Women / Persons ~ P08299

Herleva

Alternate Names:

Arletta
Arlette
Arlotta
Arlotte
Harlette
Harlotta or Arlotta
Herleve
Mother of William the Conqueror

Gender: Female

Life Dates: c. 1003 - c. 1050

Types:

French
Mother of notable man
Sexual agency, transgression (hetero)
Wife of notable man

Note: mother of William the Conqueror, an illegitimate son fathered by Robert I, Duke of Normandy; and Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain by her husband Herluin de Conteville.

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Biographies (2 Total)

Arlotta Author: anon0002 . Collection Title: Eccentric Biography; or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern. Including Actresses, Adventurers, Authoresses, Fortune-Tellers, Gipsies, Dwarfs, Swindlers and Vagrants: Also Many Others who Have Distinguished Themselves by Their Chastity, Dissipation, Intrepidity, Learning, Abstinence, Credulity, &c., &c.: Alphabetically Arranged: Forming a Pleasing Mirror of Reflection to the Female Mind. Ornamented with Portraits of the Most Singular Characters in the Work. 1803
Harlotta or Arlotta Author: Thomas Heywood . Collection Title: The Generall History of Women, Containing the Lives of the Most Holy and Profane. 1657