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DE HARCOURT Robert "the Strong"
Birth: ABT 1022 of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Death: AFT 1100
Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I00319
The following was given in a post-em by Curt Hofemann, curt_hofemann AT
yahoo.com:
ID: I00319 Robert "the Strong" de Harcourt
1066: came to England with the Conqueror [Ref: Holloway p15]
Was present at the Battle of Hastings as a aide-de-camp to Duke William. One of five
brothers at this battle. His name is inscribed on a stone tablet in the porch of the
ancient church of Notre Dame at Dives in Normandy. Returned to Normandy, 1078
and In 1100 AD built castle Harcourt in the Department of Eure.
"Robert de Harcourt, surnamed le Fort, was the son of Anchetil and the younger
brother of Errand de Harcourt, whom he accompanied to England at the time of the
conquest and succeeded as the head of the family. He built the castle of Harcourt in
Normandy and was by his wife Colette d'Argouges the father of seven sons [Ref:
McBride citing Crispin and Macary, pp. 93-94]
Holloway = "The Genealogy of Mary Wentworth, Who Became the Wife of William
Brewster" by Naomi D. Holloway, LDS Film 1738313.
Crispin and Macary = "Falaise Roll: recording of prominent companions of William
duke of Normandy at the conquest of England" by M. Jackson Crispen & Leonce
Macary, Genealogical Publishing Co., Balt. MD, 1994.
This source should be considered caveat emptor.
Regards,
Curt
Parents
DE HARCOURT Anchetil (ABT 991 - ABT 1024)
DE BOISSAY Eve (ABT 1005 - )
Siblings
DE HARCOURT Robert "the Strong" (ABT 1022 - AFT 1100)
Marriage To D'ARGOUGES Colede (Colette) (ABT 1039 - 1126)
m.
Notes
Parents
____ Vaultier (ABT 1010 - )
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Children by D'ARGOUGES Colede (Colette) ABT 1039 - 1126
DE HARCOURT Anchetil II (ABT 1070 - )
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