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There is an opinion (see e.g. the citations in
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wimarc-1 and
http://www.geni.com/people/Guimara-Wymarche/6000000008630655726) that Robert fitz Wimarc's mother, called Wimarc (Guimara), born in 986, was an illegitimate daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy; judging by her name, her mother is assumed to have been a Breton concubine. This relationship, or something similar, would explain why Robert is named after his mother and is described as kin to both Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.
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10:49, 3 August 2015 (UTC)reply
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Middle Ages, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
the Middle Ages on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Middle AgesWikipedia:WikiProject Middle AgesTemplate:WikiProject Middle AgesMiddle Ages articles
There is an opinion (see e.g. the citations in
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wimarc-1 and
http://www.geni.com/people/Guimara-Wymarche/6000000008630655726) that Robert fitz Wimarc's mother, called Wimarc (Guimara), born in 986, was an illegitimate daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy; judging by her name, her mother is assumed to have been a Breton concubine. This relationship, or something similar, would explain why Robert is named after his mother and is described as kin to both Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.
Zoetropo (
talk)
10:49, 3 August 2015 (UTC)reply