Robert de Conteville, comte de Mortain

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Robert (right) next to his half-brother Wilhelm the Conqueror (center) and his brother Odo (left) in the Bayeux Tapestry

Robert von Mortain (* 1031 ; † December 8, 1090 ) from the House of Conteville was a Norman nobleman, Earl of Mortain and Earl of Cornwall .

His parents were Herluin , Vice Count of Conteville (1001-1066) and his wife Herleva (Arlette) (1003-1050). Through his mother he was the half-brother of William the Conqueror (1027-1087) and brother of Odo , Bishop of Bayeux (1035-1097).

In 1049 his half-brother Wilhelm appointed him as Count von Mortain , as the successor to his second-degree uncle Wilhelm Warlong, who was deposed in 1048.

In 1058 he married Mathilde (1039-1085), daughter of Roger II. De Montgomery (1005-1094) and his wife Mabile de Bellême (1026-1079). After Mathilde's death, he married Almodis for the second time.

He accompanied his half-brother in the conquest of England and took part in the Battle of Hastings (1066). In return he received from his half-brother William, now King of England, several English lands as fiefs and in 1068 the title of Earl of Cornwall . This made him one of the largest and most powerful landowners in England and Normandy .

In Mortain he had the predecessor of today's collegiate church of St. Évroult built, of which a portal from his time has been preserved. His chaplain was Vitalis, who was later canonized and the founder of Savigny Abbey . After his death he was buried in the Notre-Dame Abbey in Grestain .

progeny

From his marriage to Mathilde he had the following children:

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predecessor Office successor
Wilhelm Warlong Count of Mortain
1049-1090 		Wilhelm
New title created Earl of Cornwall
1068-1090 		Wilhelm
personal data
SURNAME Robert de Conteville, comte de Mortain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mortain, Robert de Conteville comte de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norman nobleman and Earl of Cornwall
DATE OF BIRTH 1031
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1090