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Birth:          ABT  964 Normandy
Death:          1037 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_(archbishop_of_Rouen)
Robert II or Robert the Dane, Archbishop of Rouen (bef. 989–1037),[a] and Count of 
Évreux was a powerful and influential prelate, and a family member of and supporter of 
five dukes of Normandy.
Life[edit]

Robert was a son of Richard I, Duke of Normandy and his second wife, Gunnora.[1] 
He was a younger brother of duke Richard II and uncle of duke Robert I.[1] He had 
been appointed Archbishop of Rouen by his father c.?989–990 and had been given 
the countship of Évreux at the same time.[2] Robert was well aware he was destined 
for the church and seemingly accepted his role as both archbishop and count 
willingly.[3] But he had always been involved in Norman politics and was a powerful 
adherent of the Norman dukes.[4] Robert had proved himself a powerful ecclesiastical 
ally of his father, Richard I, as well as his brother, Richard II, and at the latter's death 
effectively became the senior male adviser to the ducal clan.[5] But his nephew 
Richard III had a turbulent and short reign of just over a year and when replaced by 
his brother Robert I, as Duke of Normandy, the prelate Robert had a great deal of 
trouble restraining the new duke.[6] In 1028 he found himself besieged and then 
banished by his young nephew.[6] Duke Robert I then besieged Hugh d'Ivry, Bishop of 
Bayeux who, along with Archbishop Robert had apparently questioned his authority as 
duke.[7] From exile in France, Archbishop Robert excommunicated his nephew Duke 
Robert and placed Normandy under an interdict.[7]

The Archbishop and Duke finally came to terms and to facilitate the lifting of the 
interdict and excommunication, Duke Robert restored the Archbishop to his see, to his 
countship of Evereux, and returned all his properties.[8] To further illustrate his 
change of heart towards the church, Duke Robert restored property that he or his 
vassals had confiscated, and by 1034 had returned all church properties including 
those taken from Fécamp Abbey.[8] By 1033 Duke Robert was mounting a major 
campaign against his double cousin Alan III, Duke of Brittany.[9] He and Alan had 
been raiding back and forth but finally a peace was negotiated between them by the 
returned Archbishop Robert, their mutual uncle.[9]

In his last years Robert, realizing his past mistakes, began giving freely to the poor 
and undertook to rebuild the cathedral church at Rouen.[10] in 1035 Duke Robert had 
decided on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.[11] After making his illegitimate son William his 
heir and arranging for the archbishop to watch over and protect young William, Duke 
Robert set out on his pilgrimage never to return to Normandy.[11] Archbishop Robert 
fulfilled his promise and effectively ruled Normandy as regent for William[11] until 
Robert's death in 1037, which almost immediately caused an increase in lawlessness 
in Normandy.[12]

Orderic Vitalis relates of a richly illustrated great psalter given to Archbishop Robert by 
his sister Queen Emma, wife of king Æthelred.[13] In a catalog of books in the 
Cathedral of Rouen created during the twelfth century, a reference was found to a 
particular book, the Benedictionarius Roberti archiepiscopi, which was given to the 
church of Rouen by Archbishop Robert of Normandy. Since that time it became the 
property of the city of Rouen, where it is preserved (No. 27) as the Benedictional of 
Æthelgar, possibly for the prayers it contained at the end for the coronation of the 
Anglo-Saxon kings and queens.[b][14]

Family[edit]

Robert married Herlevea [1] and they had the following children:
Richard, Count of Évreux (d. 1067).[1]
Ralph de Gacé, Sire de Gace.[1] He married Basilla, daughter of Gerard Flaitel. They 
had one son, Robert, who died without heirs. Basilla married secondly Hugh de 
Gournay.[15]
William d'Évreux,[1] married Hawise de Echauffour, daughter of Giroie, Lord of 
Échauffour, and had a daughter, Judith, who married Roger I of Sicily.[16]

Parents
____ Richard I "the Fearless" (28 Aug  933 - 20 Nov  996)
DE CREPON Gunnora (ABT  942 - 5 Jan 1031)

Siblings
____ Richard II "the Good" (23 Aug  963 - 28 Aug 1026)
____ Robert (ABT  964 - 1037)
____ Mauger ( 974 - 1040)
____ Avicia (Hawise) (ABT  977 - 21 Feb 1034)
OF NORMANDY Beatrice (ABT  980 - 18 Jan 1035)

Marriage To ____ Herleve ( 968 - )
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Herleve  968 - 
D'EVREUX Richard ( 986 - ABT 1067)
D'EVREUX William (ABT  995 - )
D'EVEREUX Herleve (ABT  995 - )

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