Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, was the eldest son of William the Conqueror. After a failed attempt to seize the English crown from his younger brother, Henry I, he was imprisoned, first at Devizes Castle and then Cardiff. He died in 1134 and was buried in the abbey church of St Peter, now Gloucester Cathedral. His effigy, made of painted oak and under a iron framework, is thought to be from the 13th century but rests on a later chest tomb of c1500. The monument was relocated from the presbytery to Boteler's Chapel, off the north ambulatory, in the early 18th century. It was later returned to the presbytery in 1905 and remained there until 1988, when it was moved to the south ambulatory.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/16 Early Photographic Print Collection: Gloucestershire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Medieval Effigy, Medieval Chest Tomb, Cathedral
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