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Early 12th century additions made by Norman chronicler Orderic Vitalis to the Gesta Normannorum Ducum report that William the Conqueror was born at Falaise, in Normandy, to an extramarital relationship between Robert I, Duke of Normandy and Herleva, daughter of Fulbert, the one-time Duke's Chamberlain (cubicularii ducis), an office to which he was likely appointed after William's birth.
Herleva’s other son by Herluin was Robert, count of Mortain, born c. 1031. Robert was to be one of the Conqueror’s biggest supporters, participating in the invasion of England, providing ships and fighting at Hastings. William gave him large landholdings in England. He mostly lived in Normandy until he died in 1090.
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Herleva of Falaise was born in Falaise, Normandy, France in 1003, and she was initially the mistress of Duke Robert I of Normandy, giving birth to the future William the Conqueror. However, she later married Viscount Herluin de Conteville and gave birth to Odo of Bayeux and Robert of Mortain , who would become William's lieutenants during the Norman conquest of England .
Brief Life History of Herleva. Herleva or Arlette was the mother of William the Conqueror. According to later legend, she was a young woman in the town of Falaise who attracted the attention of Duke Robert of Normandy when she was washing in the river near his castle, and he took her for his mistress. She was daughter of Fulbert, of whom little ...
Herleva av Falaise (født ca. 1003, død ca. 1050), også kjent som Herleve, Arlette, Arletta og Arlotte, var mor til Vilhelm I av England. Hun hadde i tillegg to andre sønner, Odo av Bayeux og Robert, greve av Mortain , som ble fremtredende i Vilhelms rike i England og Normandie.
Herleva was an 11th-century Norman woman known for having been the mother of William the Conqueror, born to an extramarital relationship with Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and also of William's prominent half-brothers Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, born to Herleva's marriage to Herluin de Conteville.
