A Easter 1080, mahaifinsa da dansa sun sake haɗuwa ta hanyar kokarin Sarauniya Matilda, kuma an yi zaman lafiya har sai ta mutu a 1083. Robert ya bar kotu ba da daɗewa ba bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarsa kuma ya shafe shekaru da yawa yana tafiya a fadin Faransa, Jamus da Flanders. Ya ziyarci Italiya yana neman hannun babban magajin Matilda na Tuscany (b. 1046) amma bai yi nasara ba. A wannan lokacin a matsayin dan jarumi mai yawo Robert ya haifi 'ya'ya da yawa marasa aure. Dansa Richard ya yi kamar ya kashe yawancin rayuwarsa a kotun sarauta na kawunsa William Rufus. Wannan Richard ya mutu a wani hatsarin farauta a New Forest a 1099 kamar yadda kawunsa, Sarki William Rufus, ya mutu a shekara mai zuwa. An kashe 'yar da ba ta da aure ba daga baya ya auri Helias na Saint-Saint-Saintensens. Tambaya: Waɗanne ƙasashe ne Robert ya yi tafiya a Turai?
Faransa, Jamus da Flanders