Abstract
At some time in the thirteenth century a painted wooden effigy of a recumbent knight wearing a coronet was made and presented to the abbey church at Gloucester. The effigy depicts the knight with his legs crossed and he appears to be in the act of drawing his sword. Since the fourteenth century at least, the effigy has been identified as representing Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy. From the time of Abbot Froucester (1381–1412), it was believed that Duke Robert was buried in the presbytery before the principal altar. Whether Robert's bones do indeed lie in front of Gloucester cathedral's high altar has not been substantiated through excavation and other evidence suggests that he might have been laid to rest in the chapter house.
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