The funeral, attended by the bishops and abbots of Normandy as well as his son Henry, was disturbed by the assertion of a citizen of Caen who alleged that his family had been illegally despoiled of the land on which the church was built.
Begravelsen, hvor biskopper og abbeder fra Normandiet deltog samt hans søn Henrik, blev forstyrret af en borger i Caen, som hævdede, at hans familie var blevet ulovligt frataget land, som kirken havde bygget på.