ROYAL FAMILY TREE

• Robert Curthose
• Lived 82 years, 7 months, 2 days

Succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 1087 and reigned until 1106. The epithet Curthose had its origins in the Norman French word courtheuse short stockings. His disagreements with Henry I led to his death in captivity and the absorption of Normandy as a possession of England.