Title

Robert wounding his father, King William I, Normandy, 1079 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle

Caption

Duke Robert of Normandy wounding his father, King William I, Normandy, 1079 (1864). Robert Curthose (1051-1134) fighting his father, William the Conqueror (1027-1087) at the siege of the castle of Gerberoy, near the frontier of Normandy. William's eldest son, Robert rebelled against his father following a prank played upon him by two of his other brothers, William Rufus and Henry. He succeeded William as Duke of Normandy in 1087 but William Rufus inherited the English crown.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1840

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D77_063

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (3,9Mb) / 16,5in x 11,8in / 4937 x 3535 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings England people male man men family father country France fatherhood monarch guy British English castle color colour fighting king royal medieval fortification armour war location century Britain son soldiers soldier royalty SHIELD concept battle dad warfare 19th century battlefield mediaeval Norman Middle Ages nineteenth century siege 11th century motte and bailey sovereign TGN Robert William the Conqueror King of England William Duke of Normandy Duke Robert lithograph William I Eleventh Century Gerberoy King William I William of Normandy James William Edmund Doyle James Doyle Duke of Normandy Duke Robert III Robert Curthose Robert of Normandy Historica Graphica Collection Siege of Gerberoy Doyle James William Edmund lithograph