son of Robert I, invaded England, where...William I. The succession in Normandy, disputed among Williams sons (Robert II of Normandy and William II...
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William II , King of England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WILLIAM II , king of England or William Rufus roo...Bayeux, to seat William Is eldest son, Robert II , duke of Normandy, on the English throne. Having quelled...regain lands, most notably Maine, that Robert had previously lost. After his return...
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Robert Curthose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ROBERT CURTHOSE see Robert II , duke of Normandy. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Henry I , King of England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...his elder brothers, William II of England and Robert II , duke of Normandy, and attempted with little success...the Continent. When William II was killed, Henry seized the...elected and crowned king while Robert was away on crusade. Henry issued...
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