Summary of J. F. Andrews's Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown

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#1 In 1100, Robert, duke of Normandy, the eldest son of William the Conqueror, returned from the Holy Land. He was a hero of the First Crusade, and he was the recognized heir to the throne of England. But his joy was short-lived; as Robert neared his native Norman soil, the news reached him that the king of England was dead and that he had been beaten to the crown by a younger brother.
#2 Robert was a very different man from his father. They had one physical similarity, in that they both had William’s burly physique and barrel chest, but Robert inherited his mother’s lack of height. He was given the nickname Curthose in his youth, an epithet that stuck for the rest of his life.
#3 Robert, the son of William the Conqueror, was duke of Normandy. He had spent his youth fighting for the duchy, and he was not inclined to let the reins of power slip from his own grasp. He was welcomed both in Flanders and at the court of Philip I of France.
#4 The union between England and Normandy had been created by William the Conqueror, who had married Robert’s aunt, but Robert felt aggrieved that he had not been given the greater title. Rufus, having inherited his father’s kingdom and his bellicose temperament, did not see why he should not have Normandy as well as England.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Great Britain
• History
• Général
• Europe

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 25 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669397366
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

In 1100, Robert, duke of Normandy, the eldest son of William the Conqueror, returned from the Holy Land. He was a hero of the First Crusade, and he was the recognized heir to the throne of England. But his joy was short-lived; as Robert neared his native Norman soil, the news reached him that the king of England was dead and that he had been beaten to the crown by a younger brother.

#2

Robert was a very different man from his father. They had one physical similarity, in that they both had William’s burly physique and barrel chest, but Robert inherited his mother’s lack of height. He was given the nickname Curthose in his youth, an epithet that stuck for the rest of his life.

#3

Robert, the son of William the Conqueror, was duke of Normandy. He had spent his youth fighting for the duchy, and he was not inclined to let the reins of power slip from his own grasp. He was welcomed both in Flanders and at the court of Philip I of France.

#4

The union between England and Normandy had been created by William the Conqueror, who had married Robert’s aunt, but Robert felt aggrieved that he had not been given the greater title. Rufus, having inherited his father’s kingdom and his bellicose temperament, did not see why he should not have Normandy as well as England.

#5

Robert was not the king of England, but he was secure in his possession of Normandy and he now had official recognition of his status with regard to the English throne. He did not have to organize a campaign to claim it.

#6

Robert was one of the first and highest-ranking lords to respond to Pope Urban II’s call to crusade in 1095. He pawned Normandy to William Rufus for the sum of 10,000 marks in cash, and set off in the autumn of 1096.

#7

Robert’s mission was completed in September 1100, when he captured Jerusalem. However, he was not in England or Normandy when his brother died, and so another man took the throne: Henry, Robert’s youngest brother, who had conveniently been on the spot in the New Forest.

#8

Robert was again able to negotiate with Henry, and in 1102 he had a son, William. However, in 1103, Queen Edith gave birth to a son, also named William. Both boys would carry competing claims to the English throne.

#9

The conflict between Henry and Robert was finally resolved in September 1173, when Henry captured Robert and took him prisoner. Henry brought peace and stability to Normandy, but at a price.

#10

The capture of Robert marked the end of the Norman invasion of England. He was never to see Normandy again. He was handed over to Earl Robert of Gloucester, the eldest of Henry’s many illegitimate sons, and was moved to one of the earl’s castles.

#11

The Battle of Brémule in 1119 was the pivotal moment in the war between Henry I and a coalition that included William Clito’s supporters. Flanders had withdrawn from the conflict following the childless death of Baldwin VII and the accession of his cousin Charles I, so Clito and Louis were short of a major ally.

#12

In 1123, Henry named a new heir: his only remaining legitimate child, Matilda. She had been sent overseas as a child to marry the Holy Roman Emperor, but had returned widowed and childless in 1125. Henry could now leave the crown to his own blood.

#13

Henry I had all his magnates swear an oath in January 1127 that they would crown Matilda after his death. However, there were murmurs of dissent. Some would have preferred William Clito as heir, partly because they feared a woman ruler, and partly because he was a fit and healthy 24 years of age.

#14