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Personal data Robert van Torigny 

• He was born about 965.Source 2

  Robert de Deen, (Fr.: Robert le Danois) (965 - 1037) was aartsbisschop van Rouen (989-1037) en graaf van Évreux (996-1037).
  
  Hij was de zoon van Richard I van Normandië, en Gunnora, die van Scandinavische afkomst was. Al op jonge leeftijd vertrouwde zijn vader hem het ambt van aartsbisschop van Rouen toe, hetgeen de belangrijkste kerkelijke titel binnen Normandië was. Na de dood van zijn vader in 996 werd zijn oudste broer Richard opvolgende graaf in Normandië en hij werd graaf van Evreux.
  
  Robert en Herleva kregen de volgende kinderen:
  
  Richard
  Rudolf (ovl. 1051), heer van Gacé en Varenguebec, gehuwd met Basilie (ovl. 16 januari 1099/1100), dochter van Gerard Flaitel (ovl. voor 1047). Hun zoon Robert (ovl. ca. 1063) was heer van Gacé, na zijn dood verviel zijn leengoed aan de toenmalige hertog Willem de Veroveraar. Basilie hertrouwde met Hugo (III) van Gournay.
  Willem, gehuwd met Hawise, weduwe van Robert van Grantmesnil. Hawise had bij Robert zes kinderen gekregen. Willem en Hawise kregen een dochter Judith (ovl. 1076). Haar halfbroer, abt Robert van Grantmesnil van Saint-Evroul-sur-Ouche, was haar voogd. Toen die in conflict kwam met Willem de Veroveraar, vluchtte hij met Judith naar de Normandiërs in Italië. In november 1061 trouwde ze in San Martino d'Agri met Rogier van Hauteville die daarna Sicilië veroverde en in 1071 graaf van dat eiland werd.
  Wouter
  Robert had ook nog een buitenechtelijk kind:
  
  Rudolf van Vacé, een van de moordenaars van Gilbert van Brionne en een opvoeder van Willem de Veroveraar.
  
  https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Deen

• Title: Graaf van Évreux
• He died about 1037.
• A child of Richard I de Normandië and Gunorra de Crepon

Household of Robert van Torigny

He is married to Herleva Nn.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Richard d'Evreux  ± 1005-1067 

Notes about Robert van Torigny

ROBERT, son of RICHARD I Comte [de Normandie] & his second wife Gunnora (-1037).  Guillaume of Jumièges names “Richardum...et Robertum atque Malgerium aliosque duos” as the sons of Richard and his wife “Gunnor ex nobilissima Danorum prosapia ortam”[642].  The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Robertus archiepiscopus Rothomagensis" as brother of "dux Normannie Richardus II"[643].  He is named as brother of Richard II Duke of Normandy by Orderic Vitalis[644].  Robert of Torigny names "Ricardum…qui ei successit et Robertum postea archiepiscopum Rothomagensium et Malgerium comitem Curbuliensem, aliosque duos" as the sons of "Ricardi primi ducis Normanniæ" & Gunnora[645].  Comte d'Evreux.  Archbishop of Rouen 989, after his parents married to legitimise him to regularise his appointment[646].  An agreement between the abbots of Jumièges and Bougeuil concerning an exchange of land in Poitou, by charter dated [13 Apr/4 Apr] 1012, is subscribed by "Richardus…filius Ricardi principi magni…Robertus archiepiscopus…ecclesie Rotomagensis et Vuillelmus et Malgerus fratres Richardi comitis…"[647].  Guillaume of Jumièges records the succession of Robert after the death of his brother, his siege of “Ebroicum...urbem” due to his enmity for “Robertum archipræsulum” who fled to “Robertum regem Francorum” before being reconciled with Duke Robert[648].  Robert of Torigny records the death in 1037 of "Robertus…archiepiscopus Rothomagensis"[649]. 

m HERLEVA, daughter of ---.  She is called "a wife named Herleve" whom the bishop took "in his capacity as count" by Orderic Vitalis[650].  Orderic Vitalis, in another passage, says that "the practice of celibacy among the clergy was so relaxed that not only priests but even bishops freely shared their beds with concubines and openly boasted of their numerous progeny"[651].  Chibnall mentions that clerical marriage was formally prohibited in Normandy in the 1064 Council of Lisieux[652].  Ambivalence towards the marriage of senior members of the clergy in early medieval times is discussed by Taglia[653].  The author highlights the uncertainty existing before the 12th century regarding the regularity of such marriages, and the legitimacy of any children produced, the position remaining unclear until the ecumenical councils of Lateran I (1123) and Lateran II (1139) which ruled that the major holy orders were an impediment to marriage. 

Robert & his wife had three children: 
RICHARD d'Evreux (-1067, bur Fontenelle, monastery of Saint-Wandrille
RAOUL d'Evreux (-1051)
GUILLAUME d'Evreux

Bronnen:

[642] Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Duchesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, p. 247.

[643] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1026, MGH SS XXIII, p. 783.

[644] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. VI, Book XI, p. 167.

[645] Robert de Torigny, Vol. I, 965, p. 25.

[646] Robert de Torigny, Book VIII c. 36.

[647] Jumièges, Tome I, VII, p. 16.

[648] Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Duchesne, 1619), Liber VI, III, p. 258.

[649] Chronique de Robert de Torigny I, 1037, p. 40.

[650] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. III, Book V, p. 85.

[651] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. III, Book V, p. 121.

[652] Chibnall, Vol. III, p. 121 footnote 4.

[653] Taglia, Kathryn A. '"On Account of Scandal…": Priests, their children and the ecclesiastical demand for celibacy', Florilegium 14, 1995-96.

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