Robert Curthose - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 02/10/2012 - 20:39
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Fri, 04/15/2011 - 13:01 - Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror. Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, 15/04/2011
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Robert Curthose (d1134) was the eldest son of William the Conqueror, this effigy of a cross legged knight, symbolising one who had participated in the Crusades, is of painted Irish bog oak and was made about 100 years after his death.

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