Gloucester Cathedral

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Memorial to Robert of Normandy (d.1134), the oldest son of William the Conqueror and an early benefactor of Gloucester Abbey. His youngest brother, later King Henry I, imprisoned him in 1106 and he died in captivity in Cardiff Castle in 1134. He is buried in the chapter house.

The effigy is carved of Irish bog oak and dates from the 13th century. It was probably made by knights on the Third Crusade as a tribute to this knight of the First Crusade. It reclines on a tomb chest of the 15th century.

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