Rouen duck with higher production. The eggs are typically white, but can have blue and green tints. Exhibition-typed Rouen ducks have been known to crush their eggs if allowed to set due to their massive frames. In 1861, Mrs Beeton said of it: The origin of the name is not known. When they arrived in England, they were variously called Rhône, after the region in southwest-central France, Rohan, after the cardinal of that name, Roan, for the mixture of colours, and Rouen after the northern French town, with Rouen eventually being adopted in both England and France. In France they are called
Robert II (archbishop of Rouen) In a catalog of books in the Cathedral of Rouen created during the twelfth century, a reference was found to a particular book, the "Benedictionarius Roberti archiepiscopi", which was given to the church of Rouen by Archbishop Robert of Normandy. Since that time it became the property of the city of Rouen, where it is preserved (No. 27) as the "Benedictional of Æthelgar", possibly for the prayers it contained at the end for the coronation of the Anglo-Saxon kings and queens. Robert married Herlevea, and they had the following children: <br> Robert II (archbishop of Rouen) Robert II or "Robert