Robert I "le Magnifique" Duc de Normandy
- Born: Abt 999, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Marriage (2): Herlève de Falaise
- Died: 22 Jul 1035, Niceas, Bithynia, Turkey about age 36 528
- Buried: Niceas, Bithynia, Turkey
 General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots . . ., 8th Edition, 121:23, 121E:22, 130:23. His nickname, "The Devil", was earned, at least in part, from the fact that he killed his brother, Richard, in order to make himself Duke of Normandy. AKA "The Magnificent" 160
Noted events in his life were:
• Web Reference: Robert "le Magnifique". 174
"When his father Duke Richard II died in 1026, Robert was made count of Hiémois under his elder brother Richard III as his share of the inheritance. Less than a year later, Richard III had died and Robert became duke of Normandy. Having set off on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem early in 1035, Robert died at Nicaea during the return trip, and was succeeded by his young son William, later known as William "the Conqueror"."
Robert next married Herlève de Falaise, daughter of Fulbert de Falaise and Unknown. (Herlève de Falaise was born about 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France,160 died about 1050 160 and was buried in Abbey St. Gre, France.)
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