Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, imprisoned in Cardiff castle, Wales, Captured after the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106. Robert was imprisoned in Devizes Castle for twenty years before being moved to Cardiff.

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Illustration from Cassell's illustrated history of England published circa 1896. Info from wiki: In 1101, he led an invasion to oust his brother Henry I. Robert's own mishandling of the invasion tactics enabled Henry to resist the invasion. Robert was forced by diplomacy to renounce his claim to the English throne in the Treaty of Alton. In 1105, however, Robert's continual stirring of discord with his brother in England as well as civil disorder in Normandy itself prompted Henry to invade Normandy. In 1106, Henry defeated Robert's army decisively at the Battle of Tinchebray and claimed Normandy as a possession of the English crown, a situation that endured for almost a century. Captured after the battle, Robert was imprisoned in Devizes Castle for twenty years before being moved to Cardiff.

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