Robert, count of Mortain

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1095, perhaps on 9 December.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Golding (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Herluin de Conteville.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 76), by Bates (p. 22), and by Golding (ODNB).

Mother: Herleva.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 76), by Bates (p. 22), and by Golding (ODNB).

Spouse: Matilda de Montgomery.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 74) and by Golding (ODNB).

Spouse: Almodis.

This relationship is given by Golding (ODNB), who states that Almodis was probably a daughter of Pons, count of Toulouse, and Almodis de la Marche.

Children (by Mathilde):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below is from Cawley.)

Robert.

Guillaume, comte de Mortain.

Denise married Guy, lord of Laval.

Emma married Guillaume IV, count of Toulouse.

Agnès married André, lord of Vitré.

Children (by Almodis):

Robert

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Bates, D.R. "Notes sur l'Aristocratie Normande" in Annales de Normandie (1973: 23:1) pp. 7-38.

Cawley, Charles. “Robert de Mortain” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Golding, Brian. “Robert, count of Mortain (d. 1095)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press: 2004).