Death of Robert the Magnificent
1035 · Event
Duke Robert of Normandy dies at Nicaea returning from Jerusalem, leaving his seven-year-old bastard son William as duke.
On these timelines: Norman Conquest, Master, France
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- Edward the Confessor names William his heir (1051)
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