⚜️ Robert de Todeni (John de Todeni) — Normandy Holdings (1066)
Robert de Todeni (d. c.1088), Lord of Belvoir, standard-bearer to William the Conqueror at Hastings. The search results contain no information whatsoever on his Normandy landholdings, only his English estates.
⚠️ CRITICAL NOTE — NO NORMANDY DATA IN SEARCH RESULTS
The provided search results contain zero information on Robert de Todeni's lands in Normandy. All references to him concern:
- His English holdings in Lincolnshire (Ludborough, Belvoir) and Leicestershire (Horninghold).1,2
- His role as standard-bearer at Hastings.
- His grant of Horninghold to Belvoir Priory c.1076.3
His continental patrimony — location, extent, title, castles, religious patronage — is entirely absent from the search results.
1. Known Norman associations
- Family origin: The toponym "de Todeni" suggests origin in Todeni/Tosny, but no specific Norman lordship is named.4
- Ship contribution: Not recorded in the ship list; presumably fought at Hastings as standard-bearer.
REFERENCES
1. Lincolnshire Domesday, 18/8, L10/1.
2. DBpedia, Horninghold.
3. Cameron, K. Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names (1998), p. 83.
4. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Domesday People (1999), p. 380.
⏺️ FOOTNOTES: This summary is necessarily limited. The search results provide no Normandy holdings for Robert de Todeni. English estates (Belvoir, Ludborough, Horninghold, etc.) deliberately excluded.
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