Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain, Earl of Cornwall

1031 - 1095  (64 years)

• Name	Robert de Burgo
  Birth	1031	Normandy, France   [1]
  Military	1066 (35 years)  [1, 2, 3]
  He was a companion of William the Conqueror, his half-brother, at the Battle of Hastings.
  Death	1095
  Burial	Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France Grestain Abbey was officially closed in 1757 on the orders of the bishop. The church buildings were demolished around 1766 and the rest of abbey destroyed in 1790; of these buildings, only a few ruins remain, integrated into the Château de La Pommeraye (a private property): a defensive wall, a 13th-Century portal, an 18th-Century manor with a 13th-Century floor, and remains of the church.    [2, 4]
  Siblings	1 brother and 4 sisters
  1. Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent,   b. Abt 1030   d. Feb 1097, Palermo, Sicily  (Age 67 years) + 2. Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain, Earl of Cornwall,   b. 1031, Normandy, France d. 1095  (Age 64 years) ▻ Maud de Montgomery,  m. Before 1066   3. daughter   4. Muriel   bur. Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England   5. Isabella + 6. Emma de Conteville ▻ Richard le Goz d'Avranches, Vicomte d'Avranches
  Half siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Robert I and Herleva de Falaise)
  + 1. William I, King of England,   b. 1027, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 9 Sep 1087, Convent of St Gervais, Rouen, Normandie, France Convent of St Gervais, Rouen - No longer in existence.  (Age 60 years) ▻ Maltilda of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England,  m. 1053 + 2. Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale,   b. 1029/30, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. Before 1090  (Age 59 years) ▻ Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu;   Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens in Artrois,  m. 1053/54 ;   Eudes, Count of Champagne,  m. About 1060 ;   unknown man
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Baldwin   (Great Grandfather)  Dode  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3380	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth as after 1040 [2]

  
  

Father	Herluin, Viscount of Conteville,   b. About 1001, Normandy, France d. About 1066 (Age 65 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Herleva de Falaise,   b. About 1012   d. About 1050 (Age 38 years)
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F2771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Maud de Montgomery   d. Abt 1085  [1]
Marriage	Before 1066  [1, 2, 4]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 35 years - She : ??.
Children	1 son and 2 daughters
1. William, Count of Mortain,   b. Before 1084   d. After 1140 (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Emma de Mortain,   b. Abt 1058, Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ William IV of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse  m. 1080 +   3. Agnes of Mortain  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ André de Vitré
Family ID	F2769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	15 Jun 2020




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain, Earl of Cornwall(1031 – 1095) 2Herluin, Viscount of Conteville(1001 – 1066) 4John of Tonsburgh, Earl of Comwyn, Baron of Tonsburgh 8Baldwin 9 5 10 11 3Herleva de Falaise(1012 – 1050) 6Fulbert of Falaise 12 13 7Dode 14 15

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1031 - Normandy, France Burial - - Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).