Family History of Edmund Everett Flood

467. ROBERT I³¹ DUKE OF NORMANDY (Richard, #477)⁶⁰⁸⁹^,⁶⁰⁹⁰ died in 1035 at Nicaea, France.⁶⁰⁹¹
On the death of his father (1026/27), Robert contested the duchy with his elder brother Richard III, legally the heir, until Richard's opportune death a few years later. A strong ruler, Robert succeeded in exacting the obedience of his vassals. On the death of Robert II the Pious, King of France (1031), a crisis arose over the succession to the French throne. The Duke gave his support to Henry I against the party favoring his younger brother. In reward for his services he demanded and received the Vexin Français, a territory not far north of Paris. A patron of the monastic reform movement, he died while returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.⁶⁰⁹² He was also known as Robert the Magnificent.⁶⁰⁹³ His nick name was The Devil.⁶⁰⁹⁴
Children of Robert I³¹ Duke of Normandy and Arlette (--?--) (see #468) were:

460. i. WILLIAM³⁰.

468. ARLETTE³¹ (--?--).⁶⁰⁹⁵

469. BALDWIN V³¹ OF FLANDERS⁶⁰⁹⁶ died on 9 Jan 1067.⁶⁰⁹⁷
Count of Flanders who became one of the most influential figures of 11th-century Europe. He was an active, enterprising man and greatly extended his power by wars and alliances. He obtained from the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV the territory between the Scheldt and the Dender as an imperial fief, as well as the margravate of Antwerp. So powerful had he become that on the decease of Henry I of France he was appointed regent during the minority of Philip I (1060-66). Before his death he saw his eldest daughter Matilda (d. 1083) sharing the English throne with William the Conqueror; saw his eldest son, Baldwin of Mons, in possession of Hainaut in right of his wife Richilde, heiress of Regnier V (d. 1036); and saw his second son, Robert the Frisian, regent (voogd) of the county of Holland.⁶⁰⁹⁸
Children of Baldwin V³¹ of Flanders include:

461. i. MATILDA³⁰.

470. DUNCAN I³¹ KING OF SCOTLAND 1034-1040 (Crinan, #478)⁶⁰⁹⁹^,⁶¹⁰⁰^,⁶¹⁰¹ married Sybil (see #471).⁶¹⁰²
Duncan became King of Scotland upon the death of Malcolm in 1034. He was a much weaker character than Malcolm and a terrible leader. He led a disastrous campaign into Northumbria and was forced to retreat ignominiously back to Scotland. His cousin MacBeth, chief of the northern Scots, also had a claim to the throne through his mother. MacBeth formed an alliance with his cousin the Earl of Orkney, and they defeated and killed Duncan near Forres in 1040.
Children of Duncan I³¹ King of Scotland 1034-1040 and Sybil (see #471) were as follows:

462. i. MALCOLM III³⁰.
ii. DONALD III⁶¹⁰³^,⁶¹⁰⁴^,⁶¹⁰⁵ died in 1097.⁶¹⁰⁶

471. SYBIL³¹⁶¹⁰⁷ married Duncan I King of Scotland 1034-1040 (see #470), son of Crinan Mormanser of Atholl and lay abbot of Dunkeld and Bethoc.⁶¹⁰⁸

472. EDWARD³¹ ATHELING OF ENGLAND.⁶¹⁰⁹
Children of Edward³¹ Atheling of England include:

463. i. ST. MARGARET³⁰.

473. WILLIAM³¹ THE CONQUEROR, KING OF ENGLAND 1066-1087 (Robert, #467) (see #460)

474. MATILDA³¹ (Baldwin, #469) (see #461)

475. MALCOLM III³¹ CANMORE KING OF SCOTLAND 1058-1093 (Duncan , #470) (see #462)

476. ST. MARGARET³¹ (Edward Atheling, #472) (see #463)