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William of Mortain (bef. 1084–aft. 1140) was Count of Mortain and the second Earl of Cornwall of 2nd creation.
26 de abr. de 2022 · William, Count of Mortain (1074–1120) was the son of Robert, Count of Mortain, the half-brother of William I of England. He joined the rebellion of Robert Curthose against Henry I of England, and was captured at the Battle of Tinchebrai and stripped of his lands.
The County of Mortain was a medieval county in France centered on the town of Mortain. A choice landholding, usually either kept within the family of the duke of Normandy (or the king of France) or granted to a noble in return for service and favor.
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Robert was the son of Herluin de Conteville and Herleva of Falaise and brother of Odo of Bayeux. Robert was born c.1031 in Normandy, a half-brother of William the Conqueror. and was probably not more than a year or so younger than his brother Odo, born c.1030. About 1035, Herluin, as Vicomte of Conteville, along with his wife Herleva and Robert, fo...
In 1069, together with Robert of Eu, he led an army against a force of Danes in Lindsey and effected great slaughter against them. After that there is little mention of Robert who appears to have been an absentee landholder spending the majority of his time in Normandy. Along with his brother Odo he participated in a revolt in 1088 against William ...
He was described by William of Malmesbury in his Gesta Regum Anglorum as a man of stupid dull disposition (crassi et hebetis ingenii). William the Conqueror considered him one of his greatest supporters and trusted him with the important county of Mortain. Further clues to his character are found in the Vita of Vitalis of Savigny, a very wise monk ...
Robert was married to Matilda, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, before 1066and together they had: 1. William, Count of Mortain, who succeeded him, was offered to wed Mary of Scotland. 2. Agnes who married André de Vitré, seigneur of Vitré. 3. Denise, married in 1078 to Guy, 3rd Sire de La Val. 4. Emma of Mortain, married to ...
On screen, Robert has been portrayed by Gordon Whiting in the two-part BBC TV play Conquest (1966), part of the series Theatre 625, and by Richard Ireson in the TV drama Blood Royal: William the Conqueror(1990).
5 de fev. de 2013 · Through studying the relationship between the protagonists in these two stories, Henry I and William of Mortain respectively, this paper seeks to develop in greater detail and provide a fuller context for the early career of the future king.
William of Mortain, Count of Mortain, 3rd Earl of Cornwall (bef. 1084–aft. 1140) . Life. William was the son of Robert, Count of Mortain, the half-brother of William I of England [1] and Maud de Montgomery, daughter of Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel de Bellême. [2] William was born apparently before 1084. [3]
31 de out. de 2020 · Explore genealogy for William (Conteville) of Mortain born bef. 1084 Mortaigne, Normandy, France died 1140 Hastings, Sussex, England including ancestors + more in the free family tree community.
