[BGHater]

Ring ping.

[Plutarch]

I don’t think gold can be dated. Maybe the mix of other metals might indicate its origin, however.

[pepsi_junkie]

This guy should shut up and get the ring out of the country while the British Museum is saying it isnt real. Once they change their mind, they own it.

[Dr. Sivana]

“And one ring to control them all.”

Uh, ohhhh.

[patton]

Um, you can’t find gold with a metal detector...

[exit82]

Hmmm. It says “Ovaltine” and “decoder” on it.

I’d get a second opinion.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Robert III 'Curthose' (r.1089- 1106)
The Dukes of Normandy

Robert was the oldest son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders and was born circa 1051. His nick-name of Curthose, meaning short clothing was apparently acquired when his father teased him as a child for having short legs. Although he rebelled against his father in his lifetime, he succeeded to the Dukedom of Normandy on the Conqueror's death in 1087. England was left to the third son, William Rufus. Robert was married to Sybilla, daughter of Geoffrey of Brindisi, Count of Conversano, by whom he had a son:-

(1) William Clito, Count of Flanders, (born October 25, 1102)

Robert Curthose took part in the First Crusade, to finance his involvement, he pawned Normandy to his brother. On the death of William II in 1100, the English throne was siezed by the youngest of the Conqueror's sons, Henry I, leading Robert to launch an unsuccessful invasion of England to retake the crown. Henry invaded Normandy in 1105, capturing it from his brother. Robert was taken captive at the Battle of Tinchebrai in 1106 and was to spend the rest of his life as Henry's prisoner. Willliam Clito died as a result of wounds acquired at the Siege of Aalst in 1128, marking the end of Robert's line. Robert himself died at Cardiff Castle in 1134 in his eighties.

The one total loser from a bloodthirsty family of cutthroats.