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What did Robert mortgage his duchy to finance?

  • His hunting parties

  • His extravagant lifestyle

  • The First Crusade

  • The construction of a castle

Answer

Robert mortgaged his duchy of Normandy to finance the First Crusade. He was a younger son of William the Conqueror, who had ruled England from 1066 to 1087. Robert was not the heir to the English throne, so he decided to go on a crusade in the hopes of gaining glory and land. He mortgaged his duchy to raise money for the crusade, and he never returned to England.
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